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Xherdan Shaqiri

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Xherdan Shaqiri
Shaqiri with Switzerland at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Xherdan Shaqiri[1]
Date of birth (1991-10-10) 10 October 1991 (age 33)[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
Men's football
Representing  Switzerland
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Runner-up 2011
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 September 2024

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

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

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