Granit Xhaka

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

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|Basel|2010–11|Swiss Super League|19|1|2|0|—|5|1|—|26|2|||
|2011–12|Swiss Super League|23|0|4|0|—|8|0|—|35|0|||||
|rowspan="5"|Borussia Mönchengladbach|2012–13|Bundesliga|22|1|1|0|—|9|0|—|32|1|||
|2013–14|Bundesliga|28|0|1|0|—|—|—|29|0||||||
|2014–15|Bundesliga|30|2|3|0|—|9|3|—|42|5|||||
|2015–16|Bundesliga|28|3|3|0|—|5|0|—|36|3|||||
|rowspan="8"|Arsenal|2016–17|Premier League|32|2|5|0|2|1|7|1|—|46|4||
|2017–18|Premier League|38|1|0|0|3|1|6|1|1|0|48|3|||
|2018–19|Premier League|29|4|1|0|1|0|9|0|—|40|4||||
|2019–20|Premier League|31|1|6|0|0|0|4|0|—|41|1||||
|2020–21|Premier League|31|1|2|0|1|0|10|0|1|0|45|1|||
|2021–22|Premier League|27|1|0|0|3|0|—|—|30|1|||||
|2022–23|Premier League|37|7|2|0|1|0|7|2|—|47|9||||
|rowspan="3"|Bayer Leverkusen|2023–24|Bundesliga|33|3|6|1|—|11|0|—|50|4|||
|2024–25|Bundesliga|33|2|5|0|—|10|0|1|0|49|2||||
|Sunderland|2025–26|Premier League|7|0|0|0|0|0|—|—|7|0||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="15"|Switzerland|2011|6|1|
|2012|9|2|||
|2013|8|1|||
|2014|10|1|||
|2015|6|1|||
|2016|11|0|||
|2017|9|2|||
|2018|13|2|||
|2019|10|2|||
|2020|7|0|||
|2021|9|0|||
|2022|13|0|||
|2023|10|2|||
|2024|14|0|||
|2025|5|1|||

- _Switzerland score listed first, score column indicates score after each Xhaka goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Cap|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|scope="col" class="unsortable"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|15 November 2011|Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg|6||1–0|1–0|Friendly|||||||||||
|2|15 August 2012|Stadion Poljud, Split, Croatia|10||1–0|4–2|Friendly|||||||||||
|3|7 September 2012|Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia|11||1–0|2–0|2014 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||||||||
|4|15 October 2013|Stade de Suisse, Bern, Switzerland|22||1–0|1–0|2014 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||||||||
|5|20 June 2014|Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador, Brazil|28||2–5|2–5|2014 FIFA World Cup|||||||||||
|6|27 March 2015|Swissporarena, Lucerne, Switzerland|34||2–0|3–0|UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying|||||||||||
|7|9 June 2017|Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands|53||1–0|2–0|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||||||||
|8|7 October 2017|St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland|56||1–0|5–2|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||||||||
|9|27 March 2018|Swissporarena, Lucerne, Switzerland|61||2–0|6–0|Friendly|||||||||||
|10|22 June 2018|Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad, Russia|64||1–1|2–1|2018 FIFA World Cup|||||||||||
|11|26 March 2019|St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland|74||2–0|3–3|UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying|||||||||||
|12|18 November 2019|Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar|82||6–1|6–1|UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying|||||||||||
|13|25 March 2023|Karađorđe Stadium, Novi Sad, Serbia|112||4–0|5–0|UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying|||||||||||
|14|12 September 2023|Stade de Tourbillon, Sion, Switzerland|117||2–0|3–0|UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying|||||||||||
|15|10 October 2025|Strawberry Arena, Solna, Sweden|140||1–0|2–0|2026 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||||||||

## Honours

**Basel Youth**
- U15 Swiss Championship: 2006–07
- U16 Swiss Championship: 2007–08
- U21 Swiss Championship: 2008–09

**Basel**
- Swiss Super League: 2010–11, 2011–12
- Swiss Cup: 2011–12

**Arsenal**
- FA Cup: 2016–17, 2019–20
- FA Community Shield: 2017, 2020
- UEFA Europa League runner-up: 2018–19

**Bayer Leverkusen**
- Bundesliga: 2023–24
- DFB-Pokal: 2023–24
- DFL-Supercup: 2024
- UEFA Europa League runner-up: 2023–24

**Switzerland U17**
- FIFA U-17 World Cup: 2009

**Individual**
- Swiss Footballer of the Year: 2017, 2022, 2023
- Swiss Youth Footballer of the Year: 2012
- Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2023–24
- VDV Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2023–24, 2024–25
- UEFA Europa League Team of the Season: 2023–24

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Granit Xhaka
- **image**: Granit Xhaka (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Xhaka playing for Arsenal F.C., Arsenal in 2018
- **full name**: Granit Xhaka
- **birth place**: Basel, Switzerland
- **height**: 1.86 m
- **position**: Central midfielder
- **currentclub**: Sunderland A.F.C., Sunderland
- **clubnumber**: 34
- **youthyears1**: 2000–2002
- **youthclubs1**: FC Concordia Basel, Concordia Basel
- **youthyears2**: 2003–2010
- **youthclubs2**: FC Basel, Basel
- **years1**: 2010–2012
- **clubs1**: FC Basel, Basel
- **caps1**: 42
- **goals1**: 1
- **years2**: 2012–2016
- **clubs2**: Borussia Mönchengladbach
- **caps2**: 108
- **goals2**: 6
- **years3**: 2016–2023
- **clubs3**: Arsenal F.C., Arsenal
- **caps3**: 225
- **goals3**: 17
- **years4**: 2023–2025
- **clubs4**: Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Bayer Leverkusen
- **caps4**: 66
- **goals4**: 5
- **years5**: 2025–
- **clubs5**: Sunderland A.F.C., Sunderland
- **caps5**: 7
- **goals5**: 0
- **nationalyears1**: 2008–2009
- **nationalteam1**: Switzerland national under-17 football team, Switzerland U17
- **nationalcaps1**: 13
- **nationalgoals1**: 1
- **nationalyears2**: 2009–2010
- **nationalteam2**: Switzerland national under-18 football team, Switzerland U18
- **nationalcaps2**: 3
- **nationalgoals2**: 2
- **nationalyears3**: 2010–2011
- **nationalteam3**: Switzerland national under-19 football team, Switzerland U19
- **nationalcaps3**: 12
- **nationalgoals3**: 3
- **nationalyears4**: 2010–2011
- **nationalteam4**: Switzerland national under-21 football team, Switzerland U21
- **nationalcaps4**: 5
- **nationalgoals4**: 0
- **nationalyears5**: 2011–
- **nationalteam5**: Switzerland national football team, Switzerland
- **nationalcaps5**: 140
- **nationalgoals5**: 15
- **club-update**: 17:03, 4 October 2025 (UTC)
- **nationalteam-update**: 15:38, 11 October 2025 (UTC)