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Xavier Hernández Creus ( wear 25 January 1980 ), known as Xavi, is a spanish master football director and former player who is the coach of La Liga club Barcelona. wide considered one of the greatest midfielders of all time, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Xavi was renowned for his travel by, sight, ball retention, and positioning. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ]

Xavi joined La Masia, the Barcelona young academy, at senesce 11, and made his first-team debut against Mallorca in August 1998. In all, he played 767 official matches, a early club record—now held by Lionel Messi —and scored 85 goals. [ 9 ] Xavi is the first player in the club ‘s history to play 150 european and FIFA Club World Cup matches combined. [ 10 ] With Barcelona, Xavi won eight La Liga titles and four UEFA Champions League titles. Xavi came third in the 2009 FIFA World Player of the class, followed by third gear place for its successor award, the FIFA Ballon d’Or, in 2010 and 2011. In 2011, he was runner up to Messi for the UEFA Best Player in Europe Award. In 2015, he departed Barcelona for Al Sadd, where he won four trophies before retiring in 2019. He is one of the few recorded players to have made over 1,000 professional career appearances. With Spain, Xavi won the FIFA World Youth Championship in 1999, and the Olympic silver decoration at the 2000 Olympics. After making his senior team debut in 2000, he was capped 133 times for his nation, and was an influential figure in the team ‘s successes. He played an integral role in Spain ‘s victory at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, a well as their wins at UEFA Euro 2008 and UEFA Euro 2012. He was named Player of the Tournament at UEFA Euro 2008, [ 11 ] and was named in the UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament in 2008 and 2012. With two assists in the UEFA Euro 2012 Final, Xavi became the first gear player to register assists in two freestanding european finals, after setting up the alone finish in the final examination four years sooner. [ 12 ] After the 2014 FIFA World Cup, Xavi announced his retirement from external football. [ 13 ] Xavi was awarded the IFFHS World ‘s Best Playmaker award four times, all straight between 2008 and 2011. He was included in the FIFA FIFPro World XI on six occasions : 2008 to 2013, and the UEFA Team of the Year five times : 2008 to 2012. In 2020 Xavi was named in the Ballon d’Or Dream Team, a greatest all-time xi published by France Football magazine. [ 14 ] Xavi was awarded the Prince of Asturias Award in 2012, and he won 32 trophies in his career, making him the second-most decorated spanish player in history, behind former teammate Andrés Iniesta. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] [ 17 ] After retirement, Xavi transitioned to coaching, and he was named the director at Qatar Stars League golf club Al Sadd in May 2019, where he won seven titles in less than three years. In November 2021, Xavi was appointed as coach at his erstwhile clubhouse Barcelona .

early life [edit ]

“ I ‘ve been golden adequate to be brought up on the Barcelona ethos. Which has taught me the value of being separate of a team. ‘Today for you, tomorrow for me. ‘ Those qualities are essential for biography in general. ”

—Xavi on learning the team ethos of Barcelona while at the club ‘s young system, La Masia. [ 18 ]
Born in Terrassa, Barcelona, Catalonia, [ 19 ] Xavi is a merchandise of FC Barcelona ‘s La Masia youth system, which he joined at the age of 11 from UFB Jàbac Terrassa and Terrassa FC. His father, Joaquim, was a former musician for Sabadell in the beginning part. [ 20 ] Xavi made his way through the youth and reserve teams and was a key extremity of Josep Maria Gonzalvo ‘s Barcelona B team that won promotion to the Second Division. Although he was initially inspired by compatriot playmaker Pep Guardiola at Barcelona, [ 21 ] as a child Xavi besides watched a draw of English football, and looked up to midfielders John Barnes, Paul Gascoigne and Matt Le Tissier. [ 22 ]

Club career [edit ]

Barcelona [edit ]

1998–2001 : Beginnings [edit ]

