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 player with the shirt number 34 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 30 passes to a shot, he presently occupies ninth place in the league statistics together with Marvin Ducksch (SV Werder Bremen). Granit Xhaka was in the starting line-up in all previous 15 games of the season. Of these, he won nine games with his club.

His pass success rate amounts to 91.73 per cent. This result enables the 32-year-old to occupy 10th place in the league ranking for this category. His tackle success rate amounts to 61.04 per cent. With this, he occupies third place in the team-internal statistics. Few players have covered a greater distance in the current season than him. He is currently the third-best runner with 177 km run on the pitch.

Last game

Granit Xhaka played his last game on the 15th matchday of the 2024/25 season (21 December 2024). He was victorious over SC Freiburg while playing for Bayer 04 Leverkusen with a score of 5-1. He played as a midfielder throughout this entire game. In terms of total touches, Granit Xhaka had 90 individual ball possessions. Furthermore, he had 25 tackle challenges in the last match. Of these, he was able to win 15. Granit Xhaka was additionally able to make 72 successful passes. He covered a distance of 11.7 km during his total playing time in this game. In doing so, he had a total of 16 sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

Granit Xhaka has played 156 matches throughout the course of his career in the Bundesliga. Of these, he has won 90. He has netted 11 goals during his appointments in the Bundesliga. So far, he has completed 48 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.