Born in the city of Gnjilane, formerly Yugoslavia but now part of eastern Kosovo, Xherdan Shaqiri is of Albanian decent, but at a young age his family moved to Switzerland and settled in Basel.
That is where the midfielder started his youth career, first coming into notice at the U-15 Nike Cup in 2007. After he won player of the tournament honours, interest poured in from abroad. Eventually he decided to stay and signed his first professional contract two years later.
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