33 Legends The football almanac
‹ Switzerland's 33
Xherdan Shaqiri
Photo: Антон Зайцев · CC BY-SA 3.0 · edited (crop, resize, colour toning, WebP format) · source
06 / Switzerland · 2010–2024

Xherdan Shaqiri

RM playmakercreator
Caps · Switzerland
125
Goals · Switzerland
32
Life
1991
Clubs
FC Bayern Munich, Stoke City, Chicago Fire
#6
Editorial rank of 33 for Switzerland
–
The people's rank, live from duel votes

The 'Alpine Messi' is renowned for his spectacular big-tournament goals and creative flair, contributing to titles with Bayern Munich and Liverpool. Career record: 125 caps and 32 goals for Switzerland; club career at FC Bayern Munich, Stoke City, Chicago Fire.

Career sourcesCareer dates · checked 4 October 2026
Identity and career · Wikidata Q252190
Vote in Switzerland's duels Build your Switzerland XI

Career record

2007–2012FC Basel
2012–2015FC Bayern Munich
2015–2015Inter Milan
2015–2018Stoke City
2018–2021Liverpool
2021–2022Olympique Lyonnais
2022–2024Chicago Fire
2024–todayFC Basel
Switzerland125 caps, 32 goals

Sources

Shared the era

Switzerland legends whose careers overlapped Shaqiri's

The world's great RMs

Around Shaqiri in the almanac

One rank above: Stephan Lichtsteiner at #5.

One rank below: Josef Hügi at #7.

Switzerland's editorial top five: Stéphane Chapuisat · Yann Sommer · Alexander Frei · Granit Xhaka · Stephan Lichtsteiner.

Report an error

Page: /legends/sui-xherdan-shaqiri

10 to 1,000 characters. Include a source if you can. Keep personal information out of the message.

We store your message, this page and, if provided, your email to review the correction. Email is removed on completion or within 90 days; messages within 365 days. Privacy and deletion.