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Basel

بازل

City (Wikidata Q78).

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al-Andalus & Europe
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Granit Xhaka

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Granit Xhaka

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islam.museum contributors. “Basel”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/basel/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.

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Granit Xhaka

Swiss professional footballer of Kosovar Albanian descent, born in Basel in 1992. A defensive midfielder who began at Basel, moved to Borussia Mönchengladbach, then spent seven years at Arsenal, making nearly 300 appearances and winning two FA Cups, before helping Bayer Leverkusen to their first-ever Bundesliga title in 2024 and joining Sunderland in 2025. He captains Switzerland and is the country's record appearance holder.