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The original was posted on /r/soccer by /u/Known-Peak212 on 2026-03-23 14:10:14+00:00.
Original Title: In 2024, now 34-year-old Xherdan Shaqiri was thought to be next to done, washing out of MLS in three years, finishing near the bottom of the table with modest statistics. He returned to Basel in the Swiss League and has been ridiculously dominant: so far 59 G/A in 63 league games
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I don’t know how many people who follow the game are paying attention to the Swiss League or the late career of Xherdan Shaqiri, and I’m not really either, but I thought this was kind of cool. He’s completely dominating in a relatively decent second or third tier European league.
Last year, he just missed out on a 20-20 season finishing with 18 goals and 21 assists, leading the league in both categories and finishing as the clear best player in the league. So far this year he’s at 10 and 10, which is still near the top of the league in both categories. Someone else can probably provide more nuance, but this is a pretty ridiculous turnaround from the end of his time with the Chicago Fire, where he put up modest numbers and finished near the bottom of the league all three seasons