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Granit Xhaka

1992 - Today

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Granit Xhaka (born 27 September 1992) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen and captains the Switzerland national team. Xhaka began his career with FC Basel and won the Swiss Super League twice. He moved to Borussia Mönchengladbach in 2012, developing a reputation as a technically gifted player and natural leader alongside criticism for his temperament, and acted as club captain from 2015, twice leading the team to UEFA Champions League qualification. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Granit Xhaka has received more than 6,743,805 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Granit Xhaka is the 2,953rd most popular soccer player (up from 3,925th in 2019), the 507th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 504th in 2019) and the 30th most popular Swiss Soccer Player.

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  • 6.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 54

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Granit Xhaka ranks 2,953 out of 16,880. Before him are Attilio Giovannini, Emir Spahić, Roberto Cortés, Felipe Rosas, Gunder Bengtsson, and Fred Rutten. After him are Karl Stotz, Emilio Caprile, Mohamed Sissoko, Ibrahim Ba, Nasser Hejazi, and Segundo Durandal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1992, Granit Xhaka ranks 45. Before him are Koke, Sam Smith, Mac Miller, Vincent Aboubakar, Haris Seferović, and Daisy Ridley. After him are Dilraba Dilmurat, Lucas Moura, Joji, Demet Özdemir, Marshmello, and Stefan de Vrij.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Granit Xhaka ranks 507 out of 876. Before him are Henri Dès (1940), Leon Schlumpf (1925), Bruno Heim (1911), Haris Seferović (1992), Alphons Egli (1924), and Heinz Hermann (1958). After him are Werner Günthör (1961), René Bader (1922), Siem de Jong (1989), Eugen Meier (1930), Albert Gallatin (1761), and Lara Gut-Behrami (1991).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Switzerland

Among soccer players born in Switzerland, Granit Xhaka ranks 30. Before him are Roger Bocquet (1921), Mario Frick (1974), Lauro Amadò (1912), Kubilay Türkyilmaz (1967), Haris Seferović (1992), and Heinz Hermann (1958). After him are René Bader (1922), Siem de Jong (1989), Eugen Meier (1930), Willy Kernen (1929), Ciriaco Sforza (1970), and Roman Bürki (1990).

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