Xherdan Shaqiri

Swiss association football player

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Xherdan Shaqiri is a professional soccer player from Switzerland who has played for several major European clubs throughout his career. He is notable as one of Switzerland's most prominent international football players in recent years.

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Switzerland
Place of birth: Gjilan
Occupation: association football player
Languages spoken: English language
Religion: Islam
Participant in: UEFA Euro 2024
Sport: association football
Member of team: FC Basel
Position played: attacking midfielder
League: Major League Soccer
Country for sport: Switzerland
Mass: 73
Official website: www.xherdanshaqiri.com
Image: Xherdan Shaqiri 2018.jpg
Height: 169

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sport number: 10
Commons category: Xherdan Shaqiri
date of birth: 1991-10-10
name in native language: Xherdan Shaqiri
start of work period: 2007-00-00
number of matches played/races/starts: 4
total goals in career: 0
social media followers: 1145623

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Encyclopedic overview

* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17 May 2026

Xherdan Shaqiri ( Albanian pronunciation: [dʒɛrˈdan ʃaˈciɾi]; born 10 October 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Swiss Super League club Basel. Born in Kosovo, he represented the Switzerland national team.

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