PAC60
SHO76
PAS89
DRI74
DEF78
PHY82
⚡ Playing Style
The conductor. Tempo, long diagonals, and an iron grip on the dressing room.
📋 Career
Son of a Kosovar political prisoner, raised in Basel. After a turbulent Arsenal captaincy, he authored one of football's great redemption arcs as Player of the Season in Leverkusen's unbeaten title year, then joined Sunderland.
💡 Fun Fact
His father spent three and a half years in a Yugoslav prison for protesting; his brother Taulant chose Albania — and the two faced off at Euro 2016, a first in the competition's history.