Xavi
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Xavier Hernández Creus | ||
| Date of birth | 25 January 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Terrassa, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | F.C. Barcelona (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998-2015 | Barcelona | ||
| 2015- | Al-Sadd | ||
| International career | |||
| 2000-2014 | Spain | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2019–2021 | Al-Sadd | ||
| 2021– | Barcelona | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Xavier Hernández Creus (born 25 January 1980), known as Xavi, is a Spanish manager and former footballer. He is currently the manager of FC Barcelona in La Liga. After completing his career, Xavi switched to coaching, and in May 2019 he was appointed head coach of the Qatari club Al-Sadd. In November 2021, Xavi was appointed coach of his former club Barcelona.[1]
Xavi was known as one of the best midfielders of the world and as one of the best Spanish players of all time.[2]
Club career statistics
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| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other [3] | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | assists | ||
| Barcelona B | 1997–98 | 39 | 3 | – | – | – | 39 | 3 | ? | |||
| 1998–99 | 18 | 0 | – | – | – | 18 | 0 | ? | ||||
| 1999–2000 | 4 | 1 | – | – | – | 4 | 1 | ? | ||||
| Total | 61 | 4 | – | – | – | 61 | 4 | ? | ||||
| Barcelona | 1998–99 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 3 | ? |
| 1999–2000 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 2 | ? | |
| 2000–01 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | – | 36 | 2 | |||
| 2001–02 | 35 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | – | 52 | 4 | 13 | ||
| 2002–03 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | – | 44 | 3 | 5 | ||
| 2003–04 | 36 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1 | – | 49 | 5 | 13 | ||
| 2004–05 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | – | 45 | 3 | 11 | ||
| 2005–06 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2006–07 | 35 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 54 | 6 | 7 | |
| 2007–08 | 35 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 1 | – | 54 | 9 | 9 | ||
| 2008–09 | 35 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 3 | – | 54 | 10 | 31 | ||
| 2009–10 | 34 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 53 | 7 | 19 | |
| 2010–11 | 31 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 5 | 16 | |
| 2011–12 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 42 | 14 | 8 | |
| Total | 408 | 48 | 57 | 10 | 137 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 620 | 74 | 140 | |
| Career totals | 469 | 52 | 57 | 10 | 137 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 681 | 77 | 140 | |