Xavi 2108060 225816942 2008-07-15T15:22:15Z Alexf 55327 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/Gundam gx|Gundam gx]] ([[User talk:Gundam gx|talk]]) to last version by TXiKiBoT {{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&ndash;1997 | youthclubs = [[FC Barcelona]] | years = 1997&ndash;1998<br>1998&ndash; | clubs = [[FC Barcelona B]]<br>[[FC Barcelona]] | caps(goals) = {{0}}61 {{0}}(2)<br>283 (26)<!--LEAGUE APPS & GOALS ONLY --> | nationalyears = 2000&ndash; | 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}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Xavi}} [[Category:1980 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Spanish footballers]] [[Category:Spain international footballers]] [[Category:Catalan footballers]] [[Category:La Liga footballers]] [[Category:FC Barcelona footballers]] [[Category:Olympic footballers of Spain]] [[Category:Olympic silver medalists for Spain]] [[Category:Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:2002 FIFA World Cup players]] [[Category:UEFA Euro 2004 players]] [[Category:2006 FIFA World Cup players]] [[Category:UEFA Euro 2008 players]] [[Category:Football (soccer) midfielders]] [[Category:UEFA European Football Championship-winning players]] [[ar:تشافي هيرنانديز]] [[be-x-old:Хаві]] [[ca:Xavier Hernández i Creus]] [[cs:Xavi]] [[da:Xavi]] [[de:Xavi]] [[et:Xavier Hernández]] [[es:Xavi Hernández]] [[fr:Xavi Hernández]] [[ga:Xavier Hernández]] [[ko:사비 에르난데스]] [[id:Xavi]] [[it:Xavi]] [[he:צ'אבי]] [[lv:Havi]] [[lt:Xavier Hernández Creus]] [[hu:Xavier Hernández]] [[mr:झावी]] [[nl:Xavi Hernández]] [[ja:シャビ]] [[no:Xavier Hernández Creus]] [[pl:Xavi]] [[pt:Xavier Hernández Creus]] [[ro:Xavi]] [[ru:Хави]] [[sq:Xavier Hernandez Creus]] [[sk:Xavi]] [[sl:Xavier Hernández Creus]] [[sr:Ћави]] [[fi:Xavi]] [[sv:Xavi]] [[vi:Xavi Hernández]] [[tr:Xavi]] [[uk:Хаві Ернандес]] [[zh:哈维尔·埃尔南德斯·克雷乌斯]]