Xavi ‘s progress through the teams earned him a first-team appearance in a Copa Catalunya match against Lleida on 5 May 1998 [ 23 ] and he scored his first goal on 18 August 1998 in the 1998 Supercopa de España against Mallorca. His debut in La Liga came against Valencia on 3 October 1998 in a 3–1 victory for Barcelona. Initially featuring intermittently both for the reserve and senior teams, Xavi scored the only goal in a 1–0 victory over Real Valladolid when Barcelona were in tenth position in the league. Sustained impressive performances meant that he became a keystone extremity of Louis van Gaal ‘s title-winning team, finishing his debut season with 26 matches played and being named 1999 La Liga Breakthrough Player of the Year. Xavi became Barcelona ‘s principal playmaker after an injury to Pep Guardiola in the 1999–2000 season. [ 24 ] [ 25 ]

2001–2008 : breakthrough and vice-captaincy [edit ]

In these years, Barcelona was on the brink of bankruptcy and struggling to keep its place in La Liga ‘s elect. Playing midfield, but in a more defensive role, Xavi made 20 assists and scored 7 goals in those two seasons. On 16 March 2002, he scored his first goal in El Clásico against Real Madrid. [ 26 ] Xavi was named the vice-captain in the 2004–05 season, in which he helped Barcelona win La Liga and the 2004 Supercopa de España. [ 27 ] He was named La Liga Spanish Player of the class in 2005. [ 27 ] In the 2005–06 temper, Xavi tore the ligaments in his leave knee in educate ; he was out of action for four months but returned in April and was on the substitutes workbench for Barcelona ‘s gain in the 2006 Champions League Final against Arsenal. He besides won La Liga and the Supercopa de España again. [ 27 ]

2008–2012 : Sustained domestic and european achiever [edit ]

“ Xavi is a player who has the Barcelona deoxyribonucleic acid : person who has the taste for good football, person who is humble and person who has loyalty to this baseball club. From the first gear moment I saw him play, I knew he would become the mind behind Barcelona for many years to come. ”

—Former Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola, September 2008. [ 28 ]
After being named Player of the Tournament at Euro 2008, Xavi spoke to Bayern Munich about a transportation, but newly appointed Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola convinced him that he was besides authoritative to the baseball club to be allowed to leave. [ 29 ] He was a main partially of Barcelona ‘s treble and scored the fourth finish in the 4–1 winnings in the 2009 Copa del Rey Final against Athletic Bilbao, with a exempt kick. In La Liga, one of his most significant games was the 6–2 Clásico victory over Real Madrid on 2 May ; he assisted four goals – once to Carles Puyol, once to Thierry Henry and doubly to Lionel Messi. [ 30 ] Xavi helped Barcelona win the 2009 Champions League Final 2–0 against Manchester United, assisting the second goal by crossing to Messi for his header. [ 31 ] Prior to the match, Manchester United bus Sir Alex Ferguson heaped praise on the central midfield combination of Xavi and Andrés Iniesta, express, “ I do n’t think Xavi and Iniesta have ever given the musket ball away in their lives. They get you on that carousel and they can leave you dizzy. ” [ 32 ] Xavi was voted “ UEFA Champions League best midfielder ” for his contribution during Barcelona ‘s victorious 2008–09 Champions League political campaign. [ 33 ] Xavi was the highest assisting player in La Liga with 20, [ 34 ] and in the Champions League, with 7 ; he earned 29 assists overall that season. Xavi was under compress to Barça until 2014 after extending his abridge during the 2008–09 season. [ 35 ] The new contract made him one of the baseball club ‘s biggest earners, with a wage of €7.5 million a year. [ 35 ]
Xavi in action for Barcelona in 2008 During the 2009–10 season, journalists increasingly noted Xavi ‘s contribution to the Barcelona team. For model :

“ quite simply the best midfielder of modern football. It could evening be argued that Xavi and Matthäus are the two best in this put in history. World class for respective years now, it is the past three seasons in particular where the 30-year-old has been unassailable. Xavi ’ second die is up there with Michel Platini, he creates countless goals with genius through balls while virtually never relinquishing possession. ” [ 36 ]

