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Sunderland AFC· Premier LeagueXhaka has won the German Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal with Bayern Munich, two FA Cups with Arsenal, and the German Super Cup. Individually, he has been named Swiss Footballer of the Year twice.
Granit Xhaka is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder. He began his career at Basel, winning the Swiss Super League before moving to Borussia Mönchengladbach and later Arsenal, where he became a key figure. Known for his leadership and passing range, Xhaka has also captained the Swiss national team.
Xhaka is a deep-lying playmaker known for his exceptional passing accuracy and ability to dictate tempo from midfield. His defensive positioning and tackling are solid, but he can be prone to lapses in concentration and disciplinary issues. He excels at switching play and delivering long-range passes to unlock defenses.
| Date | Opponent | H/A | Result | Competition | Min | G | A | YC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-06 | Switzerland | ✈ | 1:1 | International Friendlies | 79 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2026-05-31 | Jordan | 🏠 | 4:1 | International Friendlies | 61 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-03-31 | Switzerland | ✈ | 0:0 | International Friendlies | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-03-27 | Germany | 🏠 | 3:4 | International Friendlies | 45 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-11-18 | Switzerland | ✈ | 1:1 | World Cup Qualifiers (Europe) | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-11-15 | Sweden | 🏠 | 4:1 | World Cup Qualifiers (Europe) | 90 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-10-13 | Switzerland | ✈ | 0:0 | World Cup Qualifiers (Europe) | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-10-10 | Switzerland | ✈ | 0:2 | World Cup Qualifiers (Europe) | 90 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-09-08 | Slovenia | 🏠 | 3:0 | World Cup Qualifiers (Europe) | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-09-05 | Kosovo | 🏠 | 4:0 | World Cup Qualifiers (Europe) | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-06-11 | Switzerland | ✈ | 0:4 | International Friendlies | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-06-07 | Switzerland | ✈ | 2:4 | International Friendlies | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-03-25 | Luxembourg | 🏠 | 3:1 | International Friendlies | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-03-21 | Switzerland | ✈ | 1:1 | International Friendlies | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-11-18 | Switzerland | ✈ | 3:2 | UEFA Nations League A | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-11-15 | Serbia | 🏠 | 1:1 | UEFA Nations League A | 90 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024-10-15 | Denmark | 🏠 | 2:2 | UEFA Nations League A | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-10-12 | Switzerland | ✈ | 2:0 | UEFA Nations League A | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-09-08 | Spain | 🏠 | 1:4 | UEFA Nations League A | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-09-05 | Switzerland | ✈ | 2:0 | UEFA Nations League A | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-07-06 | Switzerland | ✈ | 6:4 | UEFA Euro | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-06-29 | Switzerland | ✈ | 0:2 | UEFA Euro | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-06-23 | Switzerland | ✈ | 1:1 | UEFA Euro | 90 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024-06-19 | Switzerland | ✈ | 1:1 | UEFA Euro | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-06-15 | Switzerland | ✈ | 1:3 | UEFA Euro | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-06-08 | Austria | 🏠 | 1:1 | International Friendlies | 76 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024-06-04 | Estonia | 🏠 | 4:0 | International Friendlies | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-03-26 | Switzerland | ✈ | 0:1 | International Friendlies | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-03-23 | Switzerland | ✈ | 0:0 | International Friendlies | 90 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023-11-21 | Switzerland | ✈ | 1:0 | European Qualifiers | 90 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023-11-18 | Kosovo | 🏠 | 1:1 | European Qualifiers | 90 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023-11-15 | Switzerland | ✈ | 1:1 | European Qualifiers | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-10-15 | Belarus | 🏠 | 3:3 | European Qualifiers | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-09-12 | Andorra | 🏠 | 3:0 | European Qualifiers | 90 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023-09-09 | Switzerland | ✈ | 2:2 | European Qualifiers | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-06-19 | Romania | 🏠 | 2:2 | European Qualifiers | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-06-16 | Switzerland | ✈ | 1:2 | European Qualifiers | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-03-28 | Israel | 🏠 | 3:0 | European Qualifiers | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-03-25 | Switzerland | ✈ | 0:5 | European Qualifiers | 66 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022-12-06 | Switzerland | ✈ | 6:1 | World Cup | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-12-02 | Switzerland | ✈ | 2:3 | World Cup | 90 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022-11-28 | Switzerland | ✈ | 1:0 | World Cup | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-11-24 | Switzerland | ✈ | 0:1 | World Cup | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-11-17 | Switzerland | ✈ | 2:0 | International Friendlies | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-09-27 | Czechia | 🏠 | 2:1 | UEFA Nations League A | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-09-24 | Switzerland | ✈ | 1:2 | UEFA Nations League A | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-06-12 | Portugal | 🏠 | 1:0 | UEFA Nations League A | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-06-09 | Spain | 🏠 | 0:1 | UEFA Nations League A | 90 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022-06-05 | Switzerland | ✈ | 4:0 | UEFA Nations League A | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-06-02 | Switzerland | ✈ | 2:1 | UEFA Nations League A | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-03-29 | Kosovo | 🏠 | 1:1 | International Friendlies | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-03-26 | Switzerland | ✈ | 2:1 | International Friendlies | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-11-15 | Bulgaria | 🏠 | 4:0 | World Cup Qualifiers (Europe) | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-11-12 | Switzerland | ✈ | 1:1 | World Cup Qualifiers (Europe) | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-10-12 | Switzerland | ✈ | 0:4 | World Cup Qualifiers (Europe) | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-10-09 | Northern Ireland | 🏠 | 2:0 | World Cup Qualifiers (Europe) | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-09-08 | Switzerland | ✈ | 0:0 | World Cup Qualifiers (Europe) | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-09-05 | Italy | 🏠 | 0:0 | World Cup Qualifiers (Europe) | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-09-01 | Greece | 🏠 | 2:1 | International Friendlies | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-07-02 | Switzerland | ✈ | 4:2 | UEFA Euro | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-06-28 | Switzerland | ✈ | 7:8 | UEFA Euro | 120 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021-06-20 | Switzerland | ✈ | 1:3 | UEFA Euro | 90 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021-06-16 | Switzerland | ✈ | 3:0 | UEFA Euro | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-06-12 | Switzerland | ✈ | 1:1 | UEFA Euro | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-06-03 | Liechtenstein | 🏠 | 7:0 | International Friendlies | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-05-30 | United States | 🏠 | 2:1 | International Friendlies | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-03-31 | Finland | 🏠 | 3:2 | International Friendlies | 45 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021-03-28 | Lithuania | 🏠 | 1:0 | World Cup Qualifiers (Europe) | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-03-25 | Switzerland | ✈ | 1:3 | World Cup Qualifiers (Europe) | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020-11-17 | Switzerland | ✈ | 0:3 | UEFA Nations League A | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020-11-14 | Spain | 🏠 | 1:1 | UEFA Nations League A | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020-11-11 | Switzerland | ✈ | 2:1 | International Friendlies | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020-10-13 | Switzerland | ✈ | 3:3 | UEFA Nations League A | 90 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020-10-10 | Switzerland | ✈ | 1:0 | UEFA Nations League A | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020-10-07 | Croatia | 🏠 | 1:2 | International Friendlies | 45 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020-09-06 | Germany | 🏠 | 1:1 | UEFA Nations League A | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020-09-03 | Switzerland | ✈ | 2:1 | UEFA Nations League A | 90 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019-11-18 | Switzerland | ✈ | 1:6 | European Qualifiers | 90 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-11-15 | Georgia | 🏠 | 1:0 | European Qualifiers | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-10-15 | Republic of Ireland | 🏠 | 2:0 | European Qualifiers | 90 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019-10-12 | Switzerland | ✈ | 1:0 | European Qualifiers | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-09-08 | Gibraltar | 🏠 | 4:0 | European Qualifiers | 74 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019-09-05 | Switzerland | ✈ | 1:1 | European Qualifiers | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-06-09 | Switzerland | ✈ | 6:5 | UEFA Nations League Finals | 120 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019-06-05 | Switzerland | ✈ | 3:1 | UEFA Nations League Finals | 90 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019-03-26 | Denmark | 🏠 | 3:3 | European Qualifiers | 79 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019-03-23 | Switzerland | ✈ | 0:2 | European Qualifiers | 90 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018-11-18 | Belgium | 🏠 | 5:2 | UEFA Nations League A | 90 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018-11-14 | Qatar | 🏠 | 0:1 | International Friendlies | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018-10-15 | Switzerland | ✈ | 1:2 | UEFA Nations League A | 90 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018-10-12 | Switzerland | ✈ | 2:1 | UEFA Nations League A | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018-09-11 | Switzerland | ✈ | 1:0 | International Friendlies | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018-09-08 | Iceland | 🏠 | 6:0 | UEFA Nations League A | 90 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018-07-03 | Switzerland | ✈ | 1:0 | World Cup | 90 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018-06-27 | Switzerland | ✈ | 2:2 | World Cup | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018-06-22 | Switzerland | ✈ | 1:2 | World Cup | 90 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018-06-17 | Switzerland | ✈ | 1:1 | World Cup | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018-06-08 | Japan | 🏠 | 2:0 | International Friendlies | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018-06-03 | Switzerland | ✈ | 1:1 | International Friendlies | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018-03-27 | Panama | 🏠 | 6:0 | International Friendlies | 69 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018-03-23 | Switzerland | ✈ | 0:1 | International Friendlies | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017-11-12 | Northern Ireland | 🏠 | 0:0 | World Cup Qualification Playoffs | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017-11-09 | Switzerland | ✈ | 0:1 | World Cup Qualification Playoffs | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017-10-10 | Switzerland | ✈ | 2:0 | World Cup Qualifiers (Europe) | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017-10-07 | Hungary | 🏠 | 5:2 | World Cup Qualifiers (Europe) | 90 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017-09-03 | Switzerland | ✈ | 0:3 | World Cup Qualifiers (Europe) | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017-08-31 | Andorra | 🏠 | 3:0 | World Cup Qualifiers (Europe) | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017-06-09 | Switzerland | ✈ | 0:2 | World Cup Qualifiers (Europe) | 90 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017-06-01 | Belarus | 🏠 | 1:0 | International Friendlies | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017-03-25 | Latvia | 🏠 | 1:0 | World Cup Qualifiers (Europe) | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016-11-13 | Faroe Islands | 🏠 | 2:0 | World Cup Qualifiers (Europe) | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016-10-10 | Switzerland | ✈ | 1:2 | World Cup Qualifiers (Europe) | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016-10-07 | Switzerland | ✈ | 2:3 | World Cup Qualifiers (Europe) | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016-09-06 | Portugal | 🏠 | 2:0 | World Cup Qualifiers (Europe) | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016-06-25 | Switzerland | ✈ | 6:5 | UEFA Euro | 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016-06-19 | Switzerland | ✈ | 0:0 | UEFA Euro | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016-06-15 | Switzerland | ✈ | 1:1 | UEFA Euro | 90 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016-06-11 | Switzerland | ✈ | 0:1 | UEFA Euro | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016-06-03 | Moldova | 🏠 | 2:1 | International Friendlies | 70 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016-05-28 | Belgium | 🏠 | 1:2 | International Friendlies | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016-03-29 | Bosnia-Herzegovina | 🏠 | 0:2 | International Friendlies | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016-03-25 | Switzerland | ✈ | 1:0 | International Friendlies | 90 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015-11-17 | Switzerland | ✈ | 1:2 | International Friendlies | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015-11-13 | Switzerland | ✈ | 3:2 | International Friendlies | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015-10-12 | Switzerland | ✈ | 0:1 | European Qualifiers | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015-10-09 | San Marino | 🏠 | 7:0 | European Qualifiers | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015-09-08 | Switzerland | ✈ | 2:0 | European Qualifiers | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015-09-05 | Slovenia | 🏠 | 3:2 | European Qualifiers | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015-06-14 | Switzerland | ✈ | 1:2 | European Qualifiers | 90 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015-06-10 | Liechtenstein | 🏠 | 3:0 | International Friendlies | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015-03-31 | United States | 🏠 | 1:1 | International Friendlies | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015-03-27 | Estonia | 🏠 | 3:0 | European Qualifiers | 87 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014-11-18 | Switzerland | ✈ | 2:2 | International Friendlies | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014-11-15 | Lithuania | 🏠 | 4:0 | European Qualifiers | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014-10-14 | Switzerland | ✈ | 0:4 | European Qualifiers | 90 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014-10-09 | Switzerland | ✈ | 1:0 | European Qualifiers | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014-09-08 | England | 🏠 | 0:2 | European Qualifiers | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014-07-01 | Switzerland | ✈ | 1:0 | World Cup | 66 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014-06-25 | Switzerland | ✈ | 0:3 | World Cup | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014-06-20 | Switzerland | ✈ | 5:2 | World Cup | 90 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014-06-15 | Switzerland | ✈ | 1:2 | World Cup | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014-06-03 | Peru | 🏠 | 2:0 | International Friendlies | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014-05-30 | Jamaica | 🏠 | 1:0 | International Friendlies | 90 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014-03-05 | Croatia | 🏠 | 2:2 | International Friendlies | 79 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013-11-15 | Switzerland | ✈ | 2:1 | International Friendlies | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013-10-15 | Slovenia | 🏠 | 1:0 | World Cup Qualifiers (Europe) | 90 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013-10-11 | Switzerland | ✈ | 1:2 | World Cup Qualifiers (Europe) | 90 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013-09-10 | Switzerland | ✈ | 0:2 | World Cup Qualifiers (Europe) | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013-09-06 | Iceland | 🏠 | 4:4 | World Cup Qualifiers (Europe) | 76 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013-08-14 | Brazil | 🏠 | 1:0 | International Friendlies | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013-06-08 | Cyprus | 🏠 | 1:0 | World Cup Qualifiers (Europe) | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013-03-23 | Switzerland | ✈ | 0:0 | World Cup Qualifiers (Europe) | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013-02-06 | Switzerland | ✈ | 0:0 | International Friendlies | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012-11-14 | Switzerland | ✈ | 1:2 | International Friendlies | 72 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012-10-16 | Switzerland | ✈ | 0:2 | World Cup Qualifiers (Europe) | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012-10-12 | Norway | 🏠 | 1:1 | World Cup Qualifiers (Europe) | 90 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012-09-11 | Albania | 🏠 | 2:0 | World Cup Qualifiers (Europe) | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012-09-07 | Switzerland | ✈ | 0:2 | World Cup Qualifiers (Europe) | 85 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012-08-15 | Switzerland | ✈ | 2:4 | International Friendlies | 90 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012-05-30 | Romania | 🏠 | 0:1 | International Friendlies | 76 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012-05-26 | Germany | 🏠 | 5:3 | International Friendlies | 89 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012-02-29 | Argentina | 🏠 | 1:3 | International Friendlies | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011-11-15 | Switzerland | ✈ | 0:1 | International Friendlies | 64 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011-11-11 | Switzerland | ✈ | 0:0 | International Friendlies | 86 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011-10-11 | Montenegro | 🏠 | 2:0 | European Qualifiers | 85 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2011-10-07 | Switzerland | ✈ | 2:0 | European Qualifiers | 81 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011-09-06 | Bulgaria | 🏠 | 3:1 | European Qualifiers | 88 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011-08-10 | Switzerland | ✈ | 1:2 | International Friendlies | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011-06-04 | Switzerland | ✈ | 2:2 | European Qualifiers | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 |