​FILE PHOTO – Swiss player Granit Xhaka speaks at a press conference at the Stadion St. Jakob-Park ahead of the international football match between Switzerland and Germany. (is associated with: «Swiss captain Xhaka probed over alleged fake Covid certificates») Christian Charisius/dpaSwitzerland captain Granit Xhaka is under criminal investigation on suspicion of having obtained fake coronavirus vaccination certificats, police in the city of Lucerne confirmed to dpa.Swiss news reports including from the Blick paper said that Xhaka received the certificates from his doctor without being vaccinated. The doctor is reportedly also under investigation for providing fake certificates.Lucerne prosecution office spokesman Simon Kopp said the probe will determine “whether there is conduct relevant under criminal law in connection with a possible procurement of a false certification by deception and/or forgery of documents.”Xhaka, who now plays at English club Sunderland, contracted the coronavirus in 2021 and early 2022, Blick said.Xhaka’s spokesman, Andreas Bantel, told dpa that Xhaka would not comment in public until after being heard by prosecutors and that he has a confirmation from the treating physician that he was vaccinated in January 2022 and in November of that year.Bantel said the player “is fully and unreservedly available to the authorities and is cooperating with complete transparency.”The case comes after former Swiss national team coach Patrick Fischer revealed in spring that he went to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing with a fake coronavirus vaccination certificate. Fischer resigned under pressure and was recently banned for four years by world governing body IIHF.