Xherdan Shaqiri

Xherdan Shaqiri
Xherdan Shaqiri
ShaqiriBay.jpg
Shaqiri playing for Bayern Munich in 2012
Personal information
Full name Xherdan Shaqiri
Date of birth 10 October 1991 (age 21)
Place of birth Gnjilane, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in)[1]
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current club Bayern Munich
Number 11
Youth career
1999–2001 SV Augst
2001–2007 FC Basel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2007–2009 FC Basel U21 19 (8)
2009–2012 FC Basel 92 (18)
2012– Bayern Munich 30 (5)
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 25 (7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 September 2013.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 November 2012
Xherdan Shaqiri (Albanian pronunciation: [dʒɛrˈdan ʃaˈciɾi]; born 10 October 1991 in Gnjilane in former Yugoslavia) is a Swiss footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Bayern Munich in the German Bundesliga as well as the Swiss national team. Since his breakthrough into Basel's first team, Shaqiri has drawn widespread praise for his speed, both on and off the ball.[2] Shaqiri is left-footed.
Contents  [hide]
1 Early life
2 Career
2.1 FC Basel
2.2 Bayern Munich
3 International career
4 Career statistics
4.1 Club statistics
4.2 International goals
5 Honours
5.1 Club
5.2 Individual Awards
6 References
7 External links
Early life[edit source | editbeta]

Shaqiri was born in Kosovo (then Yugoslavia). His parents, who are ethnic Albanian, and their four children fled to Switzerland in 1992 during the beginning of the Kosovo conflict.[3]
Shaqiri has dual nationality: Swiss and Albanian.[4] He acquired the Swiss citizenship through naturalisation.
Career[edit source | editbeta]

FC Basel[edit source | editbeta]
Shaqiri played for SV Augst's and FC Basel's youth team. While on Basel's youth team, he played in the Under-15 Nike Cup 2007 and was named the best player of the tournament, and, despite having several other clubs attempting to sign him, he decided to stay with Basel. He then played for their reserve team from 2007 to 2009 in the Swiss 1. Liga and just two years later, Shaqiri signed his first professional contract with Basel on 2 January 2009. The new contract was set to keep him at St. Jakob-Park until June 2014.[5]
Shaqiri made his Basel debut as a substitute on 12 July 2009 in Basel's 2009–10 season opening game against FC St. Gallen at the AFG Arena.[6] On 9 November, he scored his first goal for Basel in a 4–1 win over Neuchâtel Xamax at home.[7] At the end of the 2009–10 season, Shaqiri won the national Double with Basel and a year later won the League Championship title again.
On 7 December 2011, Shaqiri provided two assists in the match against Manchester United. The match ended in an upset with Basel winning 2–1.[8] At the end of the 2011–12 season, for the second time in his Basel stint, he won the Double, the League Championship title[9] and the Swiss Cup[10] with Basel.
Bayern Munich[edit source | editbeta]
On 9 February 2012, Basel announced that Shaqiri had accepted a transfer to Bayern Munich in the German Bundesliga for the 2012–13 season.[11] The transfer fee was a reported €11.6 million, with Shaqiri signing a four-year contract with the German giants until 30 June 2016, making around €2 million per season.[12]
On 10 July 2012, Shaqiri made his debut in a friendly match against German side SpVgg Unterhaching which Bayern won 1–0 by a goal of teammate David Alaba. His first official appearance for the club came on 20 August in a DFB-Pokal match against SSV Jahn Regensburg; Shaqiri came on as a half-time substitute and scored Bayern's second goal as well as providing assists for Mario Mandžukić and Claudio Pizarro as Bayern won 4–0.[13] He helped Bayern secure top spot in their Champions League group by winning the Man of the Match award in Bayern's 4–1 defeat of BATE Borisov on 5 December; Shaqiri scored a goal and provided an assist for the hosts, avenging their matchday two loss in Minsk.[14] He did not score his first Bundesliga goal until the final league match of 2012, rescuing a 1–1 draw with Borussia Mönchengladbach, leaving Bayern in first at the winter break.[15][16] In April, Shaqiri also scored in the DFB-Pokal semi-final against VfL Wolfsburg with a long-range effort. Although he didn't play in the final, Shaqiri won the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League title with Bayern in late May, as well as the Bundesliga and the DFB Pokal title making him one of the Bayern Munich players to have won the treble.
International career[edit source | editbeta]



Shaqiri playing for Switzerland in 2012
Shaqiri made his debut for the Switzerland under-21 side on 11 November 2009 in a 3–1 win against the Turkey under-21s in a 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualifier. He scored his first goal on 11 June 2011 in the 2011 Under-21 Championship opening game against the Denmark under-21 side.
In 2010, Shaqiri was promoted to the senior team, making his debut on 3 March 2010 in a 1–3 friendly loss against Uruguay. He was included in the 2010 World Cup squad, after receiving a surprise call-up from manager Ottmar Hitzfeld. On 7 September 2010, Shaqiri scored his first goal, a long range left footed shot, in a 1–3 loss against England in a Euro 2012 qualifier. In another Euro 2012 qualifier, on 6 September 2011, he netted a hat-trick, as Switzerland came from behind to defeat Bulgaria by a score of 3–1.[17]
Switzerland also tried to select him to participate in the 2012 Olympic Football tournament, but he opted to stay at his new club for pre-season training.[18]
Career statistics[edit source | editbeta]

