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#34 Granit Xhaka

B. Leverkusen

Bundesliga League level: Germany

First Tier Joined: Jul 6, 2023 Contract expires: Jun 30, 2028

Date of birth/Age: Sep 27, 1992 (31)
Place of birth: Basel
Citizenship: Switzerland

Height: 1,86 m
Position: Defensive Midfield
Agent: Signature - ISCM AG

Current international: Switzerland
Caps/Goals: 123 / 14

€20.00m

Last update: Dec 14, 2023

National team career

#	National team		Debut			Coach at debut	Age at debut
	Switzerland
10		Switzerland	Jun 4, 2011	123	14	Ottmar Hitzfeld	18 years 08 months 08 days
	Switzerland U21
14		Switzerland U21	Sep 3, 2010	5	-	Pierluigi Tami	17 years 11 months 07 days
	Switzerland U19
11		Switzerland U19	May 25, 2010	10	3	Martin Trümpler	17 years 07 months 28 days
	Switzerland U18
-		Switzerland U18	Sep 16, 2009	3	2	Dany Ryser	16 years 11 months 20 days
	Switzerland U17
-		Switzerland U17	Aug 24, 2008	13	1	Dany Ryser	15 years 10 months 28 days

Stats of Granit Xhaka

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Competition		wettbewerb
Total :			123	14	12	-	5	30	28	1	-	1	744'	10.419'
	International Friendlies	34	3	1	-	4	13	7	-	-	1	852'	2.556'
	European Qualifiers	30	5	5	-	-	9	7	-	-	-	520'	2.602'
	World Cup qualification	22	4	3	-	1	6	2	1	-	-	470'	1.878'
	UEFA Nations League	17	-	2	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	1.560'
	World Cup	12	2	-	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	522'	1.043'
	EURO	8	-	1	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	780'

