Xherdan Shaqiri

Xherdan Shaqiri (born 10 October 1991), is a Swiss association football player of Yugoslavian and Albanian descent who plays for Liverpool FC and the Switzerland national football team. He has also played for FC Basel. 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 birth (1991-10-10) 10 October 1991 (age 32)[2]
Place of birthGnjilane, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
(now Gjilan, Kosovo)
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[3]
Playing positionWinger
Club information
Current team
Chicago Fire
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–Chicago Fire57(12)
National team
2007–2008Switzerland U1710(0)
2008–2009Switzerland U185(0)
2009Switzerland U195(3)
2009–2011Switzerland U217(1)
2010–Switzerland117(29)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 03:30, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

The FIFA website describes Shaqiri as "unpredictable on the ball, adept with both feet, clinical in front of goal and [possessing] excellent vision".[4] He has been nicknamed the "Alpine Messi"[4] and "magic dwarf".[5]

In the 2014 FIFA World Cup, he was one of the top scorers with 3 goals[6] after scoring a hat-trick against Honduras.

Xherdan Shaqiri Media

References

  1. "FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2019: List of Players: Liverpool FC" (PDF). FIFA. 5 December 2019. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 January 2020.
  2. "Xherdan Shaqiri: Overview". ESPN. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  3. "Xherdan Shaqiri: Profile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  4. 4.0 4.1 "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ - Xherdan SHAQIRI - Player Profile - FIFA.com". Archived from the original on 2014-07-09. Retrieved 2017-10-29.
  5. "2014 World Cup superlatives: From the best nickname to the most likely to put a hole through a goalkeeper". sports.yahoo.com.
  6. FIFA.com. "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 2019-03-25. Retrieved 2017-10-29.