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Xherdan Shaqiri

Xherdan Shaqiri (born 10 October 1991), is a Swiss association football player of Albanian descent who plays for FC Basel. He has played for the Switzerland national team. Since he first started playing football, he has been known for his fast speed on and off the ball.

Xherdan Shaqiri
Xherdan Shaqiri 2018.jpg
Shaqiri with Switzerland at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full nameXherdan Shaqiri[1]
Date of birth10 October 1991 
     (aged 34)
[1]
Place of birthGjilan, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia (present-day Kosovo)
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Playing positionWinger, attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
FC Basel
Number10
Youth career
1999–2001SV Augst
2001–2009FC Basel
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007–2009FC Basel II19(8)
2009–2012FC Basel92(18)
2012–2015Bayern Munich52(11)
2015Inter Milan15(1)
2015–2018Stoke City84(15)
2018–2021Liverpool45(7)
2021–2022Lyon11(2)
2022–2024Chicago Fire69(14)
2024–FC Basel41(22)
National team
2007–2008Switzerland U1710(0)
2008–2009Switzerland U185(0)
2009Switzerland U195(3)
2009–2011Switzerland U217(1)
2010–2024Switzerland125(32)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 28 September 2025

The FIFA website describes Shaqiri as "unpredictable on the ball, adept with both feet, clinical in front of goal and [possessing] excellent vision".[2] Due to his small stature, the fans nicknamed Shaqiri "XS", by analogy with the size of clothes, which coincides with his initials. Also he has been nicknamed the "Alpine Messi"[2] and "magic dwarf".[3]

