Xherdan Shaqiri
Xherdan Shaqiri (born 10 October 1991), is a Swiss association football player of Yugoslavian and Albanian descent who plays for FC Basel. He has played for the Switzerland national team. Since he first started playing football, he has been known for his fast speed on and off the ball.
 Shaqiri with Switzerland at the 2018 FIFA World Cup | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Xherdan Shaqiri[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 10 October 1991[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth |
Gnjilane, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia (now Gjilan, Kosovo) | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||||||||||||||||
| Club information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Chicago Fire | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2001 | SV Augst | ||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2009 | FC Basel | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2009 | FC Basel II | 19 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2012 | FC Basel | 92 | (18) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2015 | Bayern Munich | 52 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Inter Milan | 15 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Stoke City | 84 | (15) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2021 | Liverpool | 45 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Lyon | 11 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2024 | Chicago Fire | 69 | (14) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | FC Basel | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Switzerland U17 | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Switzerland U18 | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Switzerland U19 | 5 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2011 | Switzerland U21 | 7 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2024 | Switzerland | 125 | (32) | ||||||||||||||
Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 September 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
The FIFA website describes Shaqiri as "unpredictable on the ball, adept with both feet, clinical in front of goal and [possessing] excellent vision".[4] Due to his small stature, the fans nicknamed Shaqiri "XS", by analogy with the size of clothes, which coincides with his initials. Also he has been nicknamed the "Alpine Messi"[4] and "magic dwarf".[5]
In the 2014 FIFA World Cup, he was one of the top scorers with 3 goals[6] after scoring a hat-trick against Honduras.
References
change- ↑ "FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2019: List of Players: Liverpool FC" (PDF). FIFA. 5 December 2019. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 January 2020.
- ↑ "Xherdan Shaqiri: Overview". ESPN. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- ↑ "Xherdan Shaqiri: Profile". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ - Xherdan SHAQIRI - Player Profile - FIFA.com". Archived from the original on 2014-07-09. Retrieved 2017-10-29.
- ↑ "2014 World Cup superlatives: From the best nickname to the most likely to put a hole through a goalkeeper". sports.yahoo.com.
- ↑ FIFA.com. "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 2019-03-25. Retrieved 2017-10-29.