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	Matchday	Venue	Date			Result	Pos.
	European Qualifiers
	Group G	London	Jun 4, 2011	England	Switzerland	2:2	CM							90'
	International Friendlies
		Vaduz	Aug 10, 2011	Liechtenstein	Switzerland	1:2	Inner knee ligament tear
	European Qualifiers
	Group G	Basel	Sep 6, 2011	Switzerland	Bulgaria	3:1	RM						88'	88'
	Group G	Swansea	Oct 7, 2011	Wales	Switzerland	2:0	RM						81'	81'
	Group G	Basel	Oct 11, 2011	Switzerland	Montenegro	2:0	AM		1				83'	83'
	International Friendlies
		Amsterdam Zuid-Oost	Nov 11, 2011	Netherlands	Switzerland	0:0	AM						86'	86'
		Luxemburg	Nov 15, 2011	Luxembourg	Switzerland	0:1	AM	1					64'	64'
		Bern	Feb 29, 2012	Switzerland	Argentina	1:3	AM							90'
		Basel	May 26, 2012	Switzerland	Germany	5:3	AM						89'	89'
		Luzern	May 30, 2012	Switzerland	Romania	0:1	DM						76'	76'
		Split	Aug 15, 2012	Croatia	Switzerland	2:4	AM	1						90'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group E	Ljubljana	Sep 7, 2012	Slovenia	Switzerland	0:2	AM	1					85'	85'
	Group E	Luzern	Sep 11, 2012	Switzerland	Albania	2:0	AM						90'	90'
	Group E	Bern	Oct 12, 2012	Switzerland	Norway	1:1	AM		1					90'
	Group E	Reykjavík	Oct 16, 2012	Iceland	Switzerland	0:2	AM							90'
	International Friendlies
		Tunis	Nov 14, 2012	Tunisia	Switzerland	1:2	AM			63'			72'	72'
		Piräus	Feb 6, 2013	Greece	Switzerland	0:0	AM							90'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group E	Nicosia	Mar 23, 2013	Cyprus	Switzerland	0:0						46'		45'
	Group E	Carouge	Jun 8, 2013	Switzerland	Cyprus	1:0	on the bench
	International Friendlies
		Basel	Aug 14, 2013	Switzerland	Brazil	1:0	AM							90'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group E	Bern	Sep 6, 2013	Switzerland	Iceland	4:4	AM		1				76'	76'
	Group E	Oslo	Sep 10, 2013	Norway	Switzerland	0:2	AM						90'	90'
	Group E	Tirana	Oct 11, 2013	Albania	Switzerland	1:2	AM		1					90'
	Group E	Bern	Oct 15, 2013	Switzerland	Slovenia	1:0	AM	1		40'				90'
	International Friendlies
		Seoul	Nov 15, 2013	South Korea	Switzerland	2:1	RM							90'
		St. Gallen	Mar 5, 2014	Switzerland	Croatia	2:2	AM						79'	79'
		Luzern	May 30, 2014	Switzerland	Jamaica	1:0	AM			77'				90'
		Luzern	Jun 3, 2014	Switzerland	Peru	2:0	AM						64'	64'
	World Cup 2014
	Group E	Brasília	Jun 15, 2014	Switzerland	Ecuador	2:1	AM							90'
	Group E	Salvador	Jun 20, 2014	Switzerland	France	2:5	RM	1						90'
	Group E		Jun 25, 2014	Honduras	Switzerland	0:3	RM						77'	77'
	Round of 16		Jul 1, 2014	Argentina	Switzerland	1:0 AET	RM			36'			66'	66'
	European Qualifiers
	Group E	Basel	Sep 8, 2014	Switzerland	England	0:2	CM						74'	74'
	Group E	Ljubljana	Oct 9, 2014	Slovenia	Switzerland	1:0	CM							90'
	Group E	Serravalle	Oct 14, 2014	San Marino	Switzerland	0:4	DM		1					90'
	Group E	St. Gallen	Nov 15, 2014	Switzerland	Lithuania	4:0	Torn ankle ligaments
	International Friendlies
		Wroclaw	Nov 18, 2014	Poland	Switzerland	2:2	Torn ankle ligaments
	European Qualifiers
	Group E	Luzern	Mar 27, 2015	Switzerland	Estonia	3:0	CM	1		56'			87'	87'
	International Friendlies
		Zürich	Mar 31, 2015	Switzerland	USA	1:1	DM					46'		45'
		Thun	Jun 10, 2015	Switzerland	Liechtenstein	3:0	on the bench
	European Qualifiers
	Group E	Vilnius	Jun 14, 2015	Lithuania	Switzerland	1:2	CM			45'				90'
	Group E	Basel	Sep 5, 2015	Switzerland	Slovenia	3:2	AM							90'
	Group E	London	Sep 8, 2015	England	Switzerland	2:0	CM							90'
	Group E	St. Gallen	Oct 9, 2015	Switzerland	San Marino	7:0	on the bench
	Group E	Tallinn	Oct 12, 2015	Estonia	Switzerland	0:1	CM						80'	80'
	International Friendlies
		Trnava	Nov 13, 2015	Slovakia	Switzerland	3:2	Not in squad
		Wien	Nov 17, 2015	Austria	Switzerland	1:2	Not in squad
