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Rating By Competition
16.1430.86
Basel Logo
Borussia Mönchengladbach Logo
Arsenal Logo
Bayer Leverkusen Logo
Highlights
BLE
5.2
BLE
Bayer Leverkusen
RLE
RLE
RB Leipzig
GermanyDE119 Aug 23
TOT
TOT
Teutonia Ottensen
BLE
7.6
BLE
Bayer Leverkusen
GermanyDE12 Aug 23
BLE
6.1
BLE
Bayer Leverkusen
WHA
WHA
West Ham
WorldFRIC05 Aug 23
MAR
MAR
Marseille
BLE
5.2
BLE
Bayer Leverkusen
WorldFRIC02 Aug 23
RSO
RSO
Real Sociedad
BLE
4.3
BLE
Bayer Leverkusen
WorldFRIC29 Jul 23
ARS
8.6
ARS
Arsenal
WWA
WWA
Wolverhampton Wanderers
EnglandE128 May 23
NFO
NFO
Nottingham Forest
ARS
3.9
ARS
Arsenal
EnglandE120 May 23
ARS
4.0
ARS
Arsenal
B&H
B&H
Brighton & Hove Albion
EnglandE114 May 23
NUN
NUN
Newcastle United
ARS
5.9
ARS
Arsenal
EnglandE107 May 23
ARS
7.3
ARS
Arsenal
CHE
CHE
Chelsea
EnglandE102 May 23
MCI
MCI
Manchester City
ARS
3.1
ARS
Arsenal
EnglandE126 Apr 23
WHA
WHA
West Ham
ARS
5.4
ARS
Arsenal
EnglandE116 Apr 23
LIV
LIV
Liverpool
ARS
4.4
ARS
Arsenal
EnglandE109 Apr 23
ARS
7.7
ARS
Arsenal
LUN
LUN
Leeds United
EnglandE101 Apr 23
ARS
7.7
ARS
Arsenal
CPA
CPA
Crystal Palace
EnglandE119 Mar 23
ARS
7.9
ARS
Arsenal
SCP
SCP
Sporting CP
EuropeEL16 Mar 23
FUL
FUL
Fulham
ARS
6.3
ARS
Arsenal
EnglandE112 Mar 23
ARS
6.1
ARS
Arsenal
BOU
BOU
Bournemouth
EnglandE104 Mar 23
ARS
6.1
ARS
Arsenal
EVE
EVE
Everton
EnglandE101 Mar 23
LCI
LCI
Leicester City
ARS
5.5
ARS
Arsenal
EnglandE125 Feb 23

Granit Xhaka (born 27 September 1992) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Arsenal and captains the Switzerland national team. Xhaka began his career at hometown club Basel, winning the Swiss Super League in each of his first two seasons. He then moved to Bundesliga team Borussia Mönchengladbach in 2012, developing a reputation as a technically gifted player and natural leader alongside criticism for his temperament. He was made captain of Borussia Mönchengladbach in 2015 at the age of 22, leading the team to UEFA Champions' League qualification for a second successive season. He completed a high-profile transfer to Arsenal in May 2016 for a fee in the region of £30 million. He later became vice captain of the club. Xhaka was part of the Swiss team that won the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup. He made his senior debut in 2011 and has won over 110 caps, representing the nation at the FIFA World Cup in 2014, 2018 and 2022 and the UEFA European Championship in 2016 and 2020. Granit Xhaka was born on 27 September 1992 in the city of Basel, Switzerland, into an ethnic Albanian family from Podujevo, Kosovo, then part of the FR Yugoslavia. Three days later, he made his first appearance in European competition for Borussia in 1–3 home lost to Dynamo Kyiv in qualification for the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League. Xhaka received his fifth red card for the team in his 95th game on 20 December, for striking his opponent in the first half; he voluntarily gave €20,000 to charity as an apology. Xhaka was signed after Arsenal allegedly backed out of N'Golo Kanté transfer due to agent fees involved which totaled more than £10 million. Xhaka made his competitive debut for Arsenal in the club's opening match of the 2016–17 Premier League season, a 4–3 defeat to Liverpool, replacing midfielder Mohamed Elneny in the 65th minute while also picking up a yellow card in the process. However, under the tenure of new manager Mikel Arteta, Xhaka was reintroduced into the team as a key player and saw a sharp uptake in his form for the club and slowly began to win over the fans with whom he had previously had an oft fractious relationship. Before making his international debut for Switzerland, Xhaka was still undecided whether to play for his birth country or Albania, and he complained to the Albanian sports media that FSHF was ignoring him while the Swiss Football Association was showing much more interest. Xhaka played every minute of Switzerland's campaign, which ended in the round of 16 with a loss to Poland at the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard; after a 1–1 draw he was the only player to not score in the penalty shootout, shooting wide. Ahead of the 2018 World Cup qualifiers, there was speculation that Xhaka could switch his allegiance to represent Kosovo, which had been accepted as a full member of FIFA and were allowed to play competitive matches for the first time. Xhaka was involved in the Amazon Original sports docuseries All or Nothing: Arsenal, which documented the club by spending time with the coaching staff and players behind the scenes both on and off the field throughout their 2021–22 season.

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