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 32)[2]
Place of birth
Gnjilane, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height
1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[3]
Position(s)
Winger
Team 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
63
(14)
International career‡
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
121
(30)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Switzerland
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Runner-up
2011
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18:50, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
Xherdan Shaqiri (Albanian pronunciation:[dʒɛrˈdanʃaˈciɾi]; born 10 October 1991) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a winger for Major League Soccer club Chicago Fire and the Switzerland national team.
Shaqiri rose through the youth ranks at FC Basel. In his three years playing for the Basel first-team, he was an important player in the team that won three Swiss Super League titles. He moved to Bayern Munich in 2012, where he won three Bundesliga titles in his three seasons at the club. He faced stiff competition at Bayern and did not nail down a first-team spot. In January 2015, he moved to Inter Milan for a fee of €15 million.
After half a season at Inter, he moved to Stoke City in the summer of 2015 for a club record £12 million. After Stoke's relegation from the Premier League in 2018, Shaqiri was transferred to Liverpool for a reported £13.5 million fee. He was part of the UEFA Champions League winning squad in his first season. He also won the UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup in 2019, as well as the Premier League in 2020, Liverpool's first league title in 30 years.
A full international since 2010, Shaqiri has earned over 120 caps and scored 30 goals for Switzerland, making him the country's second-most capped player and fourth-highest goalscorer. He represented the nation at the 2010, 2014, 2018, and 2022 FIFA World Cups, as well as UEFA Euro 2016 and Euro 2020.[4]
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^"Balkan imports hitting big time as Switzerland establish themselves as World Cup regulars". The National. 15 June 2014. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
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