		Dublin	Mar 25, 2016	Ireland	Switzerland	1:0	DM			60'				90'
		Zürich	Mar 29, 2016	Switzerland	Bosnia	0:2	CM							90'
		Carouge	May 28, 2016	Switzerland	Belgium	1:2	CM							90'
		Lugano	Jun 3, 2016	Switzerland	Moldova	2:1	CM			10'			70'	70'
	EURO 2016
	Group A	Lens	Jun 11, 2016	Albania	Switzerland	0:1	DM							90'
	Group A	Paris	Jun 15, 2016	Romania	Switzerland	1:1	DM			50'				90'
	Group A	Villeneuve-dAscq	Jun 19, 2016	Switzerland	France	0:0	CM							90'
	Round of 16	Saint-Etienne	Jun 25, 2016	Switzerland	Poland	5:6 on pens	DM							120'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group B	Basel	Sep 6, 2016	Switzerland	Portugal	2:0	DM			41'	90'			90'
	Group B		Oct 7, 2016	Hungary	Switzerland	2:3	Indirect card suspension
	Group B	Andorra la Vella	Oct 10, 2016	Andorra	Switzerland	1:2	DM							90'
	Group B	Luzern	Nov 13, 2016	Switzerland	Faroe Islands	2:0	DM							90'
	Group B	Carouge	Mar 25, 2017	Switzerland	Latvia	1:0	DM							90'
	International Friendlies
		Neuchâtel	Jun 1, 2017	Switzerland	Belarus	1:0	DM			88'		65'		25'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group B	Tórshavn	Jun 9, 2017	Faroe Islands	Switzerland	0:2	CM	1						90'
	Group B	St. Gallen	Aug 31, 2017	Switzerland	Andorra	3:0	CM						66'	66'
	Group B	Riga	Sep 3, 2017	Latvia	Switzerland	0:3	DM						77'	77'
	Group B	Basel	Oct 7, 2017	Switzerland	Hungary	5:2	DM	1						90'
	Group B	Lissabon	Oct 10, 2017	Portugal	Switzerland	2:0	DM							90'
	World Cup qualification Playoffs
	Qualifying Round 1st leg	Belfast	Nov 9, 2017	N. Ireland	Switzerland	0:1	DM							90'
	Qualifying Round 2nd leg	Basel	Nov 12, 2017	Switzerland	N. Ireland	0:0	DM							90'
	International Friendlies
		Athen	Mar 23, 2018	Greece	Switzerland	0:1	CM							90'
		Luzern	Mar 27, 2018	Switzerland	Panama	6:0	DM	1					69'	69'
		Villarreal	Jun 3, 2018	Spain	Switzerland	1:1	Knee bruise
		Lugano	Jun 8, 2018	Switzerland	Japan	2:0	DM							90'
	World Cup 2018
	Group E		Jun 17, 2018	Brazil	Switzerland	1:1	DM							90'
	Group E		Jun 22, 2018	Serbia	Switzerland	1:2	DM	1						90'
	Group E		Jun 27, 2018	Switzerland	Costa Rica	2:2	DM							90'
	Round of 16		Jul 3, 2018	Sweden	Switzerland	1:0	DM			68'				90'
	UEFA Nations League A
	Group 2	St. Gallen	Sep 8, 2018	Switzerland	Iceland	6:0	DM			82'				90'
	International Friendlies
		Leicester	Sep 11, 2018	England	Switzerland	1:0	DM							90'
	UEFA Nations League A
	Group 2	Brüssel	Oct 12, 2018	Belgium	Switzerland	2:1	DM							90'
	Group 2	Reykjavík	Oct 15, 2018	Iceland	Switzerland	1:2	DM		1					90'
	International Friendlies
		Lugano	Nov 14, 2018	Switzerland	Qatar	0:1	CM							90'
	UEFA Nations League A
	Group 2	Luzern	Nov 18, 2018	Switzerland	Belgium	5:2	DM			38'				90'
	European Qualifiers
	Group D	Tbilisi	Mar 23, 2019	Georgia	Switzerland	0:2	CM			89'				90'
	Group D	Basel	Mar 26, 2019	Switzerland	Denmark	3:3	DM	1					79'	79'
	UEFA Nations League Finals
	Semi-Finals	Porto	Jun 5, 2019	Portugal	Switzerland	3:1	DM			66'				90'
	Third Place Play-Off	Guimarães	Jun 9, 2019	Switzerland	England	5:6 on pens	DM			116'				120'
	European Qualifiers
	Group D	Dublin	Sep 5, 2019	Ireland	Switzerland	1:1	DM							90'
	Group D	Sion	Sep 8, 2019	Switzerland	Gibraltar	4:0	DM		1				74'	74'
	Group D	København Ø.	Oct 12, 2019	Denmark	Switzerland	1:0	DM							90'
	Group D	Carouge	Oct 15, 2019	Switzerland	Ireland	2:0	DM			32'				90'
	Group D	St. Gallen	Nov 15, 2019	Switzerland	Georgia	1:0	DM							90'
	Group D	Gibraltar	Nov 18, 2019	Gibraltar	Switzerland	1:6	CM	1						90'
	UEFA Nations League A
	Group 4	Kiew	Sep 3, 2020	Ukraine	Switzerland	2:1	DM		1					90'
	Group 4	Basel	Sep 6, 2020	Switzerland	Germany	1:1	DM							90'
	International Friendlies
