With his magnificent goal against Scotland, Xherdan Shaqiri has become the first and possibly only player in Europe to score at least once in each of the last six major tournaments. The football world is amazed.
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- Xherdan Shaqiri scores his 10th goal in total at a final tournament (World Cup and European Championship) against Scotland. Since the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, the 32-year-old has scored at least once at every major tournament - a record!
- "That's pretty special," says the 32-year-old when asked about the impressive figures. "I'm proud to have scored in every tournament."
- The latest dream goal amazes the football world and the reactions on social media are not long in coming.
The hat-trick against Honduras in 2014, the overhead kick against Poland in 2016, the winner against Serbia in 2018, a total of three goals against Spain and Turkey in 2021, the goal against Serbia in Qatar in 2022 and now the cracker against Scotland in 2024 - when it counts, Xherdan Shaqiri is there.
He is the only player to have achieved the feat of being among the top scorers in all of the last three European Championships and World Cups. He has even overtaken Cristiano Ronaldo, who is yet to score in the current tournament. "That's really special," said the 32-year-old after the Scotland game. "I'm proud to have scored in every tournament. I'm always proud when I'm on the pitch for Switzerland and put on this jersey. I think you can see that too."
Thanks to the stroke of genius against Scotland, Shaqiri has now scored five goals at a European Championship and five goals at a World Cup. Only Michele Platini, Jürgen Klinsmann, Zinedine Zidane, Thierry Henry, Cristiano Ronald and Romelu Lukaku have achieved this before him. With his ten goals at finals, the Alpine Messi surpasses players such as Alan Shearer (9), Wayne Rooney (7), Raul and Zlatan Ibrahimovic (both 6).
Whether team-mates, coaches, journalists or fans - Shaqiri once again amazes the football world. "This man is a phenomenon," says blue Sport editor-in-chief Andreas Böni - and joins the ranks of the many Shaqiri admirers. The reactions in the social networks show this:
