Xherdan Shaqiri

**Xherdan Shaqiri** (born 10 October 1991), is a Swiss association football player of Albanian descent who plays for FC Basel. He has played for the Switzerland national team. Since he first started playing football, he has been known for his fast speed on and off the ball.

The FIFA website describes Shaqiri as "unpredictable on the ball, adept with both feet, clinical in front of goal and [possessing] excellent vision". Due to his small stature, the fans nicknamed Shaqiri "XS", by analogy with the size of clothes, which coincides with his initials. Also he has been nicknamed the "Alpine Messi" and "magic dwarf".

In the 2014 FIFA World Cup, he was one of the top scorers with 3 goals after scoring a hat-trick against Honduras.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|Basel II|2007–08|Swiss 1. Liga|2|0|—|—|—|—|2|0|||||
|2008–09|Swiss 1. Liga|17|8|—|—|—|—|17|8|||||||
|rowspan="4"|Basel|2009–10|Swiss Super League|32|4|5|1|—|10|2|—|47|7|||
|2010–11|Swiss Super League|29|5|2|0|—|11|2|—|42|7|||||
|2011–12|Swiss Super League|31|9|4|0|—|6|0|—|41|9|||||
|rowspan="4"|Bayern Munich|2012–13|Bundesliga|26|4|5|3|—|7|1|1|0|39|8||
|2013–14|Bundesliga|17|6|3|1|—|4|0|3|0|27|7||||
|2014–15|Bundesliga|9|1|1|0|—|4|1|1|0|15|2||||
|Inter Milan|2014–15|Serie A|15|1|2|1|—|3|1|—|20|3||||
|rowspan="4"|Stoke City|2015–16|Premier League|27|3|1|0|4|0|—|—|32|3|||
|2016–17|Premier League|21|4|1|0|0|0|—|—|22|4|||||
|2017–18|Premier League|36|8|1|0|1|0|—|—|38|8|||||
|rowspan="4"|Liverpool|2018–19|Premier League|24|6|1|0|1|0|4|0|—|30|6||
|2019–20|Premier League|7|1|0|0|0|0|1|0|3|0|11|1|||
|2020–21|Premier League|14|0|2|0|1|1|5|0|0|0|22|1|||
|Lyon|2021–22|Ligue 1|11|2|0|0|—|5|0|—|16|2||||
|rowspan="4"|Chicago Fire|2022|MLS|29|7|0|0|—|—|—|29|7||||
|2023|MLS|28|5|3|0|—|—|3|2|34|7|||||
|2024|MLS|12|2|—|—|—|—|12|2|||||||
|rowspan="3"|Basel|2024–25|Swiss Super League|34|18|5|3|—|—|—|39|21||||
|2025–26|Swiss Super League|7|4|2|1|—|4|2|—|13|7|||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="15"|Switzerland|2010|9|1|
|2011|8|3|||
|2012|7|3|||
|2013|6|1|||
|2014|12|7|||
|2015|9|2|||
|2016|8|1|||
|2017|9|2|||
|2018|12|2|||
|2019|2|0|||
|2020|4|0|||
|2021|14|4|||
|2022|12|1|||
|2023|7|2|||
|2024|6|3|||

- _Switzerland score listed first, score column indicates score after each Shaqiri 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|7 September 2010|St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland|7||1–2|1–3|UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying|||||||||||
|2|6 September 2011|St. Jakob-Park, Basel, Switzerland|13|rowspan="3"|align=center|1–1|3–1|UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying|||||||||||
|3|2–1|||||||||||||||||
|4|3–1|||||||||||||||||
|5|29 February 2012|Stade de Suisse, Bern, Switzerland|18||1–1|1–3|Friendly|||||||||||
|6|11 September 2012|Swissporarena, Lucerne, Switzerland|21||2–0|2–0|2014 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||||||||
|7|14 November 2012|Stade Olympique de Sousse, Sousse, Tunisia|24||2–1|2–1|Friendly|||||||||||
|8|11 October 2013|Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana, Albania|30||1–0|2–1|2014 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||||||||
|9|3 June 2014|Swissporarena, Lucerne, Switzerland|33||2–0|2–0|Friendly|||||||||||
|10|25 June 2014|Arena da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil|36|rowspan="3"|align=center|1–0|3–0|2014 FIFA World Cup|||||||||||
|11|2–0|||||||||||||||||
|12|3–0|||||||||||||||||
|13|14 October 2014|San Marino Stadium, Serravalle, San Marino|40||4–0|4–0|UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying|||||||||||
|14|15 November 2014|AFG Arena, St. Gallen, Switzerland|41|rowspan="2"|align=center|3–0|4–0|UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying|||||||||||
|15|4–0|||||||||||||||||
|16|10 June 2015|Stockhorn Arena, Thun, Switzerland|45||2–0|3–0|Friendly|||||||||||
|17|14 June 2015|LFF Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania|46||2–1|2–1|UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying|||||||||||
|18|25 June 2016|Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne, France|57||1–1|1–1|UEFA Euro 2016|||||||||||
|19|1 June 2017|Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel, Switzerland|61||1–0|1–0|Friendly|||||||||||
|20|9 June 2017|Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands|62||2–0|2–0|2018 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||||||||
|21|22 June 2018|Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad, Russia|72||2–1|2–1|2018 FIFA World Cup|||||||||||
|22|8 September 2018|Kybunpark, St. Gallen, Switzerland|75||3–0|6–0|2018–19 UEFA Nations League A|||||||||||
|23|28 March 2021|Kybunpark, St. Gallen, Switzerland|88||1–0|1–0|2022 FIFA World Cup qualification|||||||||||
|24|20 June 2021|Olympic Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan|94|rowspan="2"|align=center|2–0|3–1|UEFA Euro 2020|||||||||||
|25|3–1|||||||||||||||||
|26|2 July 2021|Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg, Russia|96||1–1|1–1|UEFA Euro 2020|||||||||||
|27|2 December 2022|Stadium 974, Doha, Qatar|111||1–0|3–2|2022 FIFA World Cup|||||||||||
|28|12 September 2023|Stade de Tourbillon, Sion, Switzerland|116||3–0|3–0|UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying|||||||||||
|29|15 October 2023|Kybunpark, St. Gallen, Switzerland|117||1–0|3–3|UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying|||||||||||
|30|26 March 2024|Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland|121||1–0|1–0|Friendly|||||||||||
|31|4 June 2024|Swissporarena, Lucerne, Switzerland|122||4–0|4–0|Friendly|||||||||||
|32|19 June 2024|RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany|124||1–1|1–1|UEFA Euro 2024|||||||||||

