He was signed by Chelsea in 2017 for an estimated £27 million. On 19 April 2013, Rüdiger extended his contract with Stuttgart until June 2017.On 12 September, he made his debut in a 2–0 away win over He made his debut on 6 August as a substitute replacing On 20 October 2018, Rüdiger scored his first goal of the season, opening the scoring in a 2–2 home draw against On 22 December 2019, Rüdiger made a complaint about racist abuse directed against him during the away match against On his 100th club appearance, he scored Chelsea’s two goals, both headers assisted by Rüdiger was part of the German national squad which won the Rüdiger was included in Germany's final 23-man squad for the Normally a centre-back, Rüdiger is a versatile defender, who is also capable of playing as a In October 2018, he stated that authorities needed to do more to deal with
He began his career at VfB Stuttgart, representing their reserves in 3. Liga and the first team in the Bundesliga. Antonio Rüdiger is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Premier League club Chelsea and the Germany national team.
In 2015 he joined Roma, initially on loan and a year later for a €9 million fee. Rüdiger made his international debut for Germany in March 2014.