		St. Gallen	Oct 7, 2020	Switzerland	Croatia	1:2	DM		1				46'	45'
	UEFA Nations League A
	Group 4	Madrid	Oct 10, 2020	Spain	Switzerland	1:0	DM							90'
	Group 4	Köln	Oct 13, 2020	Germany	Switzerland	3:3	DM			51'				90'
	International Friendlies
		Heverlee	Nov 11, 2020	Belgium	Switzerland	2:1	DM						46'	45'
	UEFA Nations League A
	Group 4	Basel	Nov 14, 2020	Switzerland	Spain	1:1	DM							90'
	Group 4		Nov 17, 2020	Switzerland	Ukraine	3:0	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group C	Sofia	Mar 25, 2021	Bulgaria	Switzerland	1:3	DM							90'
	Group C	St. Gallen	Mar 28, 2021	Switzerland	Lithuania	1:0	DM							90'
	International Friendlies
		St. Gallen	Mar 31, 2021	Switzerland	Finland	3:2				68'		46'		45'
		St. Gallen	May 30, 2021	Switzerland	USA	2:1	DM							90'
		St. Gallen	Jun 3, 2021	Switzerland	Liechtenstein	7:0						46'		45'
	EURO 2020
	Group A	Baku	Jun 12, 2021	Wales	Switzerland	1:1	DM							90'
	Group A	Roma	Jun 16, 2021	Italy	Switzerland	3:0	DM							90'
	Group A	Baku	Jun 20, 2021	Switzerland	Türkiye	3:1	DM			78'				90'
	Round of 16	Bucharest	Jun 28, 2021	France	Switzerland	7:8 on pens	DM		1	76'				120'
	Quarter-Finals		Jul 2, 2021	Switzerland	Spain	2:4 on pens	Yellow card suspension
	International Friendlies
		Basel	Sep 1, 2021	Switzerland	Greece	2:1	on the bench
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group C	Basel	Sep 5, 2021	Switzerland	Italy	0:0	Not in squad
	Group C	Belfast	Sep 8, 2021	N. Ireland	Switzerland	0:0	Not in squad
	Group C	Carouge	Oct 9, 2021	Switzerland	N. Ireland	2:0	Inner ligament injury
	Group C	Vilnius	Oct 12, 2021	Lithuania	Switzerland	0:4	Inner ligament injury
	Group C	Roma	Nov 12, 2021	Italy	Switzerland	1:1	Inner ligament injury
	Group C	Luzern	Nov 15, 2021	Switzerland	Bulgaria	4:0	Inner ligament injury
	International Friendlies
		London	Mar 26, 2022	England	Switzerland	2:1	DM							90'
		Zürich	Mar 29, 2022	Switzerland	Kosovo	1:1	DM						63'	63'
	UEFA Nations League A
	Group 2	Prag	Jun 2, 2022	Czechia	Switzerland	2:1	DM							90'
	Group 2	Lissabon	Jun 5, 2022	Portugal	Switzerland	4:0	DM							90'
	Group 2	Carouge	Jun 9, 2022	Switzerland	Spain	0:1	DM			89'				90'
	Group 2	Carouge	Jun 12, 2022	Switzerland	Portugal	1:0	DM							90'
	Group 2	Zaragoza	Sep 24, 2022	Spain	Switzerland	1:2	DM							90'
	Group 2	St. Gallen	Sep 27, 2022	Switzerland	Czechia	2:1	DM							90'
	International Friendlies
		Abu Dhabi	Nov 17, 2022	Ghana	Switzerland	2:0	DM							90'
	2022 World Cup
	Group G		Nov 24, 2022	Switzerland	Cameroon	1:0	DM							90'
	Group G		Nov 28, 2022	Brazil	Switzerland	1:0	DM							90'
	Group G		Dec 2, 2022	Serbia	Switzerland	2:3	DM			90'				90'
	Round of 16		Dec 6, 2022	Portugal	Switzerland	6:1	DM							90'
	European Qualifiers
	group I	Novi Sad	Mar 25, 2023	Belarus	Switzerland	0:5	DM	1	1	48'			66'	66'
	group I	Carouge	Mar 28, 2023	Switzerland	Israel	3:0	CM							90'
	group I	Andorra la Vella	Jun 16, 2023	Andorra	Switzerland	1:2	DM							90'
	group I	Luzern	Jun 19, 2023	Switzerland	Romania	2:2	DM							90'
	group I	Prishtina	Sep 9, 2023	Kosovo	Switzerland	2:2	CM							90'
	group I	Sion	Sep 12, 2023	Switzerland	Andorra	3:0	DM	1	1					90'
	group I	St. Gallen	Oct 15, 2023	Switzerland	Belarus	3:3	DM							90'
	group I	Felcsút	Nov 15, 2023	Israel	Switzerland	1:1	CM							90'
	group I	Basel	Nov 18, 2023	Switzerland	Kosovo	1:1	DM			58'				90'
	group I	Bucharest	Nov 21, 2023	Romania	Switzerland	1:0	CM			54'				90'
	International Friendlies
		København Ø.	Mar 23, 2024	Denmark	Switzerland	0:0	DM			68'				90'
		Dublin	Mar 26, 2024	Ireland	Switzerland	0:1	DM						46'	45'
Squad: 127, Starting eleven: 118, Substituted in: 5, On the bench: 4, Suspended: 2, Injured: 8,