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Line 84: ==Early life== Shaqiri was born in [[Zhegër]], [[Gjilan]], SFR Yugoslavia, to [[Kosovo Albanians\|Kosovar Albanian]] parents.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=2018-06-29 \|title=Aktuell - Büssi besucht den Heimatort von Xherdan Shaqiri \|url=https://www.srf.ch/radio-srf-3/aktuell/buessi-besucht-den-heimatort-von-xherdan-shaqiri \|access-date=2022-11-25 \|website=Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) \|language=de}}</ref><ref name="fifa">{{Cite web \|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/players/player=321653/profile-detail.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140617194717/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/players/player=321653/profile-detail.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=17 June 2014 \|title=Xherdan SHAQIRI \|access-date=16 June 2014 \|publisher=FIFA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.footballtop.com/players/xherdan-shaqiri \|title=Xherdan Shaqiri biography \|website=FootballTop.com \|access-date=1 July 2014}}</ref> He ~~immigrated~~emigrated to Switzerland in 1992 with his parents and three siblings.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://balkans.courriers.info/article18891.html \|title=Football : Xherdan Shaqiri, le meilleur ambassadeur suisse du Kosovo \|last=Rico \|first=Simon \|date=22 December 2012 \|language=French \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130720041647/http://balkans.courriers.info/article18891.html \|archive-date=20 July 2013 \|access-date=15 August 2013 \|newspaper=Le Courrier des Balkans}}</ref> His brother, [[Arianit Shaqiri]], is a youth football coach.<ref name="Blick1">{{Cite web \|last=Böni \|first=Andreas \|date=1 October 2018 \|title=Shaq sucht das grösste Schweizer Talent \|url=https://www.blick.ch/sport/fussball/nati/nati-star-eroeffnet-fussball-schule-shaq-sucht-das-groesste-schweizer-talent-id6782798.html \|access-date=19 February 2021 \|website=[[Blick]] \|language=German}}</ref><ref name="jill"/> They settled in [[Augst]], a small town in the canton of [[Canton of Basel-Landschaft\|Basel-Country]], near the French and German borders.<ref name="jill">{{Cite news \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/jun/03/world-cup-2014-switzerland-profile-xherdan-shaqiri \|title=World Cup 2014: Switzerland profile – Xherdan Shaqiri \|last=Zimmerli \|first=Jill \|date=4 June 2014 \|newspaper=The Guardian \|access-date=14 September 2018}}</ref> His father did not speak Swiss German, so he had to start out washing dishes in a restaurant, before working construction on roads. His mother worked as a cleaner in office buildings in the city, with which he and his brothers helped. His father would send as much money back to Kosovo to other family members as he could, meaning Xherdan and the family did not have extra spending money, except for birthdays.<ref name="Background" /> He idolised Brazilian striker [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)\|Ronaldo]], who he said played "like magic".<ref name="Background">{{Cite news \|url=https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/xherdan-shaqiri-stoke-liverpool-transfer-1712944 \|title=Xherdan Shaqiri's incredible life story in his own words: from Kosovo to World Cup star \|newspaper=The Sentinel \|access-date=10 September 2018}}</ref>

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