Xavi

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"Xavier Hernandez" redirects here. For the former Major League Baseball player, see
Xavier Hernandez (baseball). For other uses, see Xavi (given name).
This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is
Hernandez and the second or maternal family name is Creus.
Xavi
Xavi Hernandez (31521652051).jpg
Xavi in 2016
Personal information
Full name Xavier Hernandez Creus[1]
Date of birth 25 January 1980 (age 40)[1]
Place of birth Terrassa, Spain
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Al Sadd (manager)
Youth career
1991�1997 Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997�1999 Barcelona B 55 (3)
1998�2015 Barcelona 505 (58)
2015�2019 Al Sadd 82 (21)
Total 642 (82)
National team
1997 Spain U17 10 (2)
1997�1998 Spain U18 10 (0)
1999 Spain U20 6 (2)
1998�2001 Spain U21 25 (7)
2000 Spain U23 6 (2)
2000�2014 Spain 133 (13)
1998�2016 Catalonia 12 (2)
Teams managed
2019� Al Sadd
Honours[show]
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
Xavier Hernandez Creus (Catalan: [??a?i ???nand?s ?k??ws], Spanish: [?t?a?j e??
nande? ?k?eus]; born 25 January 1980), nicknamed Xavi, is a Spanish football
manager and former player who is the manager of Qatar Stars League football club Al
Sadd. Highly regarded for his humble personality and team ethics, Xavi is viewed as
being the embodiment of the tiki-taka passing style of play, and is widely
considered to be one of the greatest central midfielders of all time.[3][4][5] He
is also considered by many to be the greatest Spanish player ever.[6][7]

Xavi joined La Masia, the Barcelona youth academy, at age 11, and made his first-
team debut against Mallorca in August 1998. In all, he played over 700 matches, a
club record, and scored 85 goals. Xavi is the first player in the club's history to
play 150 European and FIFA Club World Cup matches combined.[8] With Barcelona, Xavi
won eight La Liga title