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World Cup South Africa 2010
History - Groups - Players - Venues
Favorite Players by Country (Germany 2006)
Group H - Spain:
Xavier Hernández Creus
Place of Birth: Terrasa, Spain
Date of Birth: January 25th, 1980
Position: Midfielder
Clubs: FC Barcelona,
Xavi began his professional career with FC Barcelona second divison before making his senior La Liga debut with FC Barcelona in 1999. Due to the exit of Josep Guardiola, Xavi was a starter for the most part of the season and currently holds this position. He was a member of the Spanish team competing at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. His exceptional passing and ball control played an important role in helping Barcelona win the La Liga title for the first time in six years in 2005.
Xavi was feared to miss the 2006 World Cup, due to an injury sustained in training in early December 2005. However, he recently returned to Barcelona's first-team squad after an extend recovery program, and is already enlisted to play the 2006 World Cup.
Xavi has spent all his football life at the Nou Camp, having joined Barcelona when he was only 11 years old. The progress he made was always very quick and in season 97-98 he moved up from youth team to FC Barcelona B, where he became the brains of Jordi Gonzalvo's team which won promotion to the second division.
Xavi's dream of making his official debut with the first team squad became true when he played in the Spanish Super Cup against Majorca in the summer of 1998. He was in the starting line up and scored: a better debut he could not have asked for.
Season 1999-2000 was a good one for Xavi as due to Guardiola’s injury he was the first choice for a large part of the season. After the legendry captain left for Italian football he became the playmaker of the team and has continued to demonstrate the full range of his talents in this position.
With Van Gaal, Reixach, Antic and Rijkaard in charge of the team, Xavi has always been a key member of the team - a fact made clear by the 300 official games he completed whilst still only 25 years old.
Xavi was at the 2002 World Cup and the Euro 2004 championships and is a regular member of the Spanish national team. He currently plays for FC Barcelona as a midfielder.
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