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Granit Xhaka

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.

Granit Xhaka
File:Granit Xhaka (cropped).jpg
Xhaka with Arsenal in 2018
Personal information
Full nameGranit Xhaka[1]
Date of birth27 September 1992 
     (aged 33)
[2]
Place of birthBasel, Switzerland
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[3]
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current team
Fc Bossy Liverpool
Number34
Youth career
2000–2002Concordia Basel
2002–2010FC Basel
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2012FC Basel42(1)
2012–2016Borussia Mönchengladbach108(6)
2016–2023Arsenal225(17)
2023–Bayer Leverkusen7(0)
National team‡
2011–Switzerland118(14)
* 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)

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 12 November 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Other Total
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[c] 1 — 26 2
2011–12[4] Swiss Super League 23 0 4 0 — 8[d] 0 — 35 0
Total 42 1 6 0 — 13 1 — 61 2
Borussia Mönchengladbach 2012–13[4] Bundesliga 22 1 1 0 — 9[e] 0 — 32 1
2013–14[4] Bundesliga 28 0 1 0 — — — 29 0
2014–15[4] Bundesliga 30 2 3 0 — 9[f] 3 — 42 5
2015–16[4] Bundesliga 28 3 3 0 — 5[d] 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[d] 1 — 46 4
2017–18[6] Premier League 38 1 0 0 3 1 6[f] 1 1[g] 0 48 3
2018–19[7] Premier League 29 4 1 0 1 0 9[f] 0 — 40 4
2019–20[8] Premier League 31 1 6 0 0 0 4[f] 0 — 41 1
2020–21[9] Premier League 31 1 2 0 1 0 10[f] 0 1[g] 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[f] 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[f] 0 — 17 0
Career total 386 24 32 0 11 2 83 8 2 0 514 34
  1. ↑ Includes Swiss Cup, DFB-Pokal, FA Cup
  2. ↑ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ↑ Three appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  5. ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, seven in UEFA Europa League
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Appearance in FA Community Shield

International

As of match played 15 November 2023[12]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
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
As of match played 15 November 2023
Switzerland score listed first, score column indicates score after each Xhaka goal.[12]
List of international goals scored by Granit Xhaka
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 15 November 2011 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg 6 File:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg 1–0 1–0 Friendly [13]
2 15 August 2012 Stadion Poljud, Split, Croatia 10 File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 1–0 4–2 Friendly [14]
3 7 September 2012 Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia 11  Slovenia 1–0 2–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification [15]
4 15 October 2013 Stade de Suisse, Bern, Switzerland 22  Slovenia 1–0 1–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification [16]
5 20 June 2014 Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador, Brazil 28 File:Flag of France.svg France 2–5 2–5 2014 FIFA World Cup [17]
6 27 March 2015 Swissporarena, Lucerne, Switzerland 34 File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia 2–0 3–0 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying [18]
7 9 June 2017 Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands 53 22x20px Faroe Islands 1–0 2–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification [19]
8 7 October 2017 St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland 56 22x20px Hungary 1–0 5–2 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification [20]
9 27 March 2018 Swissporarena, Lucerne, Switzerland 61 22x20px Panama 2–0 6–0 Friendly [21]
10 22 June 2018 Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad, Russia 64 22x20px Serbia 1–1 2–1 2018 FIFA World Cup [22]
11 26 March 2019 St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland 74 22x20px Denmark 2–0 3–3 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying [23]
12 18 November 2019 Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar 82 22x20px Gibraltar 6–1 6–1 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying [24]
13 25 March 2023 Karađorđe Stadium, Novi Sad, Serbia 112 File:Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus 4–0 5–0 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying [25]
14 12 September 2023 Stade de Tourbillon, Sion, Switzerland 117 22x20px Andorra 2–0 3–0 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying [26]

Honours

Basel

Arsenal

Switzerland U17

Individual

Granit Xhaka Media

  • Granit Xhaka.jpg

    Xhaka warming up for Basel in 2011

  • Xhaka playing for Borussia Mönchengladbach in 2015

  • Granit Xhaka 2018.jpg

    Xhaka playing for Arsenal in 2018

  • Granit Xhaka - Switzerland vs. Argentina, 29th February 2012.jpg

    Xhaka playing for Switzerland in 2012

References

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