Granit Xhaka was born on 27 September 1992 in the city of Basel, Switzerland, into an ethnic Albanian family from Podujevo. The family moved from Podujevo to Basel, Switzerland in 1990. See more

FC Basel
Xhaka started his youth football with Concordia Basel and, together with his brother Taulant, moved to the youth department of FC Basel at the end of 2002. He played for various Basel youth teams regularly … See more

Xhaka's elder brother, Taulant is also a professional footballer who plays for Basel and previously represented the Albania national team. In July 2017, Xhaka married his long-term … See more

• List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps See more

2008–2011: youth levels and senior debut
Xhaka has played for Swiss youth squad at the U-17 level. He participated in the Under-17 World Cup in 2009 in Nigeria. The Swiss team won the World Cup.
He played his first game for the Switzerland national … See more

Basel Youth
• U15 Swiss Championship: 2006–07
• U16 Swiss Championship: 2007–08
• U21 Swiss Championship: 2008–09
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• Josef Zindel (2018). FC Basel 1893. Die ersten 125 Jahre (in German). Basel: Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7245-2305-5.
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