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<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading">Granit Xhaka</h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">العربية</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%AA_%DA%98%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7" title="قرانیت ژاکا – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="قرانیت ژاکا" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">تۆرکجه</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4_%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE" title="গ্রানিত জাকা – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="গ্রানিত জাকা" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target">বাংলা</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%82_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Граніт Джака – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Граніт Джака" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%82_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Гранит Джака – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Гранит Джака" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Български</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granit_Xhaka" title="Granit Xhaka – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Granit Xhaka" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granit_Xhaka" title="Granit Xhaka – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Granit Xhaka" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granit_Xhaka" title="Granit Xhaka – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Granit Xhaka" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dansk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granit_Xhaka" title="Granit Xhaka – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Granit Xhaka" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granit_Xhaka" title="Granit Xhaka – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Granit Xhaka" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Eesti</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%BA%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%AF%CF%84_%CE%A4%CE%B6%CE%AC%CE%BA%CE%B1" title="Γκρανίτ Τζάκα – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Γκρανίτ Τζάκα" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ελληνικά</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granit_Xhaka" title="Granit Xhaka – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Granit Xhaka" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%AA_%DA%98%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7" title="گرانیت ژاکا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="گرانیت ژاکا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granit_Xhaka" title="Granit Xhaka – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Granit Xhaka" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B7%B8%EB%9D%BC%EB%8B%88%ED%8A%B8_%EC%9E%90%EC%B9%B4" title="그라니트 자카 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="그라니트 자카" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B3%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AB%D5%BF_%D5%8B%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1" title="Գրանիտ Ջակա – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Գրանիտ Ջակա" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Հայերեն</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granit_Xhaka" title="Granit Xhaka – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Granit Xhaka" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Hrvatski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granit_Xhaka" title="Granit Xhaka – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Granit Xhaka" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granit_Xhaka" title="Granit Xhaka – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Granit Xhaka" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target">Íslenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granit_Xhaka" title="Granit Xhaka – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Granit Xhaka" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%98_%D7%92%27%D7%90%D7%A7%D7%94" title="גרניט ג'אקה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="גרניט ג'אקה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granit_Xhaka" title="Granit Xhaka – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Granit Xhaka" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Jawa</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%92%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%A2_%E1%83%AF%E1%83%90%E1%83%99%E1%83%90" title="გრანიტ ჯაკა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="გრანიტ ჯაკა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target">ქართული</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%82_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Гранит Джака – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Гранит Джака" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target">Қазақша</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granit_Xhaka" title="Granit Xhaka – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Granit Xhaka" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target">Kiswahili</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granits_D%C5%BEaka" title="Granits Džaka – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Granits Džaka" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latviešu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granit_Xhaka" title="Granit Xhaka – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Granit Xhaka" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lietuvių</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granit_Xhaka" title="Granit Xhaka – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Granit Xhaka" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Magyar</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AA_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7" title="جرانيت تشاكا – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="جرانيت تشاكا" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">مصرى</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granit_Xhaka" title="Granit Xhaka – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Granit Xhaka" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Melayu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-min mw-list-item"><a href="https://min.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granit_Xhaka" title="Granit Xhaka – Minangkabau" lang="min" hreflang="min" data-title="Granit Xhaka" data-language-autonym="Minangkabau" data-language-local-name="Minangkabau" class="interlanguage-link-target">Minangkabau</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%82_%D0%A8%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Гранит Шака – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Гранит Шака" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Монгол</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granit_Xhaka" title="Granit Xhaka – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Granit Xhaka" 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data-title="Granit Xhaka" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk nynorsk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granit_Xhaka" title="Granit Xhaka – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Granit Xhaka" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granit_Xhaka" title="Granit Xhaka – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Granit Xhaka" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Polski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granit_Xhaka" title="Granit Xhaka – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Granit Xhaka" 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infobox-table vcard" style="line-height: 1.2em; max-width: 420px !important;"><caption class="infobox-title fn" style="line-height: 1.2em;">Granit Xhaka</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-image"> <a href="/wiki/File:Granit_Xhaka_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Granit_Xhaka_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Granit_Xhaka_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="352" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Granit_Xhaka_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Granit_Xhaka_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Granit_Xhaka_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Granit_Xhaka_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1145" data-file-height="1834" /></a><div class="infobox-caption" style="padding:0.2em 0 0 0;">Xhaka playing for <a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">Arsenal</a> in 2018</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; line-height: 1.5em">Personal information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Full name</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data nickname" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;;white-space: normal;"> Granit Xhaka</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Date of birth</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;;white-space: normal;"> (1992-09-27) 27 September 1992 (age 32)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Place of birth</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data birthplace" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;;white-space: normal;"> <a href="/wiki/Basel" title="Basel">Basel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Height</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;;white-space: normal;"> 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Position(s)</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data role" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;;white-space: normal;"> <a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder">Midfielder</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; line-height: 1.5em">Team information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Current team</div></th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data org" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;;white-space: normal;"> <a href="/wiki/Bayer_04_Leverkusen" title="Bayer 04 Leverkusen">Bayer Leverkusen</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Number</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> 34</td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; line-height: 1.5em">Youth career</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">2000–2002</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/FC_Concordia_Basel" title="FC Concordia Basel">Concordia Basel</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">2003–2010</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/FC_Basel" title="FC Basel">FC Basel</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; line-height: 1.5em">Senior career*</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Years</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> Team</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <abbr title="League appearances">Apps</abbr></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (<abbr title="League goals">Gls</abbr>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">2010–2012</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/FC_Basel" title="FC Basel">FC Basel</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 