## Honours

**Basel**
- Swiss Super League: 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2024–25
- Swiss Cup: 2009–10, 2011–12
**Bayern Munich**
- Bundesliga: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
- DFB-Pokal: 2012–13, 2013–14
- DFL-Supercup: 2012
- UEFA Champions League: 2012–13
- UEFA Super Cup: 2013
- FIFA Club World Cup: 2013

**Liverpool**
- Premier League: 2019–20
- UEFA Champions League: 2018–19
- UEFA Super Cup: 2019
- FIFA Club World Cup: 2019

**Switzerland U21**
- UEFA European Under-21 Championship runner-up: 2011

**Individual**
- Swiss Footballer of the Year: 2011, 2012
- Swiss Golden Player Award _"SFAP Golden Player"_: 2012
- Swiss Golden Player Award _"Best Young Player"_: 2012
- UEFA European Championship Goal of the Tournament: 2016
- UEFA Nations League Finals Team of the Tournament: 2019
- Swiss Super League top scorer: 2024–25

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Xherdan Shaqiri
- **image**: Xherdan Shaqiri 2018.jpg
- **caption**: Shaqiri with Switzerland national football team, Switzerland at the 2018 FIFA World Cup
- **fullname**: Xherdan Shaqiri
- **birth place**: Gjilan, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia (present-day Kosovo)

- **height**: 1.69 m
- **position**: Winger (association football), Winger, attacking midfielder
- **currentclub**: FC Basel
- **clubnumber**: 10
- **youthyears1**: 1999–2001
- **youthclubs1**: SV Augst
- **youthyears2**: 2001–2009
- **youthclubs2**: FC Basel
- **years1**: 2007–2009
- **clubs1**: FC Basel, FC Basel II
- **caps1**: 19
- **goals1**: 8
- **years2**: 2009–2012
- **clubs2**: FC Basel
- **caps2**: 92
- **goals2**: 18
- **years3**: 2012–2015
- **clubs3**: FC Bayern Munich, Bayern Munich
- **caps3**: 52
- **goals3**: 11
- **years4**: 2015
- **clubs4**: Inter Milan
- **caps4**: 15
- **goals4**: 1
- **years5**: 2015–2018
- **clubs5**: Stoke City F.C., Stoke City
- **caps5**: 84
- **goals5**: 15
- **years6**: 2018–2021
- **clubs6**: Liverpool F.C., Liverpool
- **caps6**: 45
- **goals6**: 7
- **years7**: 2021–2022
- **clubs7**: Olympique Lyonnais, Lyon
- **caps7**: 11
- **goals7**: 2
- **years8**: 2022–2024
- **clubs8**: Chicago Fire FC, Chicago Fire
- **caps8**: 69
- **goals8**: 14
- **years9**: 2024–
- **clubs9**: FC Basel
- **caps9**: 41
- **goals9**: 22
- **nationalyears1**: 2007–2008
- **nationalteam1**: Switzerland national under-17 football team, Switzerland U17
- **nationalcaps1**: 10
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2008–2009
- **nationalteam2**: Switzerland national under-18 football team, Switzerland U18
- **nationalcaps2**: 5
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalyears3**: 2009
- **nationalteam3**: Switzerland national under-19 football team, Switzerland U19
- **nationalcaps3**: 5
- **nationalgoals3**: 3
- **nationalyears4**: 2009–2011
- **nationalteam4**: Switzerland national under-21 football team, Switzerland U21
- **nationalcaps4**: 7
- **nationalgoals4**: 1
- **nationalyears5**: 2010–2024
- **nationalteam5**: Switzerland national football team, Switzerland
- **nationalcaps5**: 125
- **nationalgoals5**: 32
- **club-update**: 28 September 2025