Granit Xhaka

I respect Granit Xhaka because he refuses to break under pressure. Born in Basel to an Albanian family, he weathered being stripped of the Arsenal captaincy, the kind of low that ends many careers. Instead he reinvented himself as the heartbeat of Leverkusen's invincible title run, which makes his arc genuinely compelling. At 185 cm he conducts play with a passing range that proves he sees the whole pitch, a true on-field general who also captains Switzerland and now leads at Sunderland. What I value most is his backbone: he takes the harshest criticism head-on and converts it into growth, a real model of resilience.

Name (English)

Granit Xhaka

Name (Japanese)

グラニト・ジャカ

Reading

ぐらにと・じゃか

Born

September 27, 1992 (age 33)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Monkey

Origin

Basel, Canton of Basel-Stadt, Switzerland

Height

185 cm

Occupation

association football player

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/granitxhaka/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granit%20Xhaka
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B0%E3%83%A9%E3%83%8B%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%82%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q514427

Tags

• Canton of Basel-Stadt
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-11

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