eFootball Xhaka - Stats & Build (Leo Messi 2027)

04/09/2026

In short

The card: a Highlight CMF that reaches 95 at max training
Strengths: Aggression (#1), Kicking Power (#2), Defensive Engagement (#4)
How to train it: push the strengths further, starting with Aggression
What this page covers: the Highlight version of Granit Xhaka (this player has 17 cards in total — see the position rankings for how the others compare)

Contents

Player Review
Basic info (Highlight)
Stats (Highlight · Lv1)
Position Proficiency
Player skills
Recommended Additional Skills
Player Progression
Compare with other players
Where this card ranks
Summary
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Player Review

Rating★★☆☆☆B

Counting every card in the game, this one sits #118 of 5,086 CMF cards and #65 of 2,030 Orchestrator cards, with a max-level overall of 95.

How the rating is decided

SS Top 5 in either the position or the playing-style overall ranking
S Outside the top 5, but a max-level overall of 100 or more
A Overall 98–99
B Overall 95–97
C Overall below 95

Basic info (Highlight)

CMF

Granit Xhaka

PositionCMF

Preferred footLeft

Attacking styleOrchestrator

Defensive styleBasic

Height186 cm

Age34

Max levelLv33

Progression points64

Overall at Lv182

Overall at max level95

Special skillsNone

Available fromLeo Messi 2027

Stats (Highlight · Lv1)

Attacking

Attacking Awareness60

Ball Control76

Dribbling72

Tight Possession76

Low Pass79

Lofted Pass79

Finishing61

Heading62

Set Piece Taking69

Curl68

Physical

Speed73

Acceleration73

Kicking Power82

Jumping58

Physical Contact76

Balance68

Stamina79

Defending

Defensive Awareness69

Tackling69

Aggression85

Defensive Engagement79

Goalkeeping

GK Awareness40

GK Catching40

GK Parrying40

GK Reflexes40

GK Reach40

Weak foot usageAverage

Weak foot accuracyAverage

Form4

Injury resistanceAverage

Position Proficiency

LWF

LMF

AMF

CMF

DMF

RWF

RMF

Best position (CMF, DMF) / Also playable (LB, AMF)

Not suited

Player skills

Dribbling

Sole Control

Passing

One-touch Pass

Through Passing

Weighted Pass

Outside Curler

Low Lofted Pass

Shooting

Long-range Curler

Long-range Shooting

Defending

Interception

Mental

Captaincy

Recommended Additional Skills

If you are adding skills through skill training, these suit a CMF.

＋Pinpoint Crossingbetter crossing

＋No Look Passdisguised distribution

Player Progression

Spend the progression points, add boosters and pick a manager to see how the stats and the overall change.

Compare with other players

This card is already loaded against Granit Xhaka (Highlight, 96) — the strongest Granit Xhaka card released so far. Change either side to compare against anyone.

Where this card ranks

By position

CMF overall ranking

#357 ~~/ 5,086 cards~~

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By playing style

Orchestrator overall ranking

#219 ~~/ 2,030 cards~~

Rankings →

Among this player’s cards

Granit Xhaka all-time cards

#8 ~~/ 17 cards~~

Rankings →

Overall is compared at max level, across every card in the game — Standard, Epic and pack-exclusive alike. Cards on the same overall are ordered by the sum of their stats.

Summary

✓Granit Xhaka (Highlight)

Granit Xhaka (Highlight) caps at Lv33 with a max-level overall of 95
It has 64 progression points to spend
Among the 17 cards of this player it ranks #8 — see the position rankings for how it compares to Epic and pack cards

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Author of this article

Mikel

Mikel is the editor of eFootball LABO. A long-time eFootball player (peak Division 1, peak rating 1,920), he writes from real play and hands-on testing.