In the 2009–10 temper, Xavi again topped the assists table and provided both the assists in Barcelona ‘s 2–0 victory against Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu. Barcelona won the Liga title with a read 99 points, and Xavi was acclaimed Barcelona ‘s second-best player in a season-long vote. [ 37 ] On 3 June 2010, Madrid -based newspaper Marca awarded him one-third place in the annual Trofeo Alfredo di Stéfano prize for the best player in La Liga, behind Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. [ 38 ]

“ Our exemplar was imposed by [ Johan ] Cruyff ; it ‘s an Ajax model. It ‘s all about rondos [ piglet in the middle ]. Rondo, rondo, rondo ”

—Xavi speaking in 2011 about the tiki-taka authorize style introduced to Barcelona by Johan Cruyff. [ 39 ]
On 9 June 2010, Xavi signed a new four-year contract with the clubhouse, which could be automatically renewed up to 30 June 2016 based on count of games played. [ 40 ] On 29 November, he scored his third goal against arch-rivals real Madrid in a 5–0 home succeed. On 18 December, he scored another goal against Espanyol in a 5–1 gain. In the Champions League, Xavi scored a valuable goal with an assist from David Villa in a home win against Arsenal, that saw Barcelona advance to the quarter-finals. [ 41 ] Xavi was one of the three finalists for the 2010 FIFA Ballon d’Or, and finished third in the vote behind his Barcelona teammates Lionel Messi and Andrés Iniesta. [ 42 ] [ 43 ] He narrowly defeated Messi to win the Player of the Year prize from World Soccer magazine. [ 44 ]
On 2 January 2011, in a league match against Levante, Xavi made his 549th appearance for the cabaret in all competitions, matching the record held by Migueli. Xavi late became the player with the most appearances for Barcelona of all clock. [ 45 ] On 28 May, Xavi was disdainful in the 2011 UEFA Champions League Final at Wembley Stadium in London as Barcelona defeated Manchester United in the collector’s item for the second time in three seasons, winning 3–1. [ 27 ] Xavi began the 2011–12 season in fine goalscoring form and seemed to grow in his determine of the team despite the long-anticipated return of Cesc Fàbregas and the promotion of Thiago to create add competition for places in Barça’ mho attacking midfield positions. On 18 December, in the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup Final in Yokohama, Barcelona won 4–0 against brazilian side Santos as Xavi scored a goal and made an help to Lionel Messi. [ 46 ] After the ball was slightly behind him, Xavi brought the ball down with a tittup branch, efficaciously using his ankle to control it, before slipping a pass through to Messi, who scored the beginning goal. [ 46 ] Xavi scored the winning goal in the Group H bet on against A.C. Milan, a critical match for Barcelona ‘s progression in the Champions League knockout stage. In full, Xavi had the best goalscoring tax return of his career in 2011–12 season with ten Liga goals, two in the Copa del Rey – which Barcelona won – and one in the Club World Cup final examination gain. [ 27 ]

2012–2015 : Later years and deviation [edit ]

