nationalcaps birth_date currentclub pcupdate years youthyears caps goals nationalyears image name caption fullname ntupdate birth_place nationalteam height clubnumber nationalgoals youthclubs clubs position article_title
10 5 5 7 46 10 october 1991 stoke city 16:16 , 29 august 2015 -lrb- utc -rrb- 1999 2015 2015 -- -- 2001 2001 -- 2009 2012 -- 2015 1999 -- 2001 2001 -- 2009 19 92 52 15 2 8 18 11 1 0 2007 2011 2010 -- -- 2008 2008 -- 2009 2009 2009 -- xherdan shaqiri 2014.jpg xherdan shaqiri shaqiri with switzerland in 2014 . xherdan shaqiri 14 june 2015 gjilan , sfr yugoslavia switzerland u17 switzerland u18 switzerland u19 switzerland u21 switzerland 1.70 22 0 0 3 1 17 sv augst fc basel sv city augst fc basel bayern munich inter milan stoke winger xherdan shaqiri

xherdan shaqiri

xherdan shaqiri -lrb- ; born 10 october 1991 -rrb- is a swiss footballer who plays as a midfielder for english club stoke city , and the switzerland national team .
fifa 's official website describes him as `` unpredictable on the ball , adept with both feet , clinical in front of goal and possessing excellent vision '' .
he is nicknamed `` the alpine messi '' and `` the magic dwarf '' .
he began his career at fc basel , winning honours including three swiss super league titles , before moving to bayern munich , where he gained domestic and international honours despite playing less frequently .
in january 2015 he moved to inter milan , and seven months later to stoke city for a club record # 12 million .
a full international since 2010 , shaqiri has earned over 45 caps for switzerland .
he represented the nation at the 2010 and 2014 fifa world cups .
