1991 - Today
Xherdan Shaqiri (Albanian pronunciation: [dʒɛrˈdan ʃaˈciɾi]; born 10 October 1991) is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a winger for Major League Soccer club Chicago Fire and the Switzerland national team. Shaqiri began his career at FC Basel, winning honours including three Swiss Super League titles, before moving to Bayern Munich, where he gained nine domestic and continental honours despite playing less frequently. In January 2015, he moved to Inter Milan for a fee of €15 million, and seven months later to Stoke City for a club record £12 million. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Xherdan Shaqiri has received more than 8,638,671 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 61 in 2019). Xherdan Shaqiri is the 1,163rd most popular soccer player (up from 2,100th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Kosovo (up from 16th in 2019) and the most popular Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Xherdan Shaqiri ranks 1,163 out of 16,880. Before him are Răzvan Lucescu, Gianni De Biasi, Dick van Dijk, Lippo Hertzka, José Mari Bakero, and Raymond Braine. After him are Seiichi Sakiya, Karl Koller, John van 't Schip, Juan Botasso, Marco Verratti, and Toni Polster.
1969 - Present
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 1,157
1956 - Present
HPI: 50.96
Rank: 1,158
1946 - 1997
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 1,159
1904 - 1951
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 1,160
1963 - Present
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 1,161
1907 - 1978
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 1,162
1991 - Present
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 1,163
1950 - Present
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 1,164
1929 - 2009
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 1,165
1963 - Present
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 1,166
1908 - 1950
HPI: 50.92
Rank: 1,167
1992 - Present
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 1,168
1964 - Present
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 1,169
Among people born in 1991, Xherdan Shaqiri ranks 9. Before him are Thiago Alcântara, Eden Hazard, Ed Sheeran, Jorginho, N'Golo Kanté, and Virgil van Dijk. After him are Alexandre Lacazette, Riyad Mahrez, Kevin De Bruyne, Martin Braithwaite, Tyler, the Creator, and Lorenzo Insigne.
1991 - Present
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 3
1991 - Present
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 4
1991 - Present
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 5
1991 - Present
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 6
1991 - Present
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 7
1991 - Present
HPI: 51.73
Rank: 8
1991 - Present
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 9
1991 - Present
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 10
1991 - Present
HPI: 50.31
Rank: 11
1991 - Present
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 12
1991 - Present
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 13
1991 - Present
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 14
1991 - Present
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 15
Among people born in Kosovo, Xherdan Shaqiri ranks 3 out of 12. Before him are Miloš Obilić (1350) and Behgjet Pacolli (1951). After him are Jeton Kelmendi (1978), David Albahari (1948), Isa Mustafa (1951), Rita Ora (1990), Etrit Berisha (1989), Majlinda Kelmendi (1991), Emir Bajrami (1988), Fatos Bećiraj (1988), and Albert Bunjaku (1983).
1350 - 1389
HPI: 68.27
Rank: 1
1951 - Present
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 2
1991 - Present
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 3
1978 - Present
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 4
1948 - 2023
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 5
1951 - Present
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 6
1990 - Present
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 7
1989 - Present
HPI: 37.06
Rank: 8
1991 - Present
HPI: 36.57
Rank: 9
1988 - Present
HPI: 33.91
Rank: 10
1988 - Present
HPI: 33.40
Rank: 11
1983 - Present
HPI: 31.53
Rank: 12
Among soccer players born in Kosovo, Xherdan Shaqiri ranks 1. After him are Etrit Berisha (1989), Emir Bajrami (1988), Fatos Bećiraj (1988), and Albert Bunjaku (1983).
1991 - Present
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 1
1989 - Present
HPI: 37.06
Rank: 2
1988 - Present
HPI: 33.91
Rank: 3
1988 - Present
HPI: 33.40
Rank: 4
1983 - Present
HPI: 31.53
Rank: 5