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Midfielders#10Captain
Granit Xhaka
Group BUEFASunderland
146
Caps
17
Goals
33
Age
September 27, 1992
183 cm
Height
Among Midfielders at the 2026 World Cup
Percentile rank vs 370 players in this position.
Caps99%
Goals97%
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Open dataComputed from free, open event data — per-90 rates and percentiles vs. positional peers.
StatsBomb Open Data · FIFA World Cup 2022 & FIFA World Cup 2018 · 8 matches · 734 min sample
Attacking
Goals
1
0.12 per 90
Assists
0
0.00 per 90
xG36
0.3
0.04 per 90
Shots
10
1.23 per 90
Key passes
5
0.61 per 90
Possession
Pass completion75
89%
Progressive passes95
104
12.75 per 90
Progressive carries71
36
4.41 per 90
Carries
470
57.63 per 90
Defending
Tackles51
15
1.84 per 90
Interceptions43
7
0.86 per 90
Pressures5
88
10.79 per 90
Blocks
10
1.23 per 90
Clearances
12
1.47 per 90
Discipline
Fouls committed
12
1.47 per 90
Fouls won
8
0.98 per 90
Yellow cards
2
Red cards
0
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Caps, goals and club from official squad lists; photo, date of birth and height from FIFA. Official FIFA squad page · Squad data as of Jun 11, 2026