Club career[edit]
FC Basel[edit]
Shaqiri started his career at hometown club SV Augst, and at the age of eight he was scouted by FC Basel.[7] Whilst playing for Basel's youth team, he competed in the Under-15 Nike Cup 2007 and was named the best player of the tournament. Despite having several other clubs attempting to sign him, he decided to stay with Basel, where he played for their reserve team from 2007 to 2009 in the Swiss 1. Liga. Two years later, Shaqiri signed his first professional contract with Basel on 2 January 2009,[9] with the new contract keeping him at St. Jakob-Park until June 2014.
Shaqiri made his Basel club debut as a substitute on 12 July 2009 in Basel's 2009–10 season opening match against FC St. Gallen at the AFG Arena.[10] Four months later he scored his first goal for Basel in a 4–1 win over Neuchâtel Xamax at home on 9 November 2009.[11] At the end of the 2009–10 season Shaqiri won the national Double with Basel, and a year later won the League title again.
In December 2011, Shaqiri provided two assists in a match against Manchester United, with Basel winning 2–1.[12] At the end of the 2011–12 season, for the second time in his Basel stint, he won the Double, consisting of the League title,[13] and the Swiss Cup.[14]
Bayern Munich[edit]
On 9 February 2012, Basel announced that Shaqiri had accepted a transfer to German club Bayern Munich of the Bundesliga for the 2012–13 season.[15] The transfer fee was a reported €11.6 million, with Shaqiri signing a four-year contract with the German club which would last until 30 June 2016, and which paid him around €2 million per season.[16] He faced competition for a place in the midfield from established internationals Franck Ribéry, Arjen Robben, Toni Kroos and Thomas Müller.[7]
On 10 July 2012, Shaqiri made his debut in a 1–0 friendly win against Bavarian neighbours SpVgg Unterhaching. His first competitive appearance for the club came on 20 August in a DFB-Pokal match at SSV Jahn Regensburg, as a half-time substitute. He scored Bayern's second goal as well as providing assists for Mario Mandžukić and Claudio Pizarro, with Bayern winning 4–0.[17] He helped Bayern secure the top spot in their Champions League group by scoring a goal and providing assists in a 4–1 defeat of BATE Borisov on 5 December, winning the Man of the Match award and avenging their defeat in Minsk.[18]
Shaqiri did not score his first Bundesliga goal until the final league match of the 2012 calendar year, rescuing a point for them in a 1–1 draw with Borussia Mönchengladbach, leaving Bayern in first place at the winter break.[19][20] On 16 April 2013, Shaqiri also scored in the DFB-Pokal semi-final against VfL Wolfsburg with a long-range shot. Although he did not play in the final, Shaqiri won the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League title with Bayern, as well as the Bundesliga and the DFB-Pokal title, making him one of the Bayern Munich players to have won the first treble in club history; he added the UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup to his achievements that year.[7] By June 2014, Shaqiri was reported to be the most decorated Swiss footballer of all time at just 22, with 13 medals to his name.[7]
Inter Milan[edit]
Shaqiri transferred to Italian club Inter Milan on 9 January 2015 for €15 million,[21] signing a four-and-a-half-year contract,[22] though English club Stoke City had previously declared an interest in signing him.[23] With his previous number of 23 being taken by Andrea Ranocchia, Shaqiri chose the number 91 for his Inter shirt, representing his birth year.[24] He was an unused substitute in Inter's 3–1 victory over Genoa at San Siro.[25] He made his debut for Inter on 17 January, playing in the last 16 minutes as a substitute for fellow new signing Lukas Podolski.[26] Shaqiri made his Coppa Italia debut in a match against Sampdoria in the round of 16 on 22 January, scoring the first goal of the match and helping the team to a 2–0 win to progress into the quarter-finals.[27]
Shaqiri scored his first Serie A goal on 15 February 2015 in a 4–1 away win against Atalanta.[28] Four days later, he registered his first European tournament goal for Inter, scoring the opener from a Zdravko Kuzmanović assist in a 3–3 UEFA Europa League draw away to Celtic.[29]
Stoke City[edit]
In July 2015, Stoke agreed a £12 million fee to sign Shaqiri, but the deal fell through when he did not agree to the move before a deadline imposed by the club.[30] The deal was revived a month later, however, with Shaqiri agreeing to personal terms and undergoing medicals.[31] Everton had also expressed interest in him but only wanted a loan deal, while Inter preferred a permanent move.[31] On 11 August, Shaqiri completed his move to Stoke for a club-record fee of £12 million (€14.5 million),[21] on a five-year deal.[32][33]
2015–16[edit]
That is the best goal I have seen this season. He knew exactly what he was doing, it is absolutely sublime.
