Granit Xhaka

Granit Xhaka, an Arsenal footballer and member of the Swiss national team, says without hesitation that he gives most of his salary to his parents. The young man honestly admits that money in his life is not the main thing. The sensible approach that Xhaka demonstrates in life does not always appear on the field. The player often enters into disputes with referees, gets out of his temper and more often than the rest of the teammates receives red cards.

Granite was born on September 27, 1992 in the Swiss city of Basel, located near the borders of France and Germany. The boy became the second son of refugees from Kosovo, Elmaz and Rajapa. The first to be born was Taulant Xhaka, who, like his younger brother, connected his fate with football.

When Granit was 5 years old, her mother took her sons to a trial training session at Concordia Basel, a team under the patronage of the Basel Club. Two years later, the younger Xhaka moved to the main football club, where he showed amazing results for his age.

At the age of 16, the biography of the young athlete reached a tipping point. The young man (by this time the player's height reached 1.85 m, and the weight - about 82 kg) damaged the meniscus and cruciate ligament. Doctors said Granit's sporting career was over. Long rehabilitation acted on the young man depressingly. To stay in the sport, the footballer was helped by an invitation to the Youth Team of Switzerland.

Granitu was helped by a fluke to become a part of the team. One of the players already selected was injured and was unable to go to the championship. Only the recovering, but not yet fully recovered Xhaka, could replace the departed. Granite returned home in a different frame of mind.

In 2010, the footballer together with his brother gets into the main team of Basel. For the next two years, Granit, who took the position of midfielder on the pitch, plays in a well-coordinated tandem with Taulant. During this time, the team twice won the title of Swiss champion.

By 2012, Borussia Monchengladbach had offered the midfielder a five-year contract. The conditions of the transition satisfied all parties, and soon the young man left his native team. In memory of his years at Basel, Granit stuffed a "34" tattoo on his back - xhaka performed at a Swiss club.

A year later, the talented player became the target of several famous football clubs. Liverpool and AC Milan have sent their representatives to find out the conditions under which the midfielder wishes to move to a new club. Negotiations stalled, and Xhaka remained on the checked ground. Later, the young man will explain that he was not mentally ready to leave the team.

Such a stir did not surprise football analysts, in 2013 Xhaka was named the best player of the club. Despite his relatively young age, Granita was considered the leader of Borussia Dortmund. High status forced the player to take training more seriously. As a result, the athlete's team reached the group stage of the Champions League.

In 2015, Bayern representatives expressed interest in buying Granit. The player himself expressed his desire to move to a new club, but the management of the teams could not come to a general agreement on the retreat. According to rumours, Borussia Dortmund, which itself paid for the player's €8.5 million, demanded a fee of $30 million from Bayern.

And in 2016, Granit moved to Arsenal, who easily gave away for the midfielder of 43 million. The transition took place on the eve of Euro 2016, where in the match of the Swiss national team against Albania, the Xhaka brothers were in the opposing teams.

This was the first such case in the history of the European Championships, when the brothers were in the opposing teams. The battle ended with the victory of Switzerland. The only goal of the game was scored by Granit, for which he was named the best player of the match. Xhaka earned the same title in the tournament with Romania.

2017 began for the player with a second red card, meaning that the midfielder will play 4 games on the bench. Such news did not surprise the fans of the athlete - last year Granite became the only player who received 5 cards of this color for the season.

A few days after the unpleasant news broke a new scandal around the name of Xhak. The young man, seeing off a friend at the airport, insulted the employee. Granit was accused of making racist remarks. The footballer himself claimed that the altercation was a provocation.

In April 2017, Granite married his girlfriend, Leonita Leday. The young people met when the footballer played for Borussia Dortmund. Leonita herself is also directly related to football. Xhaka's wife worked for one of the Bundesliga clubs.

Lovers have many similar interests. Leonita and Granit were born into families who moved to Europe from Kosovo. For the first time about the novel Lekai and Xhaka began after the match, in which the footballer fought against his own brother. The girl supported the beloved from the stands, sitting next to Granit's mother.

The engagement of young people took place in 2016, but the footballer decided to play the wedding only a year later. Photos from the ceremonial event were immediately posted to Instagram.

In May 2018, it became known that the footballer could miss the 2018 World Cup due to injury. The athlete injured his knee at Arsenal training. The problem was not as serious as the team's doctors had expected. Soon Granit went to the training base of the Swiss national team.

During the match against Serbia, Xhaka was embroiled in a political scandal. The footballer and his team-mate Jerdan Shaqiri after the game (the battle ended 2-1 in favor of the Swiss) depicted the hands of an eagle - a symbol painted on the coat of arms of Kosovo. Representatives of the football federation described such behavior as a political gesture.

Granita and Sherdana, ethnic Albanians, were fined $8.6 thousand. Each. Later in the interview, the man will say that he did not imply anything that was attributed to the gesture of the media.

2010/11 - Swiss Cup

2011 - European Championship youth medalist

2011/12 - Swiss Cup

2016/17 - FA Cup

2017 - FA Community Shield

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