42</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (1)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">2012-2016</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/Borussia_M%C3%B6nchengladbach" title="Borussia Mönchengladbach">Borussia Mönchengladbach</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 108</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (6)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">2016–2023</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">Arsenal</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 225</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (17)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">2023–</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/Bayer_04_Leverkusen" title="Bayer 04 Leverkusen">Bayer Leverkusen</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 45</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (5)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; line-height: 1.5em">International career‡</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">2008–2009</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/Switzerland_national_under-17_football_team" title="Switzerland national under-17 football team">Switzerland U17</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 13</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (1)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">2009–2010</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/Switzerland_national_under-18_football_team" title="Switzerland national under-18 football team">Switzerland U18</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 3</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (2)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">2010–2011</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/Switzerland_national_under-19_football_team" title="Switzerland national under-19 football team">Switzerland U19</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 12</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (3)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">2010–2011</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/Switzerland_national_under-21_football_team" title="Switzerland national under-21 football team">Switzerland U21</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 5</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (0)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">2011–</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/Switzerland_national_football_team" title="Switzerland national football team">Switzerland</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 135</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (14)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; line-height: 1.5em"><div class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%"> <div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="line-height:1.6em; background-color:#ccf; font-size:105%; background-color:transparent;"><div style="margin:0 4em;">Medal record</div></div> <div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="font-size:105%"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151960987">body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox table{display:table}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox caption{display:table-caption}</style> <table class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; background-color:#f9f9f9; color:#000000; font-weight:normal"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#eeeeee;color:inherit;">Men's <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#eeeeee;color:inherit;" class="adr">Representing <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/16px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/24px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, 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style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#cccccc;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/UEFA_European_Under-21_Championship" title="UEFA European Under-21 Championship">UEFA European Under-21 Championship</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;background-color:silver">Runner-up</td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><a href="/wiki/2011_UEFA_European_Under-21_Championship" title="2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship">2011</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-below" style="color:darkslategray; font-size:95%"> *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:33, 30 November 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:45, 18 November 2024 (UTC)</td></tr></tbody></table> Granit Xhaka (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style>Albanian: <a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Albanian" title="Help:IPA/Albanian">[gɾanit d͡ʒaka]</a>, born 27 September 1992) is a Swiss professional <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">footballer</a> who plays as a <a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder">midfielder</a> for <a href="/wiki/Bundesliga" title="Bundesliga">Bundesliga</a> club <a href="/wiki/Bayer_04_Leverkusen" title="Bayer 04 Leverkusen">Bayer Leverkusen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Captain_(association_football)" title="Captain (association football)">captains</a> the <a href="/wiki/Switzerland_national_football_team" title="Switzerland national football team">Switzerland national team</a>. Xhaka began his career with <a href="/wiki/FC_Basel" title="FC Basel">FC Basel</a> and won the <a href="/wiki/Swiss_Super_League" title="Swiss Super League">Swiss Super League</a> twice. He moved to <a href="/wiki/Borussia_M%C3%B6nchengladbach" title="Borussia Mönchengladbach">Borussia Mönchengladbach</a> in 2012, developing a reputation as a technically gifted player and natural leader alongside criticism for his temperament, and acted as <a href="/wiki/Captain_(association_football)" title="Captain (association football)">club captain</a> from 2015, twice leading the team to <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League" title="UEFA Champions League">UEFA Champions League</a> qualification. Xhaka signed for <a href="/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League">Premier League</a> club <a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">Arsenal</a> in 2016 for a fee in the region of £30 million, winning two <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cups</a> and briefly serving as captain. He returned to the Bundesliga with Bayer Leverkusen in 2023, helping the club to their <a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_Bundesliga" title="2023–24 Bundesliga">first-ever league title</a> in his debut season. Xhaka was part of the <a href="/wiki/Switzerland_national_under-17_football_team" title="Switzerland national under-17 football team">Swiss team</a> that won the <a href="/wiki/2009_FIFA_U-17_World_Cup" title="2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup">2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup</a>. He made his senior debut in 2011 is currently the nation's <a href="/wiki/Switzerland_national_football_team#Most_appearances" title="Switzerland national football team">record appearance holder</a>, with 135 caps. He represented <a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a> at the <a href="/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup" title="FIFA World Cup">FIFA World Cup</a> in <a href="/wiki/2014_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2014 FIFA World Cup">2014</a>, <a href="/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2018 FIFA World Cup">2018</a> and <a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2022 FIFA World Cup">2022</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/UEFA_European_Championship" title="UEFA European Championship">UEFA European Championship</a> in <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2016" title="UEFA Euro 2016">2016</a>, <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2020" title="UEFA Euro 2020">2020</a> and <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2024" title="UEFA Euro 2024">2024</a>. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Granit_Xhaka&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life">edit</a>]</div> Granit Xhaka<a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a> was born on 27 September 1992<a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a> in the city of <a href="/wiki/Basel" title="Basel">Basel</a>, Switzerland, into an ethnic Albanian family from <a href="/wiki/Besian%C3%AB" class="mw-redirect" title="Besianë">Besianë</a>.<a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a> The family moved from Besianë to Basel, Switzerland in 1990.<a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a><a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a><a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Club_career">Club career</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Granit_Xhaka&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Club career">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="FC_Basel">FC Basel</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Granit_Xhaka&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: FC Basel">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Granit_Xhaka.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Granit_Xhaka.jpg/170px-Granit_Xhaka.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="265" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Granit_Xhaka.jpg/255px-Granit_Xhaka.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Granit_Xhaka.jpg 2x" data-file-width="321" data-file-height="500" /></a><figcaption>Xhaka warming up for <a href="/wiki/FC_Basel" title="FC Basel">Basel</a> in 2011</figcaption></figure> Xhaka started his youth football with <a href="/wiki/FC_Concordia_Basel" title="FC Concordia Basel">Concordia Basel</a> and, together with his brother <a href="/wiki/Taulant_Xhaka" title="Taulant Xhaka">Taulant</a>, moved to the youth department of <a href="/wiki/FC_Basel" title="FC Basel">FC Basel</a> at the end of 2002. He played for various Basel youth teams regularly advancing through the ranks. In the 2006–07 season he was member of the U-15 team that won the Swiss championship, creating a record for eternity. They managed to win all championship games in that season to win the Swiss championship at that level. This was achieved with a goal difference of 104:13. Since competitive football began in Switzerland, no team had achieved this before.<a href="#cite_note-fcb-aktuell-2007-06-17-U-16-Meister-10">[10]</a> In the 2007–08 season he was member of the U-16 team that won the Swiss championship at that level, remaining undefeated throughout the entire season.<a href="#cite_note-fcb-aktuell-2008-06-15-U-18-Cupsieger-11">[11]</a> During the 2008–09 season Xhaka advanced to the U-18 team, but was nevertheless called up to Basel's U-21 team, who played in the third tier of Swiss football, by their coach <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Rahmen" title="Patrick Rahmen">Patrick Rahmen</a> and on 15 November 2008 Xhaka was substituted on in the 83rd minute as Basel won 2–1 against <a href="/wiki/SC_Cham" title="SC Cham">SC Cham</a>. During the second half of the season Xhaka played nine further games for the U-21, scoring one goal and at the end of the season became division champions and won the championship at U-21 level.