Swiss footballer (born 1992) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Granit Xhaka (born 27 September 1992) is a Swiss football player. He plays as a midfielder for Bayer Leverkusen. He was the captain of the Switzerland national football team for six weeks but quit because he was rude to football fans.
![]() Xhaka with Arsenal in 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Granit Xhaka[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [2] | 27 September 1992||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Basel, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Club information | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Current team | Fc Bossy Liverpool | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 34 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2000–2002 | Concordia Basel | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2002–2010 | FC Basel | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2010–2012 | FC Basel | 42 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2012–2016 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 108 | (6) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2023 | Arsenal | 225 | (17) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2023– | Bayer Leverkusen | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
National team‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2011– | Switzerland | 118 | (14) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:11, 14 October 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 09:25, 16 October 2023 (UTC) |
Club | Season | League | National cup[lower-alpha 1] | League cup[lower-alpha 2] | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
FC Basel | 2010–11[4] | Swiss Super League | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 5[lower-alpha 3] | 1 | — | 26 | 2 | ||
2011–12[4] | Swiss Super League | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 8[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | — | 35 | 0 | |||
Total | 42 | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | 13 | 1 | — | 61 | 2 | ||||
Borussia Mönchengladbach | 2012–13[4] | Bundesliga | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 9[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | — | 32 | 1 | ||
2013–14[4] | Bundesliga | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 29 | 0 | ||||
2014–15[4] | Bundesliga | 30 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 9[lower-alpha 6] | 3 | — | 42 | 5 | |||
2015–16[4] | Bundesliga | 28 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | 5[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | — | 36 | 3 | |||
Total | 108 | 6 | 8 | 0 | — | 23 | 3 | — | 139 | 9 | ||||
Arsenal | 2016–17[5] | Premier League | 32 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7[lower-alpha 4] | 1 | — | 46 | 4 | |
2017–18[6] | Premier League | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6[lower-alpha 6] | 1 | 1[lower-alpha 7] | 0 | 48 | 3 | |
2018–19[7] | Premier League | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | — | 40 | 4 | ||
2019–20[8] | Premier League | 31 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | — | 41 | 1 | ||
2020–21[9] | Premier League | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 7] | 0 | 45 | 1 | |
2021–22[10] | Premier League | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 1 | |||
2022–23[11] | Premier League | 37 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7[lower-alpha 6] | 2 | — | 47 | 9 | ||
Total | 225 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 43 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 297 | 23 | ||
Bayer Leverkusen | 2023–24[4] | Bundesliga | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 4[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | — | 17 | 0 | ||
Career total | 386 | 24 | 32 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 83 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 514 | 34 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Switzerland | 2011 | 6 | 1 |
2012 | 9 | 2 | |
2013 | 8 | 1 | |
2014 | 10 | 1 | |
2015 | 6 | 1 | |
2016 | 11 | 0 | |
2017 | 9 | 2 | |
2018 | 13 | 2 | |
2019 | 10 | 2 | |
2020 | 7 | 0 | |
2021 | 9 | 0 | |
2022 | 13 | 0 | |
2023 | 8 | 2 | |
Total | 119 | 14 |
No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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1 | 15 November 2011 | Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg | 6 | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly | [13] |
2 | 15 August 2012 | Stadion Poljud, Split, Croatia | 10 | ![]() | 1–0 | 4–2 | Friendly | [14] |
3 | 7 September 2012 | Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia | 11 | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification | [15] |
4 | 15 October 2013 | Stade de Suisse, Bern, Switzerland | 22 | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification | [16] |
5 | 20 June 2014 | Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador, Brazil | 28 | ![]() | 2–5 | 2–5 | 2014 FIFA World Cup | [17] |
6 | 27 March 2015 | Swissporarena, Lucerne, Switzerland | 34 | ![]() | 2–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying | [18] |
7 | 9 June 2017 | Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands | 53 | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification | [19] |
8 | 7 October 2017 | St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland | 56 | ![]() | 1–0 | 5–2 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification | [20] |
9 | 27 March 2018 | Swissporarena, Lucerne, Switzerland | 61 | ![]() | 2–0 | 6–0 | Friendly | [21] |
10 | 22 June 2018 | Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad, Russia | 64 | ![]() | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2018 FIFA World Cup | [22] |
11 | 26 March 2019 | St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland | 74 | ![]() | 2–0 | 3–3 | UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying | [23] |
12 | 18 November 2019 | Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar | 82 | ![]() | 6–1 | 6–1 | UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying | [24] |
13 | 25 March 2023 | Karađorđe Stadium, Novi Sad, Serbia | 112 | ![]() | 4–0 | 5–0 | UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying | [25] |
14 | 12 September 2023 | Stade de Tourbillon, Sion, Switzerland | 117 | ![]() | 2–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying | [26] |
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