Granit

Xhaka

Granit Xhaka history

Granit Xhaka was born on 27 September 1992 in Basel and plays for Bayer 04 Leverkusen. He played for FC Concordia Basel from 2000-2002, for FC Basel from 2003-2012, for Borussia M'gladbach from 2012-2016, for Arsenal FC from 2016-2023 and has played for Bayer 04 Leverkusen since 2023.

Current season 2024/25

In the ongoing season, the 32-year-old has scored two goals and takes seventh place within his squad. He shares this rank with Jonas Hofmann, Robert Andrich, Alejandro Grimaldo, Martin Terrier, Piero Hincapié, Amine Adli, Nathan Tella and Emiliano Buendía. With seven assists, Granit Xhaka currently has the ninth-most in the league together with Alejandro Grimaldo, Tim Kleindienst (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Robin Hack (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Franck Honorat (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Xavi Simons (RB Leipzig), Hugo Ekitiké (Eintracht Frankfurt), Angelo Stiller (VfB Stuttgart), Ritsu Dōan (SC Freiburg), Mitchell Weiser (SV Werder Bremen), Marvin Ducksch (SV Werder Bremen), Harry Kane (FC Bayern München) and Anthony Caci (1. FSV Mainz 05). The player with the shirt number 34 was in the starting line-up in all previous 33 games of the season. Of these, he won 19 games with his club.

His pass success rate amounts to 91.17 per cent. This result enables Granit Xhaka to occupy 10th place in the league ranking for this category. His tackle success rate amounts to 60.34 per cent. In the league ranking for this category, he is eighth-best with this result. Few players have covered a greater distance in this season than him. Granit Xhaka is presently the third-best runner with 378 km run on the pitch. He has scored one own goal. Together with Edmond Tapsoba, Piero Hincapié, Stefan Lainer (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Nico Elvedi (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Tuta (Eintracht Frankfurt), Kauã Santos (Eintracht Frankfurt), Waldemar Anton (Borussia Dortmund), Max Geschwill (Holstein Kiel), Angelo Stiller (VfB Stuttgart), Christian Günter (SC Freiburg), Felix Agu (SV Werder Bremen), Jakub Kamiński (VfL Wolfsburg), Diogo Leite (1. FC Union Berlin), Philipp Treu (FC St. Pauli), Nordi Mukiele, Chrislain Matsima (FC Augsburg), Noahkai Banks (FC Augsburg) and Leo Østigård (TSG Hoffenheim), he shares fourth place in the league statistics for this category.

Last game

He was in the starting line-up in this game and played as a midfielder for 78 minutes. In terms of total touches, he had 86 individual ball possessions. Furthermore, Granit Xhaka had 16 tackle challenges in the last match. Of these, he was able to win seven. He was additionally able to make 64 successful passes. He covered a distance of 10.2 km during his total playing time in this game. In doing so, Granit Xhaka had a total of 15 sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

Granit Xhaka has played 174 matches throughout the course of his career in the Bundesliga. Of these, he has won 100. He has netted 11 goals during his appointments in the Bundesliga. So far, he has completed 66 matches with his present squad. Here, he has scored a total of five goals. Granit Xhaka took the German championship title in 2023/24 while playing for Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

International appointments

Granit Xhaka won the DFB-Pokal in 2023/24 with Bayer 04 Leverkusen. He won the Supercup in 2024 with Bayer 04 Leverkusen.