<a href="#cite_note-rsssf-Switzerland_2008/09-12">[12]</a> To the beginning of the 2009–10 season Xhaka advanced to become member of the U-21 squad, however was still eligible to play for the U-18 team, who at the end of the season became Swiss champions at their level. To the beginning of their <a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_FC_Basel_season" title="2010–11 FC Basel season">2010–11 season</a>, Xhaka advanced to Basel's first team under head coach <a href="/wiki/Thorsten_Fink" title="Thorsten Fink">Thorsten Fink</a>. On 28 July 2010 Xhaka played his first team debut in the third qualifying round of the <a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_UEFA_Champions_League" title="2010–11 UEFA Champions League">2010–11 UEFA Champions League</a> in the away match against <a href="/wiki/Debreceni_VSC" title="Debreceni VSC">Debrecen</a>. He was substituted on in the 88th minute and four minutes later he scored the team's second goal to secure the victory.<a href="#cite_note-Uefa-UCL-2010/11-Debrecen-FCB-13">[13]</a> He played his <a href="/wiki/Swiss_Super_League" title="Swiss Super League">domestic league</a> debut for the club. playing the full 90 minutes, in the away game on 21 August as Basel played a 1–1 draw with <a href="/wiki/FC_Thun" title="FC Thun">Thun</a>.<a href="#cite_note-fcb-achiv-2010/11-Thun-FCB-14">[14]</a> He scored his first Super League goal for his new team on 15 May 2011, in the home game in the <a href="/wiki/St._Jakob-Park" title="St. Jakob-Park">St. Jakob-Park</a> as Basel won 5–1 against <a href="/wiki/FC_Thun" title="FC Thun">FC Thun</a>.<a href="#cite_note-fcb-aktuell-2010/11-FCB-Thun-15">[15]</a> At the end of the <a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Swiss_Super_League" title="2010–11 Swiss Super League">2010–11 league season</a>, Xhaka won the championship title with the team. He had 20 league appearances, scoring once.<a href="#cite_note-rsssf-Switzerland_2010/2011-16">[16]</a> At the end of the 2011–12 season Xhaka won the <a href="/wiki/Double_(association_football)" title="Double (association football)">Double</a> with the team. They won the <a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Swiss_Super_League" title="2011–12 Swiss Super League">League</a> Championship title with 20 points advantage over second placed <a href="/wiki/FC_Luzern" title="FC Luzern">Luzern</a>.<a href="#cite_note-fcb-aktuel-2011/12-Meistertitel-17">[17]</a> The final of the <a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Swiss_Cup" title="2011–12 Swiss Cup">2011–12 Swiss Cup</a> was played in the <a href="/wiki/Stade_de_Suisse,_Wankdorf" class="mw-redirect" title="Stade de Suisse, Wankdorf">Stade de Suisse</a> on 16 May 2012. The game ended with a one-all draw after extra time and winning the penalty shoot-out Vasel lifted the trophy.<a href="#cite_note-rsssf-Switzerland_2011/12-18">[18]</a> At the end of the season he left the club, during his time with Basel's first team Xhaka played a total of 67 competitive games for them scoring a three goals. 44 of these games were in the <a href="/wiki/Swiss_Super_League" title="Swiss Super League">Swiss Super League</a>, nine in the <a href="/wiki/Swiss_Cup" title="Swiss Cup">Swiss Cup</a>, 14 in the UEFA competitions (Champions League and Europa League). He scored two goals in the domestic league and one in the <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League" title="UEFA Champions League">Champions League</a>.<a href="#cite_note-fcb-achiv-Granit_Xhaka-19">[19]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Borussia_Mönchengladbach">Borussia Mönchengladbach</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Granit_Xhaka&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Borussia Mönchengladbach">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Xhaka_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Xhaka_1.jpg/170px-Xhaka_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="235" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Xhaka_1.jpg/255px-Xhaka_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/Xhaka_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="288" data-file-height="398" /></a><figcaption>Xhaka playing for <a href="/wiki/Borussia_M%C3%B6nchengladbach" title="Borussia Mönchengladbach">Borussia Mönchengladbach</a> in 2015</figcaption></figure> On 18 May 2012, Basel announced on their homepage that Xhaka had agreed terms with <a href="/wiki/Lucien_Favre" title="Lucien Favre">Lucien Favre</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Borussia_M%C3%B6nchengladbach" title="Borussia Mönchengladbach">Borussia Mönchengladbach</a>. After medical checks were completed, Xhaka signed a five-year deal with the club. The transfer fee was not disclosed by Mönchengladbach, but is estimated to be in the region of €8.5 million.<a href="#cite_note-fcb4-20">[20]</a> Xhaka made his debut in a <a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_DFB-Pokal" title="2012–13 DFB-Pokal">DFB-Pokal</a> first round match against <a href="/wiki/Alemannia_Aachen" title="Alemannia Aachen">Alemannia Aachen</a> on 18 August 2012. Three days later, he made his first appearance in European competition for Borussia in 1–3 home lost to <a href="/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv" title="FC Dynamo Kyiv">Dynamo Kyiv</a> in qualification for the <a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_UEFA_Champions_League" title="2012–13 UEFA Champions League">2012–13 UEFA Champions League</a>. On 25 August, he made his Bundesliga debut in the team's opening match of <a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Bundesliga" title="2012–13 Bundesliga">the season</a>, a 2–1 home win against <a href="/wiki/TSG_1899_Hoffenheim" title="TSG 1899 Hoffenheim">1899 Hoffenheim</a>. He scored his first and only goal of the season in a 3–2 loss at <a href="/wiki/1._FC_N%C3%BCrnberg" title="1. FC Nürnberg">1. FC Nürnberg</a>.<a href="#cite_note-kicker-21">[21]</a> In his second season at the club, Xhaka started 29 times and made five substitute appearances as Gladbach finished in sixth place in the <a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_Bundesliga" title="2014–15 Bundesliga">2014–15 Bundesliga</a>.<a href="#cite_note-kicker-21">[21]</a> In 2014–15, Xhaka started all 34 <a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_Bundesliga" title="2014–15 Bundesliga">2014–15 Bundesliga</a> matches for Borussia<a href="#cite_note-kicker-21">[21]</a> and was named in the league's team of the season.<a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a> Borussia finished in third place to qualify for the <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_UEFA_Champions_League" title="2015–16 UEFA Champions League">2015–16 UEFA Champions League</a>.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] On 23 September 2015, Xhaka captained Borussia and scored his first goal of the season, heading in from <a href="/wiki/Raffael_(footballer)" title="Raffael (footballer)">Raffael</a>'s free kick in a 4–2 win over <a href="/wiki/FC_Augsburg" title="FC Augsburg">FC Augsburg</a>. In the next match, against <a href="/wiki/VfB_Stuttgart" title="VfB Stuttgart">VfB Stuttgart</a>, Xhaka again captained the side and scored a goal in a 3–1 win. On 30 September, he made his first appearance for Borussia in the Champions League proper in a 1–2 <a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_UEFA_Champions_League_group_stage" title="2015–16 UEFA Champions League group stage">group stage</a> loss at home to <a href="/wiki/Manchester_City_F.C." title="Manchester City F.C.">Manchester City</a>.<a href="#cite_note-kicker-21">[21]</a> Xhaka received his fifth red card for the team in his 95th game on 20 December, for striking his opponent in the first half; he voluntarily gave €20,000 to charity as an apology.<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Arsenal">Arsenal</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Granit_Xhaka&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Arsenal">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Granit_Xhaka_2018.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Granit_Xhaka_2018.jpg/170px-Granit_Xhaka_2018.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="332" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Granit_Xhaka_2018.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="224" data-file-height="438" /></a><figcaption>Xhaka playing for <a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">Arsenal</a> in 2018</figcaption></figure> On 25 May 2016, <a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">Arsenal</a> signed Xhaka from Borussia Mönchengladbach for a fee of around £30–35 million.<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a> Xhaka was signed after Arsenal allegedly backed out of <a href="/wiki/N%27Golo_Kant%C3%A9" title="N'Golo Kanté">N'Golo Kanté</a> transfer due to agent fees involved which totalled more than £10 million.<a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a> Xhaka made his first appearance for Arsenal (as a half-time substitution) in a 2–1 win against the <a href="/wiki/MLS_All-Stars" class="mw-redirect" title="MLS All-Stars">MLS All-Stars</a>.<a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a> Xhaka made his competitive debut for Arsenal in the club's opening match of the <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Premier_League" title="2016–17 Premier League">2016–17 Premier League</a> season, a 4–3 defeat to <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_F.C." title="Liverpool F.C.">Liverpool</a>, replacing midfielder <a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Elneny" title="Mohamed Elneny">Mohamed Elneny</a> in the 65th minute while also picking up a yellow card in the process.<a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a> His first goal for the club came on 17 September 2016, a 25-yard thunderbolt in a 4–1 <a href="/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League">Premier League</a> victory against <a href="/wiki/Hull_City_A.F.C." title="Hull City A.F.C.">Hull City</a>.<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> Four days later, he would score again from distance, this time from 30 yards in a 4–0 <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_EFL_Cup" title="2016–17 EFL Cup">EFL Cup</a> defeat of <a href="/wiki/Nottingham_Forest_F.C." title="Nottingham Forest F.C.">Nottingham Forest</a>.<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a> Xhaka's first Arsenal red card – and eighth for club and country since April 2014 – came in a 3–2 win over <a href="/wiki/Swansea_City_A.F.C." title="Swansea City A.F.C.">Swansea City</a> on 15 October 2016.<a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a> On 22 January 2017, Xhaka was sent off for the second time in the season, by referee <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Moss_(referee)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jonathan Moss (referee)">Jon Moss</a>, in Arsenal's 2–1 home win against <a href="/wiki/Burnley_F.C." title="Burnley F.C.">Burnley</a>.<a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a> After his first goal for the club in September, he would not score in the Premier League again until doing so in May, scoring the first goal of a 2–0 victory over <a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a>, ending United's run of 25 consecutive games unbeaten.<a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a> Xhaka went on to feature throughout Arsenal's triumphant <a href="/wiki/2016-17_FA_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="2016-17 FA Cup">FA Cup campaign</a>. As so he started in the <a href="/wiki/2017_FA_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2017 FA Cup Final">Cup final</a> against <a href="/wiki/Chelsea_F.C." title="Chelsea F.C.">Chelsea</a> which the Gunners won 2–1.