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{{Football player infobox
| playername = Xavi
| image = [[Image:Xavi Hernández - 002.jpg|165px]]
| fullname = Xavi Hernández
| dateofbirth = {{birth date and age|1980|1|25|df=yes}}
| cityofbirth = [[Terrassa]], [[Catalonia]]
| countryofbirth = [[Spain]]
| height = {{height|m=1.70}}
| currentclub = [[FC Barcelona]]
| clubnumber = 6
| position = [[Midfielder|Central Midfielder/Defensive Midfielder]]
| youthyears = 1991–1997
| youthclubs = [[FC Barcelona]]
| years = 1997–1998<br>1998–
| clubs = [[FC Barcelona B]]<br>[[FC Barcelona]]
| caps(goals) = {{0}}61 {{0}}(2)<br>283 (26)<!--LEAGUE APPS & GOALS ONLY -->
| nationalyears = 2000–
| nationalteam = [[Spain national football team|Spain]]
| nationalcaps(goals) = {{0}}62 {{0}}(7)
| pcupdate = [[May 14]] [[2008]]
| ntupdate = 12:58, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
}}
'''Xavier Hernández Creus''' (born [[January 25]] [[1980]], [[Terrassa]], [[Catalonia]], [[Spain]]), commonly known as '''Xavi''' is a [[Spain|Spanish]] [[Association football|footballer]] who plays in [[Midfielder|central]] or [[defensive midfielder]] for [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]]. He has been [[cap (sport)|capped]] 63 times for the [[Spain national football team|Spanish national team]]. He played for his country at [[2000 Summer Olympics]], [[2002 FIFA World Cup]], [[UEFA Euro 2004]], [[2006 FIFA World Cup]] and [[UEFA Euro 2008]]. He was named Best Player by [[UEFA]] at Euro 2008.
==Career==
===Club career===
Xavi has spent all of his footballing life at the [[Camp Nou]], having joined Barcelona at the age of 11. He quickly made his way through the youth and reserve teams and was a key member of Jordi Gonzalvo's [[FC Barcelona B]] team that won promotion to the [[Segunda División]].
His progression through the teams earned him a first team debut on [[August 18]] [[1998]] in the [[Supercopa de España|Super Cup final]], in which he scored against [[RCD Mallorca]]. He quickly went on to become a key member of [[Louis van Gaal]]'s title winning team.
Although he is most used as an [[Midfielder#central|central midfielder]], he is also capable of playing as a [[Midfielder#Defensive midfielder|defensive midfielder]]. Xavi is considered a successor of [[Josep Guardiola]]. Since the title-winning season of 2004/2005, he has been a vice-captain of the team.
Xavi is under contract to Barça until 2010, which carries a buyout clause of £100 million.
Xavi ranks fourth in the all-time appearances list for Barcelona with 420 appearances in nine seasons at the club.{{Fact|date=May 2008}}
===International career===
Xavi won his first Spanish cap on [[November 15]] [[2000]] against the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]] and has since been a regular fixture in the [[Spain national football team|Spanish squad]]. His trip to the [[2006 FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] was in doubt due to a knee ligament injury, but he recovered in time and was named as part of [[Luis Aragonés]]' squad. His importance to the team was summed up by Aragonés when he said, "People say it is a gamble to take Xavi with us, but I say it would be a crazy gamble to leave him at home."<ref>http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/060618/1/7ucb.html</ref> Xavi was named [[Man of the Match]] in Spain's first match against [[Ukraine national football team|Ukraine]] and played in all of Spain's other three matches, before they were knocked out in the second round.