– Garth Crooks, pundit on the BBC's Final Score, describing Shaqiri's second goal for Stoke against Everton on 28 December 2015.[34]
He made his debut eleven days later in a 1–1 draw with Norwich City at Carrow Road, assisting Mame Biram Diouf's headed goal with a free kick.[35] On 28 December, Shaqiri recorded his first goals for Stoke, a first-half brace in a 4–3 win at Everton. The second of these two goals was a half-volley over Tim Howard, from Bojan's pass.[34] His only other goal in 2015–16 was a 20-yard strike against Newcastle United on 2 March 2016.[36] In total Shaqiri played 32 times for Stoke in 2015–16 as the side finished in ninth position.[37]
2016–17[edit]
Shaqiri scored a 20-yard free kick against Middlesbrough on the opening day of the 2016–17 season.[38][39]However a calf injury ruled him out for the next six weeks, returning to the side on 24 September 2016 against West Bromwich Albion where he provided the assist for Joe Allen in a 1–1 draw.[40][41] Shaqiri scored two long-range goals against Hull City on 22 October 2016, becoming the first Stoke player to do so in a Premier League game.[42] He scored another long range strike also against Hull on 15 April 2017 which was named as Stoke's goal of the season.[43][44] Shaqiri made 22 appearances in 2016–17, as Stoke finished in 13th position.[45][46]
2017–18[edit]
Shaqiri scored his first goal of the 2017–18 season in the match against Newcastle United, on 16 September, scoring the equalizing goal in an eventual 1–2 defeat.[47] On 4 November, he scored in a 2–2 draw against Leicester City.[48] On 25 November, he scored in a 1–2 defeat to Crystal Palace.[49] On 2 December, he scored in a 2–1 win over Swansea City.[50] On 3 February 2018, he scored the opening goal in a 1–2 defeat to Bournemouth.[51] A week later, on 10 February, he scored in a 1–1 draw against Brighton & Hove Albion.[52] On 24 February, Shaqiri scored for a third consecutive game in a 1–1 draw against Leicester City.[53] In March 2018, with Stoke battling against relegation, Shaqiri courted controversy with an interview for Swiss magazine Schweizer Illustrierte in which he said there was a "lack of quality" in his Stoke teammates and that even the presence of Ronaldinho would not improve the team.[54] On 5 May, Shaqiri scored in a 1–2 defeat to Crystal Palace, as Stoke suffered relegation to the EFL Championship.[55] He played 38 times for the club in the season and finished as top goalscorer for the club with 8 goals, also providing 7 assists.[56]
Liverpool[edit]
On 13 July 2018, Liverpool signed Shaqiri on a five-year deal after triggering his £13.5 million release clause.[57]
Shaqiri made his unofficial debut for the club on 29 July, in a pre-season friendly game against rivals Manchester United, in a 4–1 win, scoring a bicycle kick.[58] On his competitive debut on 12 August, in the opening match of the season against West Ham United, he came on as a late substitute in a 4–0 win.[59] Shaqiri made his first full start on 22 September, in a 3–0 win over Southampton, receiving praise for his performance, and was voted by BBC Sport as Man of the Match.[60][61][62]
Shaqiri scored his first goal for the Reds on 27 October, scoring the third goal in a 4–1 win over Cardiff City.[63] In November, he was left out of their Champions League trip to Red Star Belgrade in Serbia to avoid controversy over his pro-Albanian views.[64]
International career[edit]
Youth[edit]
Shaqiri made his debut for the Swiss under-21s side on 11 November 2009 in a 3–1 win against the Turkish under-21 side in a 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifier. He scored his first goal for them on 11 June 2011 in the 2011 Under-21 Championship opening game against the Danish under-21 team.
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