# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/granit-xhaka
# Generated: 2026-08-31T11:52:44.710Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/granit-xhaka"
name: "Granit Xhaka"
slug: "granit-xhaka"
description: "Granit Xhaka is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for and captains both Premier League club Sunderland and the Switzerland national team."
tagline: "Swiss footballer (born 1975)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Granit_Xhaka_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Switzerland"
  isoCode: "CH"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1992-09-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           67.74
  momentum:             25
  historical:           34.05234933333334
  currentAttention:     100
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  36
  category: 198
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/granitxhaka/"
    handle:    "granitxhaka"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granit_Xhaka"
    title: "Granit Xhaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granit_Xhaka"
    title: "Granit Xhaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granit_Xhaka"
    title: "Granit Xhaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "غرانيت تشاكا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جرانيت تشاكا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "قرانیت ژاکا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%82_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0"
    title: "Граніт Джака"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Гранит Джака"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "গ্রানিত জাকা"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Granit Xhaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granit_Xhaka"
    title: "Granit Xhaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granit_Xhaka"
    title: "Granit Xhaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granit_Xhaka"
    title: "Granit Xhaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granit_Xhaka"
    title: "Granit Xhaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granit_Xhaka"
    title: "Granit Xhaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%AA_%DA%98%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7"
    title: "گرانیت ژاکا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granit_Xhaka"
    title: "Granit Xhaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granit_Xhaka"
    title: "Granit Xhaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%98_%D7%92'%D7%90%D7%A7%D7%94"
    title: "גרניט ג'אקה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granit_Xhaka"
    title: "Granit Xhaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granit_Xhaka"
    title: "Granit Xhaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B3%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AB%D5%BF_%D5%8B%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1"
    title: "Գրանիտ Ջակա"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granit_Xhaka"
    title: "Granit Xhaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granit_Xhaka"
    title: "Granit Xhaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%BA%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%AF%CF%84_%CE%A4%CE%B6%CE%AC%CE%BA%CE%B1"
    title: "Γκρανίτ Τζάκα"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q514427"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump