Jerdan Shakiri - Swiss Professionalfootball player of Albanian origin, playing as a winger in the English club Stoke City and the national team of Switzerland. For his phenomenal game got such nicknames as the Alpine Messi and the Magic dwarf. The player has good speed, dribbling and accurate kick. He has both legs perfectly, he is known for his unpredictability on the field. Previously he performed at such famous clubs as Basel of Switzerland, German Bayern Munich and Italian Internazionale. He has been playing in the Swiss team since 2010, at the time of October 2017, he played 57 matches and designed 18 goals.
Jerdan Shakiri was born on October 10th in 1991 inthe city of Gnjilane (the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, now the Republic of Kosovo). When the boy was one year old, his family emigrated to Switzerland. From the age of eight he started playing football, he played at the August Academy. From 2001 to 2009 acted in the composition of the youth team "Basel". At the age of fifteen, he was named the best player in the Swiss Cup U-15 tournament. He wanted to sign many famous European clubs, but the guy decided to remain in the "Basel".
В 2009 году Джердан Шакири подписал с клубом Pro-contract and began performing in the top football league in Switzerland. The debut match took place on July 12, 2009 against the club "St. Gallen" at the AFG Arena. Four months later, he marked his debut goal in the match against Xamax (total score in favor of Basel 4-1).
In December 2011, in the Champions League match against the club "Manchester United" scored two assists, thereby helping the team win with a score of 2-1.
As part of the Swiss club, he played 3 seasons (he held 92 meetings and recorded 18 statistics of his own). Jerdan Shakiri is a three-time champion of Switzerland and two-time winner of the Swiss Cup.
On February 9, 2012, Basel announced that Shakiribecomes part of the German club "Bavaria". The Swiss club earned EUR 11.6 million for its football player. The contract was signed on a four-year basis, Jerdan's salary increased to 2 million euros per year.
June 10, 2012 he made his debut in a friendlymatch against Unterhaching, which ended with the victory of the Bavarians with a score of 1-0. After 20 days, he played a duel in the framework of DFD-Pokal against Jahn Regensburg (he came off the table in the 2nd half), in which he became the author of the second goal scored, and also co-authored the next two - assists on Mario Mandzhukic and Claudio Pizarro (4-0 ).
As part of the "German car" played until 2015, spent 52 matches and scored 12 goals. Here he won a total of 9 trophies, including a victory in the Champions League 2013.
In January 2015, he signed an agreement withMilan "Interom" for 15 million euros. The English Liverpool also participated in the fight for the transfer, which the player abruptly refused. Despite the fact that the contract was signed for four and a half years, Shakiri said that he wanted to play at Stoke City, which he was interested in at that moment. In total, Inter played 15 matches and was noted for one goal.
In August 2015, Stoke City bought JerdanShakiri for 12 million pounds, this transfer has become the most expensive in the history of the club. He made his debut here 11 days after signing a contract in a match against Norwich City, in which he scored a goal from Bee Diouf (draw 1-1). The first goal for Stoke scored against Everton on December 28. At the beginning of the 2017/18 season, Shakiri scored 7 goals for the club.
From the age of 16 began to representnational team in international tournaments. Passed through all age categories of the youth team. As part of the first team spent one match at the 2010 World Championships against Italy.
At Euro 2016 Shakiri took part in all 4 matcheshis team. In the 1/8 playoffs against Poland, the Swiss winger scored a stunning goal through himself in the 83rd minute of the match from a distance of about 17 meters.