He was selected in Spain's squad for [[UEFA Euro 2008|Euro 2008]] in [[Austria]] and [[Switzerland]], and scored the opening goal in the 50th minute in the semi-final against [[Russia national football team|Russia]]. In the [[UEFA Euro 2008 Final|final]] he set up Fernando Torres for the winning goal against [[Germany national football team|Germany]]. He was selected as the best player of the tournament by UEFA.<ref>http://en.euro2008.uefa.com/news/kind=1/newsid=729378.html#xavi+emerges+euros</ref>
==All-Time Club Statistics==
As of [[May 17]], [[2008]]
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="2"|League
!colspan="2"|Cup<ref>Includes [[Supercopa de España]]</ref>
!colspan="2"|[[UEFA|Europe]]<ref>Includes [[UEFA Supercup]]</ref>
!colspan="2"|[[FIFA Club World Cup]]
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
|-
|rowspan="3" align=center valign=center|'''[[FC Barcelona B]]'''
|!colspan="2"|1997-1998
|33||2||||||||||||||33||2
|-
|!colspan="2"|1998-1999
|28||0||||||||||||||28||0
|-
|!colspan="2"|'''Total'''
!61 !! 2 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !!0!!0!! 61 !! 2
|-
|rowspan="11" align=center valign=center|'''[[FC Barcelona]]'''
|!colspan="2"|[[La Liga 1998-99|1998-99]]
|17||1||3||1||6||0||||||26||1
|-
|!colspan="2"|[[La Liga season 1999/2000|1999-00]]
|24||0||4||1||10||1||||||38||2
|-
|!colspan="2"|[[La Liga season 2000/2001|2000-01]]
|20||2||7||0||9||0||||||36||2
|-
|!colspan="2"|[[La Liga season 2001/2002|2001-02]]
|35||4||1||0||16||0||||||52||4
|-
|!colspan="2"|[[La Liga season 2002/2003|2002-03]]
|29||2||1||0||14||1||||||44||3
|-
|!colspan="2"|[[La Liga season 2003/2004|2003-04]]
|36||4||6||0||7||1||||||49||5
|-
|!colspan="2"|[[La Liga season 2004/2005|2004-05]]
|36||3||1||0||8||0||||||45||3
|-
|!colspan="2"|[[La Liga season 2005/2006|2005-06]]
|16||0||2||0||4||0||||||22||0
|-
|!colspan="2"|[[La Liga season 2006/2007|2006-07]]
|35||3||9||3||8||0||2||0||54||6
|-
|!colspan="2"|[[La Liga 2007-08|2007-08]]
|35||7||7||1||12||1||||||54||9
|-
|!colspan="2"|'''Total'''
!283 !! 26 !! 41 !! 6 !! 94 !! 4 !!2!!0!! 420 !! 36
|-
! colspan="2" | Career totals
!344!!28!!41!!6!!94!!4!!2!!0!!481!!38
|}
==Honours and awards==
{{MedalTop}}
{{MedalCountry|{{ESP}}}}
{{MedalSport | Men's [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Football]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Team Competition]]}}
{{MedalBottom}}
=== FC Barcelona ===
*[[La Liga]]: 1998-99, 2004-05, 2005-06
*[[UEFA Champions League]]: 2005-06
*[[Supercopa de España]]: 2005-06, 2006-07
=== Spain ===
*[[1999 FIFA World Youth Championship|FIFA World Youth Championship]] winner: 1999
*[[Sydney Olympic Games]] Silver Medal : 2000
*[[UEFA European Football Championship]]: [[UEFA Euro 2008|2008]]
=== Individual ===
* '''Best domestic player''': for his performance in Spanish [[La Liga]] 2004-05 <ref>http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premio_Don_Bal%C3%B3n</ref>
* '''Player of the Tournament''': for his performance in the [[UEFA Euro 2008]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
{{commonscat|Xavier Hernández}}
*{{FIFA player|177855}}
*[http://www.fcbarcelona.com/web/english/futbol/temporada_07-08/plantilla/jugadors/xavi.html Profile on club website]
*[http://www.fcbarcelonaweb.co.uk/v3/squads/profile.html?plid=6 Xavi on FCBarcelonaweb.co.uk]
*[http://soccernet.espn.go.com/players/international?id=12907&league=fifa.world&season=2006&cc=4716 ESPN Soccernet World Cup Profile]
*[http://www.skysports.com/football/player/0,19754,12024_35367,00.html Sky Sports player profile]
{{FC Barcelona Squad}}
{{Spain Squad 2002 World Cup}}
{{Spain Squad 2004 UEFA Euro}}
{{Spain Squad 2006 World Cup}}
{{Spain Squad 2008 UEFA Euro}}
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