Granit Xhaka is chosen by the Swiss Football Federation as the best player of 2022

 Granit Xhaka symbolically receiving the award on Swiss television

 Granit Xhaka was named the best player of 2022 by the Swiss Football Federation.

GazetaBlicSport reports that Xhaka was one of the few players to reach the milestone of 100 appearances with the Swiss national team last year.

He has also had a good year as the captain of Arsenal, where he is currently leading the Premier League.

Granit Xhaka was born in Basel, Switzerland, on September 27, 1992, to an Albanian family from Podujevo, Kosovo.

While his brother, Taulant Xhaka, previously played for the Albanian national team. It is worth noting here that Taulant Xhaka was part of Albania's historic qualification for Euro 2016.