Xavi as Barcelona captain in November 2012 On 18 December 2012, Barcelona renewed Xavi ‘s abridge, extending it until 30 June 2016. [ 47 ] He scored a finish against Real Madrid in a 3–2 acquire for Barcelona. Xavi was named in the FIFA World XI, along with teammates Iniesta, Messi and Dani Alves. [ 48 ] Barcelona had about secured their La Liga title by the start of 2013, finally equalling Real Madrid ‘s 100-point criminal record of the previous season. [ 49 ] [ 50 ] On 16 January 2014, Xavi made his 700th appearance for the foremost team against Getafe in the Copa del Rey. [ 51 ] For the first gear time in five years, Barcelona ended the season without a major trophy ; they were defeated in the Copa del Rey Final by Real Madrid with Gareth Bale scoring a former achiever, and lost the league in the final game to Atlético Madrid. [ 52 ] [ 53 ] In June 2014, it was announced that Xavi would be leaving the club. [ 54 ] [ 55 ] [ 56 ] On 22 July, however, after talks with newly appointed director and erstwhile teammate Luis Enrique, Xavi decided to stay at Camp Nou for one more temper. [ 57 ] He was besides appointed as club captain. On 25 April 2015, Xavi made his five-hundredth La Liga appearance, becoming the one-eighth player in history to do so. [ 58 ] On 4 June, a farewell event was held at Barcelona for Xavi with players, managers, friends and family paying tribute to him. [ 59 ] [ 60 ] On 6 June 2015, Xavi came on as a 78th-minute substitute for Andrés Iniesta to make his 767th and final appearance for Barcelona during the 2015 Champions League Final, as the club won its fifth european Cup, beating Juventus at Berlin ‘s Olympiastadion. Xavi, as cabaret captain, lifted the trophy. [ 9 ] [ 61 ] This made Barcelona the first club in history to win the soprano of domestic league, domestic cup and european Cup doubly. [ 62 ] Xavi, Iniesta, Messi, Gerard Piqué, Pedro, Sergio Busquets and Dani Alves were part of both treble-winning teams. [ 62 ] Xavi ‘s 767 appearances was a golf club record until surpassed by Lionel Messi in March 2021. [ 63 ]

Al Sadd [edit ]

On 21 May 2015, Xavi announced that he would join Qatari club Al Sadd at the end of the 2014–15 season on a three-year compress. According to his agent, the deal would involve him becoming an ambassador for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, and besides start his coaching qualifications. [ 64 ] He made his debut for Al Sadd in a 4–0 succeed over Mesaimeer on 13 September 2015, assisting in the team ‘s first finish. [ 65 ] In the follow match, he scored his first finish for the club in a 2–2 draw with Umm Salal. [ 66 ] Al Sadd ended the league campaign in third position putting them in a place for the adjacent season ‘s AFC Champions League, the elite club competition of the Asian Football Confederation. Xavi scored three goals during the season. In the Champions League, Al Sadd were knocked out from the qualifying rounds by Emirati side Al Jazira on penalties ; Xavi missed his spot kick. [ 67 ] Xavi won his beginning trophy with Al Sadd following a 2–1 victory over El Jaish in the Qatar Cup final on 29 April 2017. [ 68 ] On 10 November 2017, Xavi said that he would retire when his contract with Al Sadd expired at the conclusion of the 2017–18 season, and would subsequently pursue a coaching career. [ 69 ] however, he postponed these plans and signed a biennial contract extension on 24 May 2018. [ 70 ] In October 2018, Al Sadd reached the 2018 AFC Champions League semi-finals of the tournament with Xavi as captain but were eliminated 2–1 by Persepolis. [ 71 ] On 2 May 2019, Xavi announced that he would be retiring from professional football at the end of the season. [ 72 ] On 20 May 2019, Xavi played the final meet of his career, a 2–0 kill to Persepolis in Tehran, Iran which was Al Sadd ‘s final AFC Champions League group equal ; before the match, he stated that he would like to remain in Qatar after his retirement, and that he would look to begin a coaching career, comment : “ The theme is to start as a coach in Qatar, to test myself and get some experience. ” [ 73 ]

International career [edit ]

Xavi playing for Spain Xavi played for Spain at the 2000 Olympics, 2002 World Cup, Euro 2004, 2006 World Cup, Euro 2008, 2009 Confederations Cup, 2010 World Cup, Euro 2012, 2013 Confederations Cup and the 2014 World Cup. In 1999 he was part of the spanish team that won FIFA World Youth Championship in Nigeria, with Xavi besides scoring two goals in the tournament. [ 74 ]

UEFA Euro 2008 [edit ]

