On Monday, Swiss football star Xherdan Shaqiri announced his retirement from international football following the conclusion of EURO 2024. Shaqiri, 32, ends his 14-year international career with the Switzerland national team. He was part of the Swiss squad that competed in the recently concluded EURO 2024 in Germany, where the team reached the quarter-final stage....
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Switzerland’s Shaqiri announces international retirement
Switzerland’s Xherdan Shaqiri has announced his retirement from international football at the age of 32. Shaqiri earned 125 caps during a 14-year international career and represented his country at seven major tournaments. He is Switzerland’s second most-capped player behind only Granit Xhaka (130) and their fourth all-time top scorer with 25 goals. “Seven tournaments, many...
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Shaqiri made history at Euro 2024 with a goal only he could have scored
When Xherdan Shaqiri signed for Chicago Fire in 2022, he was supposed to be a transformational signing. After all, he was the highest paid player in Major League Soccer at the time, guaranteed to earn at least $8.15million (£6.4m a current rates) a year. Two play-off appearances since 2010 isn’t ideal; terrible, in fact. The...