<a href="#cite_note-FACup-33">[33]</a> Xhaka also played in the <a href="/wiki/2017_FA_Community_Shield" title="2017 FA Community Shield">2017 Community Shield</a> that Arsenal won on penalties over Chelsea.<a href="#cite_note-CS-34">[34]</a> His first goal of the 2017–18 season came in a 3–3 draw with Liverpool, Xhaka scored a 25-yard thunderbolt to take Arsenal from 2–1 to 2–2.<a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a> On 15 September 2018, Xhaka scored the first goal, from a direct free kick, in a 2–1 victory against <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_United_F.C." title="Newcastle United F.C.">Newcastle United</a>.<a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a> On 28 October 2018, he scored again from a free kick against <a href="/wiki/Crystal_Palace_F.C." title="Crystal Palace F.C.">Crystal Palace</a>.<a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a> On 27 September 2019, Arsenal manager <a href="/wiki/Unai_Emery" title="Unai Emery">Unai Emery</a> confirmed that Xhaka will be the new captain for the Gunners, replacing <a href="/wiki/Laurent_Koscielny" title="Laurent Koscielny">Laurent Koscielny</a>.<a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a> In the match against <a href="/wiki/Crystal_Palace_F.C." title="Crystal Palace F.C.">Crystal Palace</a> at <a href="/wiki/Emirates_Stadium" title="Emirates Stadium">Emirates Stadium</a> on 27 October 2019, Xhaka was at the center of criticism after being substituted off in the 61st minute.<a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a> The incident began when a portion of Arsenal fans started to cheer when his name was called to be replaced. He was booed as he walked off the pitch, and responded by making several sarcastic gestures and angrily saying "fuck off" twice to the fans who jeered his name. He also removed his jersey before walking straight down the tunnel.<a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a> Xhaka's actions were met with significant criticism after the match, and manager <a href="/wiki/Unai_Emery" title="Unai Emery">Unai Emery</a> described Xhaka's conduct as "wrong".<a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a><a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a> Emery also suggested that Xhaka should apologise.<a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a> On 30 October 2019 the club announced that Xhaka would be offered counselling.<a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a> Arsenal later tweeted an explanation from Xhaka about the incident.<a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research#Primary,_secondary_and_tertiary_sources" title="Wikipedia:No original research">non-primary source needed</a>] On 5 November 2019, just a month and a week after his announcement as captain, Xhaka was stripped of the captain's armband. <a href="/wiki/Pierre-Emerick_Aubameyang" title="Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang">Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang</a> took over as the captain after previously serving as vice captain.<a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a><a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a> After this incident, Xhaka began a hiatus from the first team squad and it was deemed highly likely that Xhaka would leave Arsenal in the upcoming January transfer window.<a href="#cite_note-bt.com-48">[48]</a> However, under the tenure of new manager <a href="/wiki/Mikel_Arteta" title="Mikel Arteta">Mikel Arteta</a>, Xhaka was reintroduced into the team as a key player and saw a sharp uptake in his form for the club and slowly began to win over the fans with whom he had previously had an oft fractious relationship.<a href="#cite_note-bt.com-48">[48]</a><a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a> Xhaka credited Arteta for this resurgence, claiming 'He [Arteta] turned me around and gave me a second chance and he showed me he trusted me and I tried to give him everything back.'<a href="#cite_note-bt.com-48">[48]</a> On 1 August 2020, Xhaka was selected to start in the <a href="/wiki/2020_FA_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 FA Cup Final">FA Cup Final</a> against Chelsea, and went on to win his second winners' medal as Arsenal won their 14th FA Cup.<a href="#cite_note-bbc-50">[50]</a> On 28 August 2020, Xhaka was in the starting 11 in the <a href="/wiki/2020_FA_Community_Shield" title="2020 FA Community Shield">2020 FA Community Shield</a>, which Arsenal clinched a 5–4 victory over <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_F.C." title="Liverpool F.C.">Liverpool</a> in the penalty shootout after the match was 1–1 after 90 minutes.<a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a> On 13 December 2020, Arsenal hosted <a href="/wiki/Burnley_F.C." title="Burnley F.C.">Burnley</a> in a Premier League fixture. Xhaka was <a href="/wiki/Penalty_card#Red_card" title="Penalty card">sent off</a> at the 56th minute, after clashing with <a href="/wiki/Dwight_McNeil" title="Dwight McNeil">Dwight McNeil</a> and later grabbing <a href="/wiki/Ashley_Westwood_(footballer,_born_1990)" title="Ashley Westwood (footballer, born 1990)">Ashley Westwood</a> by the neck.<a href="#cite_note-the_guardian-52">[52]</a> The match eventually ended with Burnley winning 1–0 after teammate Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored an <a href="/wiki/Own_goal#Association_football" title="Own goal">own goal</a> at the 73rd minute. On 26 December 2020, he scored his first Premier League goal of the <a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_Premier_League" title="2020–21 Premier League">2020–21 season</a> from a free kick in a 3–1 home win against Chelsea.<a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a> On 13 January 2022, Xhaka received a red card in an <a href="/wiki/EFL_Cup" title="EFL Cup">EFL Cup</a> <a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_EFL_Cup#Semi-finals" title="2021–22 EFL Cup">semi-final</a> first-leg tie against <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_F.C." title="Liverpool F.C.">Liverpool</a>.<a href="#cite_note-XhakaRedLIV-54">[54]</a> It was his fifth overall red card in his Arsenal career.<a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a> The match eventually ended goalless.<a href="#cite_note-XhakaRedLIV-54">[54]</a> Xhaka scored his first goal of the <a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_Premier_League" title="2021–22 Premier League">2021–22 season</a> with a long-range strike from 25 yards out, that helped seal a 3–1 victory over <a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Emirates_Stadium" title="Emirates Stadium">Emirates Stadium</a>.<a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a> His stunning strike was eventually named winner of the club's annual Goal of the Season.<a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a> Xhaka scored his first goal of the <a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_Arsenal_F.C._season" title="2022–23 Arsenal F.C. season">2022–23 season</a>, with a third goal from close range against <a href="/wiki/Leicester_City_F.C." title="Leicester City F.C.">Leicester</a> in a 4–2 victory during their first home game of the season.<a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bayer_Leverkusen">Bayer Leverkusen</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Granit_Xhaka&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Bayer Leverkusen">edit</a>]</div> On 6 July 2023, Xhaka signed for Bundesliga club <a href="/wiki/Bayer_04_Leverkusen" title="Bayer 04 Leverkusen">Bayer Leverkusen</a> on a five-year contract for a fee of €25 million (£21.4 million).<a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a> On 12 August, he made his debut in a <a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_DFB-Pokal" title="2023–24 DFB-Pokal">2023–24 DFB-Pokal</a> match, playing the full 90 minutes in an 8–0 win against <a href="/wiki/FC_Teutonia_Ottensen" title="FC Teutonia Ottensen">Teutonia Ottensen</a>.<a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a> On 23 February 2024, he scored his first goal for Leverkusen in a 2–1 victory against <a href="/wiki/1._FSV_Mainz_05" title="1. FSV Mainz 05">Mainz 05</a>.<a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a> On 14 April, Xhaka scored in Leverkusen's 5–0 win over <a href="/wiki/Werder_Bremen" class="mw-redirect" title="Werder Bremen">Werder Bremen</a> to clinch the club's first <a href="/wiki/List_of_German_football_champions" title="List of German football champions">German championship</a>.<a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a> On 25 May, he scored the only goal against <a href="/wiki/1._FC_Kaiserslautern" title="1. FC Kaiserslautern">Kaiserslautern</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2024_DFB-Pokal_final" title="2024 DFB-Pokal final">DFB-Pokal final</a>, which granted his club their second ever DFB-Pokal trophy, and secured their <a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_Bayer_04_Leverkusen_season" title="2023–24 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season">invincible double season</a>.<a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a> Xhaka scored the opening goal of the <a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_Bundesliga" title="2024–25 Bundesliga">2024–25 Bundesliga</a> season from long-distance against Borussia Mönchengladbach on 23 August 2024 as Leverkusen won 3-2; Xhaka did not celebrate out of respect for Gladbach.<a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_career">International career</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Granit_Xhaka&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: International career">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2008–2011:_youth_levels_and_senior_debut">2008–2011: youth levels and senior debut</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Granit_Xhaka&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2008–2011: youth levels and senior debut">edit</a>]</div> Xhaka has played for Swiss youth squad at the U-17 level. He participated in the <a href="/wiki/FIFA_U-17_World_Cup" title="FIFA U-17 World Cup">Under-17 World Cup</a> in <a href="/wiki/2009_FIFA_U-17_World_Cup" title="2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup">2009 in Nigeria</a>. The Swiss team won the World Cup.<a href="#cite_note-Player_statistics_FIFA_U17_World_Cup-65">[65]</a> He played his first game for the <a href="/wiki/Switzerland_national_under-19_football_team" title="Switzerland national under-19 football team">Switzerland national under-19 team</a> on 25 May 2010, as a substitute, as the team beat <a href="/wiki/Austria_national_under-19_football_team" title="Austria national under-19 football team">Austria national under-19 football team</a> 3–2 in the <a href="/wiki/Schwaz" title="Schwaz">Schwaz</a>, Austria. He scored his first goal for the U-19 on 7 September 2010 as the team won 3–0 against the <a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic_national_under-19_football_team" title="Czech Republic national under-19 football team">Czech Republic</a>.