Granit Xhaka

Granit Xhaka
Xhaka playing for Arsenal in 2018
Personal information
Full name Granit Xhaka
Date of birth (1992-09-27) 27 September 1992 (age 34)
Place of birth Basel, Switzerland
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Sunderland
Number 34
Youth career
2000–2002 Concordia Basel
2003–2010 Basel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Basel 42 (1)
2012–2016 Borussia Mönchengladbach 108 (6)
2016–2023 Arsenal 225 (17)
2023–2025 Bayer Leverkusen 66 (5)
2025– Sunderland 7 (0)
International career‡
2008–2009 Switzerland U17 13 (1)
2009–2010 Switzerland U18 3 (2)
2010–2011 Switzerland U19 12 (3)
2010–2011 Switzerland U21 5 (0)
2011– Switzerland 140 (15)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing   Switzerland
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Winner2009U-17 Team
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Runner-up2011
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:03, 4 October 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:38, 11 October 2025 (UTC)

Granit Xhaka (sq, born 27 September 1992) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for and captains both Sunderland and the Switzerland national team.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 4 October 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Basel 2010–11 Swiss Super League 19120—51—262
2011–12 Swiss Super League 23040—80—350
Total 42160—131—612
Borussia Mönchengladbach 2012–13 Bundesliga 22110—90—321
2013–14 Bundesliga 28010———290
2014–15 Bundesliga 30230—93—425
2015–16 Bundesliga 28330—50—363
Total 108680—233—1399
Arsenal 2016–17 Premier League 322502171—464
2017–18 Premier League 38100316110483
2018–19 Premier League 294101090—404
2019–20 Premier League 311600040—411
2020–21 Premier League 311201010010451
2021–22 Premier League 2710030——301
2022–23 Premier League 377201072—479
Total 225171601124342029723
Bayer Leverkusen 2023–24 Bundesliga 33361—110—504
2024–25 Bundesliga 33250—10010492
Total 665111—21010996
Sunderland 2025–26 Premier League 700000——70
Career total 4482941111210083060340
  1. ↑ Includes Swiss Cup, DFB-Pokal, FA Cup
  2. ↑ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ↑ Three appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. 1 2 3 4 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  5. ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  7. 1 2 Appearance in FA Community Shield
  8. ↑ Appearance in DFL-Supercup

International

As of match played 10 October 2025
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Switzerland 201161
201292
201381
2014101
201561
2016110
201792
2018132
2019102
202070
202190
2022130
2023102
2024140
202551
Total14015
As of match played 10 October 2025
Switzerland score listed first, score column indicates score after each Xhaka goal.
List of international goals scored by Granit Xhaka
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
115 November 2011Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg6 Luxembourg1–01–0Friendly
215 August 2012Stadion Poljud, Split, Croatia10 Croatia1–04–2Friendly
37 September 2012Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia11 Slovenia1–02–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification
415 October 2013Stade de Suisse, Bern, Switzerland22 Slovenia1–01–02014 FIFA World Cup qualification
520 June 2014Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador, Brazil28 France2–52–52014 FIFA World Cup
627 March 2015Swissporarena, Lucerne, Switzerland34 Estonia2–03–0UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
79 June 2017Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands53 Faroe Islands1–02–02018 FIFA World Cup qualification
87 October 2017St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland56 Hungary1–05–22018 FIFA World Cup qualification
927 March 2018Swissporarena, Lucerne, Switzerland61 Panama2–06–0Friendly
1022 June 2018Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad, Russia64 Serbia1–12–12018 FIFA World Cup
1126 March 2019St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland74 Denmark2–03–3UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
1218 November 2019Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar82 Gibraltar6–16–1UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
1325 March 2023Karađorđe Stadium, Novi Sad, Serbia112 Belarus4–05–0UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying
1412 September 2023Stade de Tourbillon, Sion, Switzerland117 Andorra2–03–0UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying
1510 October 2025Strawberry Arena, Solna, Sweden140 Sweden1–02–02026 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Basel Youth

Basel

Arsenal

Bayer Leverkusen

Switzerland U17

Individual

References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "G. Xhaka: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
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  4. ↑ "Games played by Granit Xhaka in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  5. ↑ "Games played by Granit Xhaka in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  6. ↑ "Games played by Granit Xhaka in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  7. ↑ "Games played by Granit Xhaka in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  8. ↑ "Games played by Granit Xhaka in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  9. ↑ "Games played by Granit Xhaka in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  10. ↑ "Games played by Granit Xhaka in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  11. ↑ "Games played by Granit Xhaka in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
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  15. ↑ "Croatia vs. Switzerland 2–4: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  16. ↑ "Slovenia vs. Switzerland 0–2: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
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  20. ↑ "Faroe Islands vs. Switzerland 0–2: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  21. ↑ "Switzerland vs. Hungary 5–2: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  22. ↑ "Switzerland vs. Panama 6–0: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  23. ↑ "Serbia vs. Switzerland 1–2: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
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  25. ↑ "Gibraltar vs. Switzerland 1–6: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  26. ↑ "Belarus vs. Switzerland 0–5: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
  27. ↑ "Switzerland vs. Andorra 3–0: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  28. ↑ "Sweden vs. Switzerland 0–2: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
  29. ↑ "U15 mit Rekord für die Ewigkeit" [U15 with a record for eternity] (in Swiss High German). FC Basel 1893. 2006. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 2007-06-17.
  30. ↑ FC Basel 1893 (2008). "Zwei weitere Nachwuchstitel für den FCB" (in Swiss High German). FC Basel 1893. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 2008-06-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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  33. ↑ Rostance, Tom (6 August 2017). "Arsenal 1–1 Chelsea". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  34. ↑ Sanders, Emma (29 August 2020). "Arsenal 1–1 Liverpool". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
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  36. ↑ "DFB Cup 2023/2024 final 1. FC Kaiserslautern vs Bayer 04 Leverkusen". DFB. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  37. ↑ "Bayer Leverkusen battle back to beat VfB Stuttgart on penalties in Supercup". Bundesliga. 17 August 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  38. ↑ "Player statistics FIFA U17 World Cup". FIFA. Archived from the original on 28 October 2009. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
  39. 1 2 Rai, Aniket (24 January 2023). ""It really means a lot" – Arsenal star reacts to winning his nation's Footballer of the Year award". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  40. ↑ "Die Siegerinnen und Sieger der Swiss Football Night stehen fest" (in German). Swiss Football Night. 15 January 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  41. ↑ "FCB prägt Nacht des Schweizer Fussballs" [FCB celebrates Night of Swiss Football]. Tages-Anzeiger (in German). 29 May 2012. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
  42. ↑ "Bundesliga Team of the Season 2023/24 by EA FC 24!". Bundesliga. 3 May 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  43. ↑ "Florian Wirtz ist VDV-Spieler der Saison" (in German). VDV. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  44. ↑ "Florian Wirtz ist erneut VDV-Spieler der Saison" (in German). VDV. 28 May 2025. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  45. ↑ "2023/24 UEFA Europa League Team of the Season". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 24 May 2024. Retrieved 24 May 2024.

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