Xherdan Shaqiri (born 10 October 1991), is a Swiss association football player of Yugoslavian and Albanian descent who plays for Liverpool FC and the Switzerland national football team.
He has also played for FC Basel. Since he first started playing football, he has been known for his fast speed on and off the ball.
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Xherdan Shaqiri | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 10 October 1991 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Gnjilane, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia (now Gjilan, Kosovo) | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||
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– | Chicago Fire | 57 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
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– | Switzerland | 117 | (29) | ||||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 October 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 03:30, 16 October 2023 (UTC) |
The FIFA website describes Shaqiri as "unpredictable on the ball, adept with both feet, clinical in front of goal and [possessing] excellent vision". He has been nicknamed the "Alpine Messi" and "magic dwarf".
In the 2014 FIFA World Cup, he was one of the top scorers with 3 goals after scoring a hat-trick against Honduras.
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