Club statistics[edit source | editbeta]
As of 17 September 2013
Club performance League Cup Continental League Cup Total
Club League Season Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Switzerland League Swiss Cup Europe Other Total
FC Basel Super League 2009–10 32 4 5 1 10 2 — 47 7
2010–11 29 5 2 0 11 2 42 7
2011–12 31 9 4 0 6 0 41 9
Germany League DFB-Pokal Europe Other Total
Bayern Munich Bundesliga 2012–13 26 4 5 3 7 1 1 0 39 8
2013–14 4 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 7 2
Career totals Switzerland 92 18 11 1 27 4 — 130 23
Germany 30 5 6 4 8 1 2 0 46 10
Career statistics 122 24 17 5 35 5 2 0 176 34
International goals[edit source | editbeta]
Scores and goals list Switzerland's goal tally first.
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 7 September 2010 St. Jakob-Park, Basel England 1–2 1–3 Euro 2012 qualifier
2. 6 September 2011 St. Jakob-Park, Basel Bulgaria 1–1 3–1 Euro 2012 qualifier
3. 2–1
4. 3–1
5. 29 February 2012 Stade de Suisse, Wankdorf, Bern Argentina 1–1 1–3 Friendly
6. 11 September 2012 Swissporarena, Lucerne Albania 1–0 2–0 2014 World Cup qualifier
7. 14 November 2012 Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse Tunisia 2–1 2–1 Friendly
Honours[edit source | editbeta]

Club[edit source | editbeta]
Basel
Swiss Super League: 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12
Swiss Cup: 2009–10, 2012
Bayern Munich
DFL-Supercup: 2012
Bundesliga: 2012–13
UEFA Champions League: 2012–13
UEFA Super Cup: 2013
DFB-Pokal: 2012–13
Individual Awards[edit source | editbeta]
Credit Suisse Player of the Year: 2011, 2012
Swiss Golden Player Award "SFAP Golden Player": 2012[19]
Swiss Golden Player Award "Best Young Player": 2012[20]
References[edit source | editbeta]

Jump up ^ "The Squad – Player Details". Fcb.ch. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
Jump up ^ "Shaqiri reportedly close to Atlético". atleticofans.com. 17 November 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2011.
Jump up ^ Rico, Simon (22 December 2012). "Football : Xherdan Shaqiri, le meilleur ambassadeur suisse du Kosovo". Le Courrier des Balkans (in French). Retrieved 15 August 2013.
Jump up ^ "Joueur FM11 : Xherdan Shaqiri" (in French). 6 November 2010. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
Jump up ^ "Shaqiri sign until 2014". Fcb.ch. 25 May 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
Jump up ^ "St. Gallen 2 – Basel 0". Fcb.ch. 25 May 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
Jump up ^ "Basel 4 – Xamax 1". Fcb.ch. 25 May 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
Jump up ^ "Champions League – Stunned United crash out after defeat at Basel". Yahoo! Europe. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
Jump up ^ "Jetzt hat Basel den Titel auf sicher" (in German). football.ch. 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
Jump up ^ "Matchtelegram FC Basel 1893 5:3 FC Luzern" (in German). football.ch. 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
Jump up ^ "Bayern snap up Shaqiri". ESPN. 9 February 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
Jump up ^ "Bayern's capture of Shaqiri a coup". Sports Illustrated. 15 February 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
Jump up ^ "SSV Jahn Regensburg 0 - 4 Bayern". ESPN. 20 August 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
Jump up ^ James, Andy (5 December 2012). "Bayern power past BATE to finish top of Group F". UEFA.com. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
Jump up ^ "SHAQIRI RESCUES POINT FOR BAYERN". DFB. 14 December 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
Jump up ^ "Bayern Munich 1–1 Borussia Monchengladbach". ESPN. 14 December 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
Jump up ^ "Shaqiri treble keeps Swiss hopes alive". UEFA.com. 6 September 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
Jump up ^ "Olympics-Shaqiri, Xhaka excluded from Swiss soccer squad". reuters.com. 9 July 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
Jump up ^ "SFAP Golden Player 2012". goldenplayer.ch. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
Jump up ^ "Best Young Player 2012". goldenplayer.ch. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
External links[edit source | editbeta]

Official website (German)
Xherdan Shaqiri profile at Soccerway
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UEFA Euro U-21 2011 Team of the Tournament
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Switzerland squad – 2010 FIFA World Cup
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FC Bayern Munich – current squad
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