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] Xhaka played his first game for the <a href="/wiki/Switzerland_national_under-21_football_team" title="Switzerland national under-21 football team">under-21 side</a> on 3 September 2010, as a substitute, as the team beat the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland_under-21_national_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of Ireland under-21 national football team">Republic of Ireland</a> 1–0 at the <a href="/wiki/Cornaredo_Stadium" title="Cornaredo Stadium">Cornaredo Stadium</a> in <a href="/wiki/Lugano" title="Lugano">Lugano</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Match_report_Switzerland_1-0_Republic_of_Ireland-66">[66]</a> This was the last game in the <a href="/wiki/2011_UEFA_European_Under-21_Championship_qualification_Group_2" title="2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 2">qualification Group 2</a> to the <a href="/wiki/2011_UEFA_European_Under-21_Championship" title="2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship">2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship</a>. Xhaka was member of the Swiss U-21 squad that competed in the final tournament, hosted by Denmark, between 11 and 25 June 2011. The Swiss team reached the final without conceding a goal, but lost to <a href="/wiki/Spain_national_under-21_football_team" title="Spain national under-21 football team">Spain</a> 2–0.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2011–present:_tournaments_and_captaincy">2011–present: tournaments and captaincy</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Granit_Xhaka&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 2011–present: tournaments and captaincy">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Granit_Xhaka_-_Switzerland_vs._Argentina,_29th_February_2012.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Granit_Xhaka_-_Switzerland_vs._Argentina%2C_29th_February_2012.jpg/170px-Granit_Xhaka_-_Switzerland_vs._Argentina%2C_29th_February_2012.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="284" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Granit_Xhaka_-_Switzerland_vs._Argentina%2C_29th_February_2012.jpg/255px-Granit_Xhaka_-_Switzerland_vs._Argentina%2C_29th_February_2012.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Granit_Xhaka_-_Switzerland_vs._Argentina%2C_29th_February_2012.jpg/340px-Granit_Xhaka_-_Switzerland_vs._Argentina%2C_29th_February_2012.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2412" data-file-height="4032" /></a><figcaption>Xhaka playing for <a href="/wiki/Switzerland_national_football_team" title="Switzerland national football team">Switzerland</a> in 2012</figcaption></figure> Before making his international debut for <a href="/wiki/Switzerland_national_football_team" title="Switzerland national football team">Switzerland</a>, Xhaka was still undecided whether to play for his birth country or <a href="/wiki/Albania_national_football_team" title="Albania national football team">Albania</a>, and he complained to the Albanian sports media that <a href="/wiki/Albanian_Football_Federation" title="Albanian Football Federation">Albanian Football Federation</a> was ignoring him while the Swiss Football Association was showing much more interest.<a href="#cite_note-Albaniasoccer1-67">[67]</a> Xhaka debuted for Switzerland at <a href="/wiki/Wembley_Stadium" title="Wembley Stadium">Wembley Stadium</a> against <a href="/wiki/England_national_football_team" title="England national football team">England</a> in a 2–2 <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2012_qualifying" title="UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying">UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying</a> draw on 4 June 2011.<a href="#cite_note-Fulldebut-68">[68]</a> On 15 November 2011, during his sixth international appearance, he scored his first international goal in the 1–0 away win against <a href="/wiki/Luxembourg_national_football_team" title="Luxembourg national football team">Luxembourg</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Stade_Josy_Barthel" title="Stade Josy Barthel">Stade Josy Barthel</a>.<a href="#cite_note-sfv_3-69">[69]</a> Switzerland also tried to select Xhaka to participate in the <a href="/wiki/Football_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament">2012 Olympic Football tournament</a>, but he opted to stay at his new club for pre-season training.<a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a> He participated in all ten of Switzerland's <a href="/wiki/2014_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(UEFA)" title="2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)">2014 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign</a> matches, scoring both goals in a 2–0 defeat of <a href="/wiki/Slovenia_national_football_team" title="Slovenia national football team">Slovenia</a>.<a href="#cite_note-fifa-71">[71]</a> On 2 June 2014, Xhaka was named in Switzerland's <a href="/wiki/2014_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2014 FIFA World Cup">2014 World Cup</a> squad by national coach <a href="/wiki/Ottmar_Hitzfeld" title="Ottmar Hitzfeld">Ottmar Hitzfeld</a>.<a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a> In the team's second match, Xhaka scored in a 5–2 loss to <a href="/wiki/France_national_football_team" title="France national football team">France</a>.<a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a> Xhaka was selected for <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2016" title="UEFA Euro 2016">UEFA Euro 2016</a>, where Switzerland's campaign opened against Albania in <a href="/wiki/Lens,_Pas-de-Calais" title="Lens, Pas-de-Calais">Lens</a>. Xhaka, whose team won 1–0, was playing against his brother <a href="/wiki/Taulant_Xhaka" title="Taulant Xhaka">Taulant</a>. He was voted the <a href="/wiki/Player_of_the_match" title="Player of the match">man of the match</a>.<a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a> Xhaka played every minute of Switzerland's campaign, which ended in the round of 16 with a loss to <a href="/wiki/Poland_national_football_team" title="Poland national football team">Poland</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Stade_Geoffroy-Guichard" title="Stade Geoffroy-Guichard">Stade Geoffroy-Guichard</a>; after a 1–1 draw he was the only player to not score in the <a href="/wiki/Penalty_shoot-out_(association_football)" title="Penalty shoot-out (association football)">penalty shoot-out</a>, shooting wide.<a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a> Ahead of the <a href="/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification_(UEFA)" title="2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)">2018 World Cup qualifiers</a>, there was speculation that Xhaka could switch his allegiance to represent <a href="/wiki/Kosovo_national_football_team" title="Kosovo national football team">Kosovo</a>, which had been accepted as a full member of <a href="/wiki/FIFA" title="FIFA">FIFA</a> and were allowed to play competitive matches for the first time. Xhaka, however, published an open letter stating that his participation in Euro 2016 had disqualified him from changing his allegiance, and he was thus tied to Switzerland.<a href="#cite_note-76">[76]</a> Xhaka was named in manager <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Petkovi%C4%87" title="Vladimir Petković">Vladimir Petković</a>'s 23-man Swiss squad for the <a href="/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2018 FIFA World Cup">2018 FIFA World Cup</a> in Russia.<a href="#cite_note-77">[77]</a> On 22 June, he equalised with a long-range strike as the Swiss came from behind to defeat <a href="/wiki/Serbia_national_football_team" title="Serbia national football team">Serbia</a> 2–1 in their second game. He and fellow goalscorer <a href="/wiki/Xherdan_Shaqiri" title="Xherdan Shaqiri">Xherdan Shaqiri</a>, who is also of Albanian descent, <a href="/wiki/Goal_celebration" title="Goal celebration">celebrated their goals</a> by making an <a href="/wiki/Crossed_hands" title="Crossed hands">eagle gesture</a> resembling the double headed eagle of the <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Albania" title="Flag of Albania">Albanian flag</a>.<a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a><a href="#cite_note-79">[79]</a><a href="#cite_note-80">[80]</a><a href="#cite_note-81">[81]</a> FIFA fined each player 10,000 <a href="/wiki/Swiss_franc" title="Swiss franc">Swiss francs</a> "for unsporting behaviour contrary to the principles of fair-play".<a href="#cite_note-82">[82]</a><a href="#cite_note-83">[83]</a> Xhaka was appointed as a temporary captain by Vladimir Petković in the absence of <a href="/wiki/Stephan_Lichtsteiner" title="Stephan Lichtsteiner">Stephan Lichtsteiner</a>, which caused him to be criticised by former Swiss international <a href="/wiki/St%C3%A9phane_Henchoz" title="Stéphane Henchoz">Stéphane Henchoz</a>, who claimed that Xhaka could not properly represent Switzerland due to his Albanian heritage, instead suggesting that Lichtsteiner, <a href="/wiki/Yann_Sommer" title="Yann Sommer">Yann Sommer</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Fabian_Sch%C3%A4r" title="Fabian Schär">Fabian Schär</a> serve as captain.<a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a> In September 2019, Xhaka offered his captaincy to Xherdan Shaqiri in an effort to get him to return to the national side.<a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a> In June 2021, Xhaka was selected for the Switzerland squad for <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2020" title="UEFA Euro 2020">UEFA Euro 2020</a>.<a href="#cite_note-86">[86]</a> He captained the team in their three group matches, as well as the <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2024_knockout_stage#Round_of_16" title="UEFA Euro 2024 knockout stage">round of 16</a> tie with France. In the match against France, he assisted <a href="/wiki/Mario_Gavranovi%C4%87" title="Mario Gavranović">Mario Gavranović</a>'s 90th-minute equalising goal as Switzerland progressed to the quarter-final via a penalty shootout.<a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a> However, a yellow card received 14 minutes earlier meant that Xhaka was suspended for the quarter-final, where the Swiss lost to <a href="/wiki/Spain_national_football_team" title="Spain national football team">Spain</a> in a penalty shootout.<a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a> In November 2022, Xhaka was selected for the 26-man Switzerland squad for the <a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2022 FIFA World Cup">2022 FIFA World Cup</a> in Qatar.<a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a> He played every minute of Switzerland's four matches of the tournament as they reached the <a href="/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_knockout_stage#Round_of_16" title="2022 FIFA World Cup knockout stage">round of 16</a>, where they were beaten 6–1 by <a href="/wiki/Portugal_national_football_team" title="Portugal national football team">Portugal</a>.<a href="#cite_note-90">[90]</a> On 15 October 2023, in a 3–3 draw with <a href="/wiki/Belarus_national_football_team" title="Belarus national football team">Belarus</a> during <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2024_qualifying" title="UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying">UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying</a>, Xhaka equalled <a href="/wiki/Heinz_Hermann" title="Heinz Hermann">Heinz Hermann</a>'s record of 118 appearances for the Swiss national team.<a href="#cite_note-91">[91]</a> A month later, he captained the Nati in a 1–1 draw in <a href="/wiki/Israel_national_football_team" title="Israel national football team">Israel</a> to break the record with his 119th appearance.