In the 2014 FIFA World Cup, he was one of the top scorers with 3 goals[4] after scoring a hat-trick against Honduras.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 2 October 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Basel II 2007–08[5] Swiss 1. Liga 2 0 — — — — 2 0
2008–09[5] Swiss 1. Liga 17 8 — — — — 17 8
Total 19 8 — — — — 19 8
Basel 2009–10[5] Swiss Super League 32 4 5 1 — 10[c] 2 — 47 7
2010–11[5] Swiss Super League 29 5 2 0 — 11[d] 2 — 42 7
2011–12[6] Swiss Super League 31 9 4 0 — 6[e] 0 — 41 9
Total 92 18 11 1 — 27 4 — 130 23
Bayern Munich 2012–13[7] Bundesliga 26 4 5 3 — 7[e] 1 1[f] 0 39 8
2013–14[8] Bundesliga 17 6 3 1 — 4[g] 0 3[h] 0 27 7
2014–15[9] Bundesliga 9 1 1 0 — 4[e] 1 1[f] 0 15 2
Total 52 11 9 4 — 15 2 5 0 81 17
Inter Milan 2014–15[9] Serie A 15 1 2 1 — 3[c] 1 — 20 3
Stoke City 2015–16[10] Premier League 27 3 1 0 4 0 — — 32 3
2016–17[11] Premier League 21 4 1 0 0 0 — — 22 4
2017–18[12] Premier League 36 8 1 0 1 0 — — 38 8
Total 84 15 3 0 5 0 — — 92 15
Liverpool 2018–19[13] Premier League 24 6 1 0 1 0 4[e] 0 — 30 6
2019–20[14] Premier League 7 1 0 0 0 0 1[e] 0 3[i] 0 11 1
2020–21[15] Premier League 14 0 2 0 1 1 5[e] 0 0 0 22 1
Total 45 7 3 0 2 1 10 0 3 0 63 8
Lyon 2021–22[16] Ligue 1 11 2 0 0 — 5[c] 0 — 16 2
Chicago Fire 2022[17] MLS 29 7 0 0 — — — 29 7
2023[18] MLS 28 5 3 0 — — 3[j] 2 34 7
2024[19] MLS 12 2 — — — — 12 2
Total 69 14 3 0 — — 3 2 75 16
Basel 2024–25[5] Swiss Super League 34 18 5 3 — — — 39 21
2025–26[5] Swiss Super League 7 4 2 1 — 4[k] 2 — 13 7
Total 41 22 7 4 — 4 2 — 52 28
Career total 428 98 38 10 7 1 64 9 11 2 547 121
  1. ↑ Includes Swiss Cup, DFB-Pokal, Coppa Italia, FA Cup, U.S. Open Cup
  2. ↑ Includes Football League/EFL Cup
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ Ten appearances and two goals in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Appearance in DFL-Supercup
  7. ↑ Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Super Cup
  8. ↑ One appearance in DFL-Supercup, two appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
  9. ↑ One appearance in FA Community Shield, two appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
  10. ↑ Appearances in Leagues Cup
  11. ↑ Two appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, two appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[5]
National team Year Apps Goals
Switzerland 2010 9 1
2011 8 3
2012 7 3
2013 6 1
2014 12 7
2015 9 2
2016 8 1
2017 9 2
2018 12 2
2019 2 0
2020 4 0
2021 14 4
2022 12 1
2023 7 2
2024 6 3
Total 125 32
Switzerland score listed first, score column indicates score after each Shaqiri goal.[20]
List of international goals scored by Xherdan Shaqiri
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 7 September 2010 St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland 7  England 1–2 1–3 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying [21]
2 6 September 2011 St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland 13  Bulgaria 1–1 3–1 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying [22]
3 2–1
4 3–1
5 29 February 2012 Stade de Suisse, Bern, Switzerland 18 File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 1–1 1–3 Friendly [23]
6 11 September 2012 Swissporarena, Lucerne, Switzerland 21  Albania 2–0 2–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification [24]
7 14 November 2012 Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse, Tunisia 24  Tunisia 2–1 2–1 Friendly [25]
8 11 October 2013 Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Albania 30  Albania 1–0 2–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification [26]
9 3 June 2014 Swissporarena, Lucerne, Switzerland 33  Peru 2–0 2–0 Friendly [27]
10 25 June 2014 Arena da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil 36 [[File:{{{flag alias-1949}}}|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Honduras 1–0 3–0 2014 FIFA World Cup [28]
11 2–0
12 3–0
13 14 October 2014 San Marino Stadium, Serravalle, San Marino 40  San Marino 4–0 4–0 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying [29]
14 15 November 2014 AFG Arena, St. Gallen, Switzerland 41  Lithuania 3–0 4–0 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying [30]
15 4–0
16 10 June 2015 Stockhorn Arena, Thun, Switzerland 45  Liechtenstein 2–0 3–0 Friendly [31]
17 14 June 2015 LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania 46  Lithuania 2–1 2–1 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying [32]
18 25 June 2016 Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne, France 57  Poland 1–1 1–1 (aet) UEFA Euro 2016 [33]
19 1 June 2017 Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel, Switzerland 61  Belarus 1–0 1–0 Friendly [34]
20 9 June 2017 Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands 62  Faroe Islands 2–0 2–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification [35]
21 22 June 2018 Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad, Russia 72  Serbia 2–1 2–1 2018 FIFA World Cup [36]
22 8 September 2018 Kybunpark, St. Gallen, Switzerland 75  Iceland 3–0 6–0 2018–19 UEFA Nations League A [37]
23 28 March 2021 Kybunpark, St. Gallen, Switzerland 88  Lithuania 1–0 1–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification [38]
24 20 June 2021 Olympic Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan 94  Turkey 2–0 3–1 UEFA Euro 2020 [39]
25 3–1
26 2 July 2021 Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia 96  Spain 1–1 1–1 (aet) UEFA Euro 2020 [40]
27 2 December 2022 Stadium 974, Doha, Qatar 111  Serbia 1–0 3–2 2022 FIFA World Cup [41]
28 12 September 2023 Stade de Tourbillon, Sion, Switzerland 116  Andorra 3–0 3–0 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying [42]
29 15 October 2023 Kybunpark, St. Gallen, Switzerland 117  Belarus 1–0 3–3 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying [43]
30 26 March 2024 Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland 121  Ireland 1–0 1–0 Friendly [44]
31 4 June 2024 Swissporarena, Lucerne, Switzerland 122  Estonia 4–0 4–0 Friendly [45]
32 19 June 2024 RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany 124  Scotland 1–1 1–1 UEFA Euro 2024 [46]

