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

With three assists, he presently has the eighth-most in the league together with Kevin Stöger (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Julian Brandt (Borussia Dortmund), Karim Adeyemi (Borussia Dortmund), Maximilian Mittelstädt (VfB Stuttgart), Phillipp Mwene (1. FSV Mainz 05) and Jackson Irvine (FC St. Pauli). With 22 passes to a shot, Granit Xhaka currently occupies sixth place in the league statistics together with Pascal Groß (Borussia Dortmund) and Joshua Kimmich (FC Bayern München). The 32-year-old was in the starting line-up in all previous 10 games of the season. Of these, he won four games with his club.

His pass success rate amounts to 91.45 per cent, with which the player with the shirt number 34 occupies fourth place in the team-internal statistics. His tackle success rate amounts to 60.67 per cent. With this, he occupies third place in the team-internal statistics. Few players have covered a greater distance in the ongoing season than him. Granit Xhaka is currently the third-best runner with 116 km run on the pitch.

Last game

Granit Xhaka played his last game on the 10th matchday of the 2024/25 season (9 November 2024). Playing for Bayer 04 Leverkusen, he played against VfL Bochum 1848 and tied with 1-1. He played as a midfielder throughout this entire game. In terms of total touches, he had 116 individual ball possessions. Furthermore, he had 17 tackle challenges in the last match. Of these, he was able to win 10. Granit Xhaka was additionally able to make 99 successful passes. He covered a distance of 11.5 km during his total playing time in this game. In doing so, he had a total of 20 sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

Granit Xhaka has played 151 matches throughout the course of his career in the Bundesliga. Of these, he has won 85. He has netted 10 goals during his appointments in the Bundesliga. So far, Granit Xhaka has completed 43 matches with his current squad. Here, he has scored a total of four 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.