5 things you didn't know about new Liverpool signing Xherdan Shaqiri

#4 A Champions League winner

FBL-EUR-C1-DORTMUND-BAYERN — Shaqiri is a Champions League winner

Shaqiri began his senior football career with Swiss club Basel back in 2009. After three good years with the side, German giants Bayern Munich came calling and the player signed for them in 2012. He was just 19-years-old then and there wouldn't have been a bigger thing he could have wished for.

Shaqiri's stint with Bayern lasted for three years and he won the Bundesliga in each of the years. But the most significant year during his stay at the club was his first season - 2012/13. The year in which the German club won the treble for the first time in their history.

They won the Bundesliga title, the DFB-Pokal and also the UEFA Champions League. It also has to be noted that the German Champions won the Champions League after beating Klopp's Borussia Dortmund in the finals and the gaffer had to helplessly watch Shaqiri lift the trophy. He will be hoping that he can see that sight again, but this time with the player on his side.

About the author

Dakir is a European and Indian football journalist at Sportskeeda with an overall experience of 10 years. Holding a Master’s degree in Journalism & Mass Communication, and currently pursuing Master’s in Sports Journalism from Sheffield Hallam University, he is a seasoned football journalist who has interviewed the likes of former Liverpool star John Arne Riise, covered the entire 2022-23 Indian Super League season of the Kerala Blasters, and has delivered a seminar at an international conference held by St. Albert's College, Ernakulam.

Thanks to his extensive academic background in journalism, Dakir understands the importance of accuracy and spends a significant amount of time researching the subject. In today’s data-driven world of football, where players are perceived as machines, he prides himself amplify the voices of the people that make football the beautiful game that it is.

He started following football in 2013, and more specifically, Brendan Rodgers’ Liverpool, and admires Jurgen Klopp for his untouched charisma and unmatched legacy. A perpetual underdog supporter, he is a fan of under-fire Reds forward Darwin Nunez and can’t wait for him to show the world what he truly is. Trent Alexander-Arnold’s iconic “corner taken quickly” corner assist for Divock Origi in Liverpool’s 4-0 UCL semifinal win over Barcelona left a lasting impact on him.

When not writing, Dakir enjoys indulging in his guilty pleasure - watching mass commercial movies.

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Edited by Amar Anand