<a href="#cite_note-92">[92]</a> In June 2024, Xhaka was named in Switzerland's squad for <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2024" title="UEFA Euro 2024">UEFA Euro 2024</a>. He captained the team to 3–1 over <a href="/wiki/Hungary_national_football_team" title="Hungary national football team">Hungary</a> in their opening <a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2024_Group_A" title="UEFA Euro 2024 Group A">Group A</a> match and was named <a href="/wiki/Man_of_the_match" class="mw-redirect" title="Man of the match">Man of the match</a>.<a href="#cite_note-93">[93]</a><a href="#cite_note-94">[94]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Granit_Xhaka&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Personal life">edit</a>]</div> Xhaka's elder brother, <a href="/wiki/Taulant_Xhaka" title="Taulant Xhaka">Taulant</a> is also a professional footballer who plays for <a href="/wiki/FC_Basel" title="FC Basel">Basel</a> and previously represented the <a href="/wiki/Albania_national_football_team" title="Albania national football team">Albania national team</a>.<a href="#cite_note-95">[95]</a> In July 2017, Xhaka married his long-term partner, Leonita Lekaj.<a href="#cite_note-96">[96]</a> They have two daughters, born in 2019<a href="#cite_note-97">[97]</a> and 2021.<a href="#cite_note-98">[98]</a> Xhaka is <a href="/wiki/Muslims" title="Muslims">Muslim</a>.<a href="#cite_note-99">[99]</a><a href="#cite_note-100">[100]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career_statistics">Career statistics</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Granit_Xhaka&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Career statistics">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Club">Club</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Granit_Xhaka&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Club">edit</a>]</div> <dl><dd>As of match played 30 November 2024</dd></dl> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"> <caption>Appearances and goals by club, season and competition </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Club </th> <th rowspan="2">Season </th> <th colspan="3">League </th> <th colspan="2">National cup<a href="#cite_note-101">[a]</a> </th> <th colspan="2">League cup<a href="#cite_note-102">[b]</a> </th> <th colspan="2">Europe </th> <th colspan="2">Other </th> <th colspan="2">Total </th></tr> <tr> <th>Division</th> <th>Apps</th> <th>Goals</th> <th>Apps</th> <th>Goals</th> <th>Apps</th> <th>Goals</th> <th>Apps</th> <th>Goals</th> <th>Apps</th> <th>Goals</th> <th>Apps</th> <th>Goals </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/FC_Basel" title="FC Basel">FC Basel</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_FC_Basel_season" title="2010–11 FC Basel season">2010–11</a><a href="#cite_note-Soccerway-103">[101]</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Swiss_Super_League" title="Swiss Super League">Swiss Super League</a> </td> <td>19</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>5<a href="#cite_note-104">[c]</a></td> <td>1</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>26</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_FC_Basel_season" title="2011–12 FC Basel season">2011–12</a><a href="#cite_note-Soccerway-103">[101]</a> </td> <td>23</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>8<a href="#cite_note-UCL-105">[d]</a></td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>35</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Total </th> <th>42</th> <th>1</th> <th>6</th> <th>0</th> <th colspan="2">—</th> <th>13</th> <th>1</th> <th colspan="2">—</th> <th>61</th> <th>2 </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Borussia_M%C3%B6nchengladbach" title="Borussia Mönchengladbach">Borussia Mönchengladbach</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_Borussia_M%C3%B6nchengladbach_season" title="2012–13 Borussia Mönchengladbach season">2012–13</a><a href="#cite_note-Soccerway-103">[101]</a> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Bundesliga" title="Bundesliga">Bundesliga</a> </td> <td>22</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>9<a href="#cite_note-106">[e]</a></td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>32</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_Borussia_M%C3%B6nchengladbach_season" title="2013–14 Borussia Mönchengladbach season">2013–14</a><a href="#cite_note-Soccerway-103">[101]</a> </td> <td>28</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>29</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_Borussia_M%C3%B6nchengladbach_season" title="2014–15 Borussia Mönchengladbach season">2014–15</a><a href="#cite_note-Soccerway-103">[101]</a> </td> <td>30</td> <td>2</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>9<a href="#cite_note-UEL-107">[f]</a></td> <td>3</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>42</td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_Borussia_M%C3%B6nchengladbach_season" title="2015–16 Borussia Mönchengladbach season">2015–16</a><a href="#cite_note-Soccerway-103">[101]</a> </td> <td>28</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>5<a href="#cite_note-UCL-105">[d]</a></td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>36</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Total </th> <th>108</th> <th>6</th> <th>8</th> <th>0</th> <th colspan="2">—</th> <th>23</th> <th>3</th> <th colspan="2">—</th> <th>139</th> <th>9 </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="8"><a href="/wiki/Arsenal_F.C." title="Arsenal F.C.">Arsenal</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_Arsenal_F.C._season" title="2016–17 Arsenal F.C. season">2016–17</a><a href="#cite_note-108">[102]</a> </td> <td rowspan="7"><a href="/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League">Premier League</a> </td> <td>32</td> <td>2</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>7<a href="#cite_note-UCL-105">[d]</a></td> <td>1</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>46</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_Arsenal_F.C._season" title="2017–18 Arsenal F.C. season">2017–18</a><a href="#cite_note-109">[103]</a> </td> <td>38</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>6<a href="#cite_note-UEL-107">[f]</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>1<a href="#cite_note-FACS-110">[g]</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>48</td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Arsenal_F.C._season" title="2018–19 Arsenal F.C. season">2018–19</a><a href="#cite_note-111">[104]</a> </td> <td>29</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>9<a href="#cite_note-UEL-107">[f]</a></td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>40</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Arsenal_F.C._season" title="2019–20 Arsenal F.C. season">2019–20</a><a href="#cite_note-112">[105]</a> </td> <td>31</td> <td>1</td> <td>6</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>4<a href="#cite_note-UEL-107">[f]</a></td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>41</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_Arsenal_F.C._season" title="2020–21 Arsenal F.C. season">2020–21</a><a href="#cite_note-113">[106]</a> </td> <td>31</td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>10<a href="#cite_note-UEL-107">[f]</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>1<a href="#cite_note-FACS-110">[g]</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>45</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_Arsenal_F.C._season" title="2021–22 Arsenal F.C. season">2021–22</a><a href="#cite_note-114">[107]</a> </td> <td>27</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>30</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_Arsenal_F.C._season" title="2022–23 Arsenal F.C. season">2022–23</a><a href="#cite_note-115">[108]</a> </td> <td>37</td> <td>7</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>7<a href="#cite_note-UEL-107">[f]</a></td> <td>2</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>47</td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Total </th> <th>225</th> <th>17</th> <th>16</th> <th>0</th> <th>11</th> <th>2</th> <th>43</th> <th>4</th> <th>2</th> <th>0</th> <th>297</th> <th>23 </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Bayer_04_Leverkusen" title="Bayer 04 Leverkusen">Bayer Leverkusen</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_Bayer_04_Leverkusen_season" title="2023–24 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season">2023–24</a><a href="#cite_note-Soccerway-103">[101]</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">Bundesliga </td> <td>33</td> <td>3</td> <td>6</td> <td>1</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>11<a href="#cite_note-UEL-107">[f]</a></td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>50</td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_Bayer_04_Leverkusen_season" title="2024–25 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season">2024–25</a><a href="#cite_note-Soccerway-103">[101]</a> </td> <td>12</td> <td>2</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td colspan="2">—</td> <td>5<a href="#cite_note-UCL-105">[d]</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>1<a href="#cite_note-116">[h]</a></td> <td>0</td> <td>20</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Total </th> <th>45</th> <th>5</th> <th>8</th> <th>1</th> <th colspan="2">—</th> <th>16</th> <th>0</th> <th>1</th> <th>0</th> <th>70</th> <th>6 </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">Career total </th> <th>420</th> <th>29</th> <th>38</th> <th>1</th> <th>11</th> <th>2</th> <th>95</th> <th>8</th> <th>3</th> <th>0</th> <th>567</th> <th>40 </th></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output 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<a href="#cite_ref-UCL_105-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-UCL_105-2">c</a> <a href="#cite_ref-UCL_105-3">d</a> Appearances in UEFA Champions League </li> <li id="cite_note-106"><a href="#cite_ref-106">^</a> Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, seven in UEFA Europa League </li> <li id="cite_note-UEL-107">^ <a href="#cite_ref-UEL_107-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-UEL_107-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-UEL_107-2">c</a> <a href="#cite_ref-UEL_107-3">d</a> <a href="#cite_ref-UEL_107-4">e</a> <a href="#cite_ref-UEL_107-5">f</a> <a href="#cite_ref-UEL_107-6">g</a> Appearances in UEFA Europa League </li> <li id="cite_note-FACS-110">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FACS_110-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-FACS_110-1">b</a> Appearance in <a href="/wiki/FA_Community_Shield" title="FA Community Shield">FA Community Shield</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-116"><a href="#cite_ref-116">^</a> Appearance in <a href="/wiki/DFL-Supercup" title="DFL-Supercup">DFL-Supercup</a> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="International">International</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Granit_Xhaka&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: International">edit</a>]</div> <dl><dd>As of match played 18 November 2024<a href="#cite_note-wfnat-117">[109]</a></dd></dl> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"> <caption>Appearances and goals by national team and year </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>National team</th> <th>Year</th> <th>Apps</th> <th>Goals </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="14"><a href="/wiki/Switzerland_national_football_team" title="Switzerland national football team">Switzerland</a> </td> <td>2011</td> <td>6</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012</td> <td>9</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013</td> <td>8</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2014</td> <td>10</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015</td> <td>6</td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016</td> <td>11</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017</td> <td>9</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018</td> <td>13</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019</td> <td>10</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020</td> <td>7</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2021</td> <td>9</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2022</td> <td>13</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2023</td> <td>10</td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2024</td> <td>14</td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Total</th> <th>135</th> <th>14 </th></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd>As of match played 18 November 2024</dd> <dd>Switzerland score listed first, score column indicates score after each Xhaka goal.<a href="#cite_note-wfnat-117">[109]</a></dd></dl> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>List of international goals scored by Granit Xhaka </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">No. </th> <th scope="col">Date </th> <th scope="col">Venue </th> <th scope="col">Cap </th> <th scope="col">Opponent </th> <th scope="col">Score </th> <th scope="col">Result </th> <th scope="col">Competition </th> <th scope="col" class="unsortable"><abbr title="Reference">Ref.</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;">1</td> <td>15 November 2011</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stade_Josy_Barthel" title="Stade Josy Barthel">Stade Josy Barthel</a>, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg</td> <td style="text-align: center;">6</td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/23px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/35px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/46px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="307" /> <a href="/wiki/Luxembourg_national_football_team" title="Luxembourg national football team">Luxembourg</a></td> <td style="text-align: center;">1–0</td> <td style="text-align: center;">1–0</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Friendly_(association_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Friendly (association football)">Friendly</a></td> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="#cite_note-118">[110]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;">2</td> <td>15 August 2012</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stadion_Poljud" title="Stadion Poljud">Stadion Poljud</a>, Split, Croatia</td> <td style="text-align: center;">10</td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Croatia_national_football_team" title="Croatia national football team">Croatia</a></td> <td style="text-align: center;">1–0</td> <td style="text-align: center;">4–2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Friendly_(association_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Friendly (association football)">Friendly</a></td> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="#cite_note-119">[111]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;">3</td> <td>7 September 2012</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sto%C5%BEice_Stadium" title="Stožice Stadium">Stožice Stadium</a>, Ljubljana, Slovenia</td> <td style="text-align: center;">11</td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Slovenia_national_football_team" title="Slovenia national football team">Slovenia</a></td> <td style="text-align: center;">1–0</td> <td style="text-align: center;">2–0</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2014_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="2014 FIFA World Cup qualification">2014 FIFA World Cup qualification</a></td> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="#cite_note-120">[112]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;">4</td> <td>15 October 2013</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stade_de_Suisse" class="mw-redirect" title="Stade de Suisse">Stade de Suisse</a>, Bern, Switzerland</td> <td style="text-align: center;">22</td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Slovenia_national_football_team" title="Slovenia national football team">Slovenia</a></td> <td style="text-align: center;">1–0</td> <td style="text-align: center;">1–0</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2014_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="2014 FIFA World Cup qualification">2014 FIFA World Cup qualification</a></td> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="#cite_note-121">[113]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;">5</td> <td>20 June 2014</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Itaipava_Arena_Fonte_Nova" class="mw-redirect" title="Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova">Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova</a>, Salvador, Brazil</td> <td style="text-align: center;">28</td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/France_national_football_team" title="France national football team">France</a></td> <td style="text-align: center;">2–5</td> <td style="text-align: center;">2–5</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2014_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2014 FIFA World Cup">2014 FIFA World Cup</a></td> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="#cite_note-122">[114]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;">6</td> <td>27 March 2015</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Swissporarena" title="Swissporarena">Swissporarena</a>, Lucerne, Switzerland</td> <td style="text-align: center;">34</td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="990" data-file-height="630" /> <a href="/wiki/Estonia_national_football_team" title="Estonia national football team">Estonia</a></td> <td style="text-align: center;">2–0</td> <td style="text-align: center;">3–0</td> <td><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2016_qualifying" title="UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying">UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying</a></td> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="#cite_note-123">[115]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;">7</td> <td>9 June 2017</td> <td><a href="/wiki/T%C3%B3rsv%C3%B8llur" title="Tórsvøllur">Tórsvøllur</a>, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands</td> <td style="text-align: center;">53</td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Flag_of_the_Faroe_Islands.svg/21px-Flag_of_the_Faroe_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Flag_of_the_Faroe_Islands.svg/32px-Flag_of_the_Faroe_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Flag_of_the_Faroe_Islands.svg/41px-Flag_of_the_Faroe_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="800" /> <a href="/wiki/Faroe_Islands_national_football_team" title="Faroe Islands national football team">Faroe Islands</a></td> <td style="text-align: center;">1–0</td> <td style="text-align: center;">2–0</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="2018 FIFA World Cup qualification">2018 FIFA World Cup qualification</a></td> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="#cite_note-124">[116]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;">8</td> <td>7 October 2017</td> <td><a href="/wiki/St._Jakob-Park" title="St. Jakob-Park">St. Jakob-Park</a>, Basel, Switzerland</td> <td style="text-align: center;">56</td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/46px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Hungary_national_football_team" title="Hungary national football team">Hungary</a></td> <td style="text-align: center;">1–0</td> <td style="text-align: center;">5–2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification" title="2018 FIFA World Cup qualification">2018 FIFA World Cup qualification</a></td> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="#cite_note-125">[117]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;">9</td> <td>27 March 2018</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Swissporarena" title="Swissporarena">Swissporarena</a>, Lucerne, Switzerland</td> <td style="text-align: center;">61</td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Flag_of_Panama.svg/23px-Flag_of_Panama.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Flag_of_Panama.svg/35px-Flag_of_Panama.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Flag_of_Panama.svg/45px-Flag_of_Panama.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Panama_national_football_team" title="Panama national football team">Panama</a></td> <td style="text-align: center;">2–0</td> <td style="text-align: center;">6–0</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Friendly_(association_football)" class="mw-redirect" title="Friendly (association football)">Friendly</a></td> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="#cite_note-126">[118]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;">10</td> <td>22 June 2018</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kaliningrad_Stadium" title="Kaliningrad Stadium">Kaliningrad Stadium</a>, Kaliningrad, Russia</td> <td style="text-align: center;">64</td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1350" data-file-height="900" /> <a href="/wiki/Serbia_national_football_team" title="Serbia national football team">Serbia</a></td> <td style="text-align: center;">1–1</td> <td style="text-align: center;">2–1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup" title="2018 FIFA World Cup">2018 FIFA World Cup</a></td> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="#cite_note-127">[119]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;">11</td> <td>26 March 2019</td> <td><a href="/wiki/St._Jakob-Park" title="St. Jakob-Park">St. Jakob-Park</a>, Basel, Switzerland</td> <td style="text-align: center;">74</td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /> <a href="/wiki/Denmark_national_football_team" title="Denmark national football team">Denmark</a></td> <td style="text-align: center;">2–0</td> <td style="text-align: center;">3–3</td> <td><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2020_qualifying" title="UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying">UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying</a></td> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="#cite_note-128">[120]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;">12</td> <td>18 November 2019</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Stadium,_Gibraltar" title="Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar">Victoria Stadium</a>, Gibraltar</td> <td style="text-align: center;">82</td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg/23px-Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg/35px-Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg/46px-Flag_of_Gibraltar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /> <a href="/wiki/Gibraltar_national_football_team" title="Gibraltar national football team">Gibraltar</a></td> <td style="text-align: center;">6–1</td> <td style="text-align: center;">6–1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2020_qualifying" title="UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying">UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying</a></td> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="#cite_note-129">[121]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;">13</td> <td>25 March 2023</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kara%C4%91or%C4%91e_Stadium" title="Karađorđe Stadium">Karađorđe Stadium</a>, Novi Sad, Serbia</td> <td style="text-align: center;">112</td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/35px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/46px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Belarus_national_football_team" title="Belarus national football team">Belarus</a></td> <td style="text-align: center;">4–0</td> <td style="text-align: center;">5–0</td> <td><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2024_qualifying" title="UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying">UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying</a></td> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="#cite_note-130">[122]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;">14</td> <td>12 September 2023</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stade_de_Tourbillon" title="Stade de Tourbillon">Stade de Tourbillon</a>, Sion, Switzerland</td> <td style="text-align: center;">117</td> <td><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Andorra.svg/22px-Flag_of_Andorra.