Granit Xhaka
Granit Xhaka is a Swiss footballer, born on 27 September 1992 in Basel, Switzerland. Xhaka plays as a defensive midfielder for Sunderland. Xhaka has scored 60 goals in 797 games for club and country and has won 14 trophies, including 6 league titles.
Xhaka's career stats
| Games | Goals | |
|---|---|---|
| Clubs, all competitions | 645 | 42 |
| Switzerland | 152 | 18 |
| Total | 797 | 60 |
Goals per game: 0.08.
Xhaka's trophies and awards
- Trophies with club and country: 14
- League titles: 6
- Domestic cups: 7
- Individual awards: 9
Basel Youth
- U15 Swiss Championship: 1 (2006–07)
- U16 Swiss Championship: 1 (2007–08)
- U21 Swiss Championship: 1 (2008–09)
Basel
- Swiss Super League: 2 (2010–11, 2011–12)
- Swiss Cup: 1 (2011–12)
Arsenal
- FA Cup: 2 (2016–17, 2019–20)
- FA Community Shield: 2 (2017, 2020)
Bayer Leverkusen
- Bundesliga: 1 (2023–24)
- DFB-Pokal: 1 (2023–24)
- DFL-Supercup: 1 (2024)
Switzerland U17
- FIFA U-17 World Cup: 1 (2009)
Individual
- Swiss Footballer of the Year: 3 (2017, 2022, 2023)
- Swiss Youth Footballer of the Year: 1 (2012)
- Bundesliga Team of the Season: 1 (2023–24)
- VDV Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2 (2023–24, 2024–25)
- UEFA Europa League Team of the Season: 1 (2023–24)
- Sunderland Player of the Season: 1 (2025–26)
Clubs
League games and goals at each club.
- 2010–2012: Basel, 42 games, 1 goal
- 2012–2016: Borussia Mönchengladbach, 108 games, 6 goals
- 2016–2023: Arsenal, 225 games, 17 goals
- 2023–2025: Bayer Leverkusen, 66 games, 5 goals
- 2025–: Sunderland, 39 games, 1 goal
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Club stats as of 20 September 2026.