Xavi was named Euro 2008 ‘s player of the tournament after Spain defeated Germany 1–0 in the final. [ 75 ] Xavi was dominant in midfield, where his communicate and read of the game was pivotal to Spain ‘s achiever, as he led his state to their first silverware since the 1964 european Championship. [ 75 ] Andy Roxburgh, head of UEFA ‘s Technical Committee, said, “ We have chosen Xavi because he epitomizes the spanish vogue of play. He was influential in the whole possession, communicate and penetrating kind of game that Spain played. ” [ 11 ] Xavi scored the first goal in the semi-final against Russia, which Spain won 3–0. [ 76 ] In the final, he made the excrete from which Fernando Torres scored the winning goal. [ 77 ]

2010 World Cup [edit ]

Xavi at the 2010 FIFA World Cup Xavi was named in Spain ‘s team for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, with Spain finally winning their first World Cup. [ 78 ] He provided the most accurate passes, 599 with a pass success rate of 91 %, and he crossed the ball inside the 18-yard box more than any other player in the tournament. In the final he made 57 accurate forward half passes. [ 79 ] Xavi besides covered 80.20 kilometres throughout the competitions, averaging approximately 11.5 kilometres per game, [ 80 ] more than any other musician. [ 81 ] In the final, he covered a distance of about 15 kilometres. [ 82 ]

Xavi is the beating affection of this spanish team, the man dictating the tiki-taka pulse of happen after pass. He may be fair 5ft 7in with a curiously hunched pace but no player more influences the way his wholly team plays. He does n’t score, does n’t very tackle : he merely passes and passes with a preciseness and wit unmatched by any of his peers .Duncan White of The Telegraph on Xavi at the 2010 World Cup.[83]

During the round of 16 catch against Portugal, Xavi provided a backheel fall in the 63rd moment to David Villa. Although Villa had his shot with his left foot blocked by goalkeeper Eduardo, he then put in the bounce with his right foot for the winning goal. [ 84 ] In the semi-final against Germany, Xavi crossed from a corner to the border of the six-yard box, where Carles Puyol scored with a header into the top-right recess. [ 85 ] Spain dominated monomania throughout the competition, averaging 59 % self-control during their three group matches, and 44 passes per injection throughout the entire World Cup, in large separate thanks to midfield three of Xavi, Iniesta, and Xabi Alonso, who were singled out in the media for their function in Spain ‘s title–run ; Spain besides completed more passes ( 3,547 ) than any World Cup team since 1966. [ 75 ] [ 86 ]

UEFA Euro 2012 [edit ]

Xavi played for Spain at Euro 2012 which Spain won by defeating Italy 4–0 in the final. Xavi attempted 136 passes ( 127 completed, 94 % success rate ) during Spain ‘s 4–0 victory in the group degree pit against the Republic of Ireland, more than any other musician in a european Championship match. The previous record of 117 had been set by Ronald Koeman in a Euro 1992 match between the Netherlands and Denmark. Xavi and Andrés Iniesta made 229 passes in the couple, more than the compound Irish team managed. “ Pum, pum, pum, pum ” was how Xavi described the rhythmical sound of the testis moving between himself and his midfield spouse. [ 87 ] With Xavi providing two assists in the final, for Jordi Alba and Fernando Torres, he became the first actor to register assists in two european Championship finals. [ 12 ] Spain ‘s UEFA Euro 2012 victory made Xavi the most adorned player in spanish football history, a status that he previously shared with Carles Puyol, who missed the tournament. [ 12 ]

retirement [edit ]

On 5 August 2014, following the 2014 World Cup where Spain were eliminated at the group stage, Xavi announced his retirement from external football, having made 133 appearances in a 14-year period. [ 88 ] [ 89 ] Spain ‘s World Cup-winning director Vicente del Bosque paid protection, stating that Xavi was “ a key separate of the team ‘s vogue of play ” and “ he was more crucial to us than even the director ”, besides adding, “ We will miss him both on and off the pitch. He is a player who we hold in bang-up esteem both personally and as a musician. He is and always will be a person and a actor who is greatly valued by the confederation, the coach staff and by myself. ” [ 90 ]

