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 this season, the 32-year-old has scored two goals and takes fourth place within his squad. He shares this rank with Robert Andrich, Jonathan Tah, Martin Terrier and Jeremie Frimpong. With 29 passes to a shot, he currently occupies seventh place in the league statistics together with Julian Brandt (Borussia Dortmund) and Michael Olise (FC Bayern München). The player with the shirt number 34 was in the starting line-up in all previous 14 games of the season. Of these, he won eight games with his club.

Granit Xhaka is in third place in his team's internal ranking for both pass success rate (91.53 per cent) and tackle success rate (61.16 per cent). Few players have covered a greater distance in the ongoing season than him. He is presently the third-best runner with 165 km run on the pitch.

Last game

Granit Xhaka played his last game on the 14th matchday of the 2024/25 season (14 December 2024). Playing for Bayer 04 Leverkusen, he won against FC Augsburg 2-0. He played as a midfielder throughout this entire game. In terms of total touches, he had 115 individual ball possessions. Furthermore, he had 20 tackle challenges in the last match. Of these, he was able to win 12. He was additionally able to make 95 successful passes – the best performance in the game. He covered a distance of 11.4 km during his total playing time in this game. In doing so, he had a total of 12 sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

Granit Xhaka has played 155 matches in the course of his career in the Bundesliga. Of these, he has won 89. He has netted 11 goals throughout his appointments in the Bundesliga. So far, Granit Xhaka has completed 47 matches with his current squad. Here, he has scored a total of five goals. He 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.