Honours

Basel

Bayern Munich

Liverpool

Switzerland U21

Individual

Xherdan Shaqiri Media

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2019: List of Players: Liverpool FC (21 December 2019)FIFA. p. 7. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ - Xherdan SHAQIRI - Player Profile - FIFA.com. Retrieved 2017-10-29.
  3. ↑ 2014 World Cup superlatives: From the best nickname to the most likely to put a hole through a goalkeeper. sports.yahoo.com.
  4. ↑ FIFA.com. 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ - FIFA.com. www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2017-10-29.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 Shaqiri, Xherdan. National Football Teams. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  6. ↑ Games played by Xherdan Shaqiri in 2011/2012. SoccerbaseCenturycomm. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  7. ↑ Games played by Xherdan Shaqiri in 2012/2013. SoccerbaseCenturycomm. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  8. ↑ Games played by Xherdan Shaqiri in 2013/2014. SoccerbaseCenturycomm. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Games played by Xherdan Shaqiri in 2014/2015. SoccerbaseCenturycomm. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  10. ↑ Games played by Xherdan Shaqiri in 2015/2016. SoccerbaseCenturycomm. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  11. ↑ Games played by Xherdan Shaqiri in 2016/2017. SoccerbaseCenturycomm. Retrieved 19 April 2017.
  12. ↑ Games played by Xherdan Shaqiri in 2017/2018. SoccerbaseCenturycomm. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  13. ↑ Games played by Xherdan Shaqiri in 2018/2019. SoccerbaseCenturycomm. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  14. ↑ Games played by Xherdan Shaqiri in 2019/2020. SoccerbaseCenturycomm. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  15. ↑ Games played by Xherdan Shaqiri in 2020/2021. SoccerbaseCenturycomm. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  16. ↑ Games played by Xherdan Shaqiri in 2021/2022. SoccerbaseCenturycomm. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  17. ↑ Games played by Xherdan Shaqiri in 2022/2023. SoccerbaseCenturycomm. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  18. ↑ Games played by Xherdan Shaqiri in 2023/2024. SoccerbaseCenturycomm. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  19. ↑ Games played by Xherdan Shaqiri in 2024/2025. SoccerbaseCenturycomm. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  20. ↑ Xherdan Shaqiri, international footballer. EU-Football.info. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  21. ↑ "Switzerland 1–3 England". BBC Sport. 7 September 2010. https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/8972401.stm. Retrieved 5 June 2016. 
  22. ↑ Switzerland 3–1 Bulgaria (6 September 2011)UEFA. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  23. ↑ Switzerland 1–3 Argentina. Goal.com. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  24. ↑ Switzerland 2–0 AlbaniaUEFA. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  25. ↑ Tunisia 1–2 SwitzerlandUEFA. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  26. ↑ Albania 1–2 SwitzerlandUEFA. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  27. ↑ Switzerland 2–0 Peru. Sky Sports. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  28. ↑ "Switzerland 3–0 Honduras". BBC Sport. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/25285335. Retrieved 5 June 2016. 
  29. ↑ San Marino 0–4 SwitzerlandUEFA. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  30. ↑ Switzerland 4–0 LithuaniaUEFA. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  31. ↑ Switzerland 3–0 Liechtenstein. Sky Sports. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  32. ↑ Switzerland win in Lithuania with late Xherdan Shaqiri goal. 14 June 2015. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jun/14/switzerland-lithuania-xherdan-shaqiri. Retrieved 26 December 2015. 
  33. ↑ "Poland 1–1 Switzerland". Sports Illustrated. https://www.si.com/planet-futbol/2016/06/25/xherdan-shaqiri-switzerland-vs-poland-bicycle-kick-goal-euro. Retrieved 25 June 2016. 
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  35. ↑ Faroe Islands vs. Switzerland 0–2. SoccerwayPerform Group. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
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  37. ↑ Sigurdsson, Johann. Switzerland 6–0 Iceland (8 September 2018)UEFA. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  38. ↑ Switzerland 1–0 Lithuania (28 March 2021)FIFA. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  39. ↑ Switzerland-Turkey (20 June 2021)UEFA. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  40. ↑ Switzerland-Spain (2 July 2021)UEFA. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
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  42. ↑ Switzerland 3-0 Andorra. ESPN.
  43. ↑ Switzerland 3-3 Belarus. ESPN.
  44. ↑ Republic of Ireland 0-1 Switzerland. ESPN.
  45. ↑ Switzerland 4-0 Estonia (Jun 4, 2024) Team Stats. ESPN.
  46. ↑ Scotland 1–1 Switzerland (19 June 2024)UEFA.
  47. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Soccerway.
  48. ↑ Basel vs. Lausanne Sport 6–0: Summary. SoccerwayPerform Group. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  49. ↑ Basel vs. Luzern 1–1: Summary. SoccerwayPerform Group. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
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  52. ↑ DFB-Pokal 2013/14, Finale in Berlin: Borussia Dortmund 0:2 Bayern München: Takt. aufstellung (in German). kickerOlympia-Verlag. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
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  55. ↑ Final: Bayern 2–2 Chelsea: Line-upsUEFA. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  56. ↑ Match report: FC Bayern München – Raja Club AthleticFIFA.
  57. ↑ Xherdan Shaqiri: OverviewPremier League. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  58. ↑ 2018/19, Final: Tottenham 0–2 Liverpool: OverviewUEFA. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
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  64. ↑ Best Young Player 2012. Golden Player. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  65. ↑ Top ten UEFA EURO 2016 goals (14 July 2016)UEFA. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  66. ↑ UEFA Nations League Finals: Team of the Tournament (10 June 2019)UEFA. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
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