Managerial career [edit ]

Al Sadd [edit ]

On 28 May 2019 it was announced that Xavi would take over as coach of Al Sadd on a biennial contract. [ 91 ] [ 92 ] Xavi helped the club reach the semi-finals of the AFC Champions League, where they were eliminated by Al-Hilal FC 6–5 on sum. [ 93 ] In the league, the baseball club finished third. In the 2019–20 season, Xavi led his team to win three domestic trophies, including the league and the Qatar Cup. In the 2020 AFC Champions League, Al Sadd reached the round of 16 but were eliminated 1–0 by Persepolis. [ 94 ] [ 71 ] During his 97 games in charge of Al Sadd, spanning two and a half years, he led the club to seven trophies. [ 95 ] On 3 November 2021, Al Sadd drew 3–3 against Al-Duhail in his concluding game in-charge. Two days by and by Al Sadd announced Xavi ‘s move to Barcelona after his handout clause was paid. [ 96 ]

Barcelona [edit ]

On 6 November 2021, Xavi returned to his former club Barcelona as the new coach replacing Ronald Koeman, on a shrink until June 2024. [ 97 ] In his beginning game in charge, Barcelona defeated local equal Espanyol by a 1–0 scoreline at the Camp Nou in La Liga to win his first Catalan Derby as director. [ 98 ] On 4 December, Xavi suffered his first gear get the better of as Barcelona director after losing 1–0 to Real Betis at home plate in La Liga. [ 99 ] In Xavi ‘s first Champions League campaign, he took charge with two group stage matches remaining. After drawing 0–0 with Benfica at the Camp Nou on 23 November, and losing 3–0 to Bayern Munich on 8 December at the Allianz Arena, Barcelona finished third in the group stagecoach which put them in the Europa League hard round play-offs. [ 100 ] [ 101 ]

expressive style of play [edit ]

la pelopina), before finding a teammate with a pinpoint pass Xavi would often evade players with a 360 degree change by reversal ( ), before finding a teammate with a speck run Xavi is wide considered one of the best midfielders of all meter, [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 102 ] [ 103 ] relying largely on his ability to find and exploit space as a deep-lying playmaker. As he said, “ That ‘s what I do : look for spaces. All day. I ‘m always looking. ” [ 104 ] [ 105 ] Finding space, he would appear for a teammate to receive and then move the ball on, with his bus Pep Guardiola putting it : “ I get the musket ball, I give the ball, I get the ball, I give the ball. ” A diminutive, composed, agile, and technically skilled player with a lissome human body and a low concentrate of gravity, these characteristics compensated for his miss of yard or animalism. [ 83 ] [ 86 ] [ 107 ] Xavi ‘s key signature affect when in monomania involved him performing a 360 degree turn, a feint known as la pelopina, that allowed him to move away from the opposing musician, retain possession, and gave him space and fourth dimension on the ball to think about his adjacent happen. [ 108 ] In his youth, he had besides played as a centre-back, before being shifted to a midfield function. [ 86 ] While chiefly a central midfielder with Barcelona, [ 109 ] he frequently played in a more progress midfield function with Spain. [ 110 ]

“ I think I have n’t changed at all to what I am now. I ‘ve been a passerby since a young senesce. I liked passing with the rest of the players and my friends when we played football on the streets, in the main square, and at school. I think I was very similar to what people see in the stadium. ”