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Andorra.svg/33px-Flag_of_Andorra.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Andorra.svg/43px-Flag_of_Andorra.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /> <a href="/wiki/Andorra_national_football_team" title="Andorra national football team">Andorra</a></td> <td style="text-align: center;">2–0</td> <td style="text-align: center;">3–0</td> <td><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2024_qualifying" title="UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying">UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying</a></td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="#cite_note-131">[123]</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Granit_Xhaka&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Honours">edit</a>]</div> Basel Youth <ul><li>U15 Swiss Championship: 2006–07<a href="#cite_note-fcb-aktuell-2007-06-17-U-16-Meister-10">[10]</a></li> <li>U16 Swiss Championship: 2007–08<a href="#cite_note-fcb-aktuell-2008-06-15-U-18-Cupsieger-11">[11]</a></li> <li>U21 Swiss Championship: 2008–09</li></ul> Basel <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_Super_League" title="Swiss Super League">Swiss Super League</a>: <a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_Swiss_Super_League" title="2010–11 Swiss Super League">2010–11</a>, <a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Swiss_Super_League" title="2011–12 Swiss Super League">2011–12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_Cup" title="Swiss Cup">Swiss Cup</a>: <a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_Swiss_Cup" title="2011–12 Swiss Cup">2011–12</a></li></ul> Arsenal <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a>: <a href="/wiki/2016%E2%80%9317_FA_Cup" title="2016–17 FA Cup">2016–17</a>,<a href="#cite_note-132">[124]</a> <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_FA_Cup" title="2019–20 FA Cup">2019–20</a><a href="#cite_note-133">[125]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FA_Community_Shield" title="FA Community Shield">FA Community Shield</a>: <a href="/wiki/2017_FA_Community_Shield" title="2017 FA Community Shield">2017</a>,<a href="#cite_note-134">[126]</a> <a href="/wiki/2020_FA_Community_Shield" title="2020 FA Community Shield">2020</a><a href="#cite_note-135">[127]</a></li></ul> Bayer Leverkusen <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bundesliga" title="Bundesliga">Bundesliga</a>: <a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_Bundesliga" title="2023–24 Bundesliga">2023–24</a><a href="#cite_note-136">[128]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DFB-Pokal" title="DFB-Pokal">DFB-Pokal</a>: <a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_DFB-Pokal" title="2023–24 DFB-Pokal">2023–24</a><a href="#cite_note-137">[129]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DFL-Supercup" title="DFL-Supercup">DFL-Supercup</a>: <a href="/wiki/2024_DFL-Supercup" title="2024 DFL-Supercup">2024</a><a href="#cite_note-138">[130]</a></li></ul> Switzerland U17 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/FIFA_U-17_World_Cup" title="FIFA U-17 World Cup">FIFA U-17 World Cup</a>: <a href="/wiki/2009_FIFA_U-17_World_Cup" title="2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup">2009</a><a href="#cite_note-Player_statistics_FIFA_U17_World_Cup-65">[65]</a></li></ul> Individual <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Swiss_Footballer_of_the_Year#Swiss_Player_of_the_Year" title="Swiss Footballer of the Year">Swiss Footballer of the Year</a>: 2017,<a href="#cite_note-:0-139">[131]</a> 2022,<a href="#cite_note-:0-139">[131]</a> 2023<a href="#cite_note-140">[132]</a></li> <li>Swiss Youth Footballer of the Year: 2012<a href="#cite_note-www.football.ch-141">[133]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bundesliga" title="Bundesliga">Bundesliga</a> Team of the Season: <a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_Bundesliga#Team_of_the_season" title="2023–24 Bundesliga">2023–24</a><a href="#cite_note-142">[134]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vereinigung_der_Vertragsfu%C3%9Fballspieler#Team_of_the_Season" title="Vereinigung der Vertragsfußballspieler">VDV Bundesliga Team of the Season</a>: <a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_Bundesliga" title="2023–24 Bundesliga">2023–24</a><a href="#cite_note-143">[135]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UEFA_Europa_League" title="UEFA Europa League">UEFA Europa League</a> Team of the Season: <a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_UEFA_Europa_League#Team_of_the_season" title="2023–24 UEFA Europa League">2023–24</a><a href="#cite_note-144">[136]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>[<a 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href="/wiki/Fabian_Sch%C3%A4r" title="Fabian Schär">Schär</a></li> <li>23 <a href="/wiki/Xherdan_Shaqiri" title="Xherdan Shaqiri">Shaqiri</a></li> <li>Coach: <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Petkovi%C4%87" title="Vladimir Petković">Petković</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="1" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland"><img alt="Switzerland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/50px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/75px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/100px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" 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href="/wiki/Kevin_Mbabu" title="Kevin Mbabu">Mbabu</a></li> <li>3 <a href="/wiki/Silvan_Widmer" title="Silvan Widmer">Widmer</a></li> <li>4 <a href="/wiki/Nico_Elvedi" title="Nico Elvedi">Elvedi</a></li> <li>5 <a href="/wiki/Manuel_Akanji" title="Manuel Akanji">Akanji</a></li> <li>6 <a href="/wiki/Denis_Zakaria" title="Denis Zakaria">Zakaria</a></li> <li>7 <a href="/wiki/Breel_Embolo" title="Breel Embolo">Embolo</a></li> <li>8 <a href="/wiki/Remo_Freuler" title="Remo Freuler">Freuler</a></li> <li>9 <a href="/wiki/Haris_Seferovic" title="Haris Seferovic">Seferovic</a></li> <li>10 <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Xhaka</a> (<a href="/wiki/Captain_(association_football)" title="Captain (association football)">c</a>)</li> <li>11 <a href="/wiki/Ruben_Vargas" class="mw-redirect" title="Ruben Vargas">Vargas</a></li> <li>12 <a href="/wiki/Yvon_Mvogo" title="Yvon Mvogo">Mvogo</a></li> <li>13 <a href="/wiki/Ricardo_Rodriguez_(footballer)" title="Ricardo Rodriguez (footballer)">Rodriguez</a></li> <li>14 <a href="/wiki/Steven_Zuber" title="Steven Zuber">Zuber</a></li> <li>15 <a href="/wiki/Djibril_Sow" title="Djibril Sow">Sow</a></li> <li>16 <a href="/wiki/Christian_Fassnacht" title="Christian Fassnacht">Fassnacht</a></li> <li>17 <a href="/wiki/Loris_Benito" title="Loris Benito">Benito</a></li> <li>18 <a href="/wiki/Admir_Mehmedi" title="Admir Mehmedi">Mehmedi</a></li> <li>19 <a href="/wiki/Mario_Gavranovi%C4%87" title="Mario Gavranović">Gavranović</a></li> <li>20 <a href="/wiki/Edimilson_Fernandes" title="Edimilson Fernandes">Fernandes</a></li> <li>21 <a href="/wiki/Jonas_Omlin" title="Jonas Omlin">Omlin</a> / <a href="/wiki/Gregor_Kobel" title="Gregor Kobel">Kobel</a> a</li> <li>22 <a href="/wiki/Fabian_Sch%C3%A4r" title="Fabian Schär">Schär</a></li> <li>23 <a href="/wiki/Xherdan_Shaqiri" title="Xherdan Shaqiri">Shaqiri</a></li> <li>24 <a href="/wiki/Be%C4%87ir_Omeragi%C4%87" title="Bećir Omeragić">Omeragić</a></li> <li>25 <a href="/wiki/Eray_C%C3%B6mert" title="Eray Cömert">Cömert</a></li> <li>26 <a href="/wiki/Jordan_Lotomba" title="Jordan Lotomba">Lotomba</a></li> <li>Coach: <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Petkovi%C4%87" title="Vladimir Petković">Petković</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland"><img alt="Switzerland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/50px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/75px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/100px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" 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class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1 <a href="/wiki/Yann_Sommer" title="Yann Sommer">Sommer</a></li> <li>2 <a href="/wiki/Edimilson_Fernandes" title="Edimilson Fernandes">Fernandes</a></li> <li>3 <a href="/wiki/Silvan_Widmer" title="Silvan Widmer">Widmer</a></li> <li>4 <a href="/wiki/Nico_Elvedi" title="Nico Elvedi">Elvedi</a></li> <li>5 <a href="/wiki/Manuel_Akanji" title="Manuel Akanji">Akanji</a></li> <li>6 <a href="/wiki/Denis_Zakaria" title="Denis Zakaria">Zakaria</a></li> <li>7 <a href="/wiki/Breel_Embolo" title="Breel Embolo">Embolo</a></li> <li>8 <a href="/wiki/Remo_Freuler" title="Remo Freuler">Freuler</a></li> <li>9 <a href="/wiki/Haris_Seferovic" title="Haris Seferovic">Seferovic</a></li> <li>10 <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Xhaka</a> (<a href="/wiki/Captain_(association_football)" title="Captain (association football)">c</a>)</li> <li>11 <a href="/wiki/Renato_Steffen" title="Renato Steffen">Steffen</a></li> <li>12 <a href="/wiki/Jonas_Omlin" title="Jonas Omlin">Omlin</a></li> <li>13 <a href="/wiki/Ricardo_Rodriguez_(footballer)" title="Ricardo Rodriguez (footballer)">Rodriguez</a></li> <li>14 <a href="/wiki/Michel_Aebischer" title="Michel Aebischer">Aebischer</a></li> <li>15 <a href="/wiki/Djibril_Sow" title="Djibril Sow">Sow</a></li> <li>16 <a href="/wiki/Christian_Fassnacht" title="Christian Fassnacht">Fassnacht</a></li> <li>17 <a href="/wiki/Ruben_Vargas" class="mw-redirect" title="Ruben Vargas">Vargas</a></li> <li>18 <a href="/wiki/Eray_C%C3%B6mert" title="Eray Cömert">Cömert</a></li> <li>19 <a href="/wiki/Noah_Okafor" title="Noah Okafor">Okafor</a></li> <li>20 <a href="/wiki/Fabian_Frei" title="Fabian Frei">Frei</a></li> <li>21 <a href="/wiki/Gregor_Kobel" title="Gregor Kobel">Kobel</a></li> <li>22 <a href="/wiki/Fabian_Sch%C3%A4r" title="Fabian Schär">Schär</a></li> <li>23 <a href="/wiki/Xherdan_Shaqiri" title="Xherdan Shaqiri">Shaqiri</a></li> <li>24 <a 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