Xavi on his own style of play, November 2014. [ 22 ]
Although he was not known for his tackling ability, or for being prolific in front of finish, [ 83 ] Xavi ‘s great vision, “ metronomic ” pinpoint accurate passing, [ 111 ] excellent off the testis bowel movement, superb read of the game, positional sense, and first ball control allowed him to create chances for teammates and dictate the flow of play in midfield, while rarely relinquishing possession. [ 112 ] [ 113 ] These qualities were displayed by his performance during Spain ‘s 2010 World Cup victory, where he maintained a 91 % passing success rate throughout the stallion tournament, in accession to providing two assists, while Spain dominated possession throughout the competition. [ 114 ] [ 115 ] [ 116 ] [ 117 ] Xavi ‘s ability to control games earned him the nickname, The Puppet Master. [ 111 ] [ 118 ] Jorge Valdano opined, “ If football was a skill, Xavi would have discovered the formula. With a ball at his feet, no one else has ever communicated so intelligently with every player on the flip. ” [ 95 ] Barcelona president Sandro Rosell believed that Xavi, in concert with Lionel Messi, Andrés Iniesta and Sergio Busquets, perfected the cabaret ‘s tiki-taka style of bring, a manner introduced to the club by early coach Johan Cruyff. [ 119 ] Despite chiefly being a creative player, however, he was besides capable of scoring goals himself in addition to assisting them. [ 32 ] Named in the Ballon d’Or Dream Team, a greatest all-time eleven, Xavi ‘s creativity, stove of passing, and unique set of skills have led many in the sport to regard him as one of the greatest passers [ 120 ] and one of the finest playmakers in history. [ 121 ] In addition to his playing ability, Xavi was besides praised for his leadership. [ 122 ] [ 123 ]

Media [edit ]

Xavi has a sponsorship deal with german sportswear and equipment supplier Adidas and has appeared in Adidas commercials aboard Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez and Robin van Persie. [ 124 ] Xavi has worn Adidas Predator boots. [ 125 ] In November 2014, Xavi appeared in FIFA ‘s “ 11 against Ebola “ campaign with a survival of top football players from around the world, including Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar, Gareth Bale and Didier Drogba. [ 126 ] Under the motto “ together, we can beat Ebola ”, FIFA ‘s crusade was done in concurrence with the Confederation of African Football ( CAF ) and health experts, with the players holding up 11 messages to raise awareness of the disease and ways to combat it. [ 126 ] [ 127 ]

personal life [edit ]

Since July 2013, Xavi has been married to Nuria Cunillera. Their daughter, Asia, was born in 2016. [ 128 ]

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

International [edit ]

Appearances and goals by year and competition[131]
Team Year Competitive Friendly Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Spain 2000 – 1 0 1 0
2001 1[a] 0 – 1 0
2002 5[b] 0 4 0 9 0
2003 3[c] 0 2 0 5 0
2004 2[d] 0 4 0 6 0
2005 8[d] 0 3 1 11 1
2006 6[e] 1 4 1 10 2
2007 8[f] 3 3 0 11 3
2008 9[g] 1 6 2 15 3
2009 9[h] 0 5 0 14 0
2010 8[i] 0 7 0 15 0
2011 5[j] 2 4 0 9 2
2012 9[k] 0 3 1 12 1
2013 8[l] 1 3 0 11 1
2014 1[m] 0 2 0 3 0
Total 82 8 51 5 133 13
Scores and results list Spain’s goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Xavi goal.[131]

managerial statistics [edit ]

As of match played 21 December 2021
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref.
P W D L Win %
Al Sadd 28 May 2019 6 November 2021 102 67 17 18 0 65.7 [97][132][133]
Barcelona 6 November 2021 Present 9 3 3 3 0 33.3 [97][134]
Total 111 70 20 21 0 63.1

Honours [edit ]

musician [edit ]

Barcelona [ 135 ]
Al Sadd [ 135 ]
Spain U20
Spain U23
Spain

director [edit ]

Al Sadd

individual [edit ]

Decorations [edit ]

Notes [edit ]

^1 1 Members of the Spain national football team who won the 2010 FIFA World Cup were jointly awarded
^2 2 Jointly awarded with Iker Casillas

See besides [edit ]

References [edit ]