If Xavi plays this Saturday against Sevilla, he will equal Migueli’s 391 appearance for Barça in La Liga.
If Xavi plays this Saturday against Sevilla, he will equal Migueli’s 391 appearance for Barça in La Liga.
Xavi has scored a total of 41 goals in his 390 league games for the team, with his best season the 2007/08 campaign under Frank Rijkaard, when he scored seven times.
Since the arrival of Pep Guardiola as coach, Xavi has scored 6 goals in the treble winning season, 3 in the next two seasons and his 3 so far this year – his best ever start to a year.
He has also won more team trophies than any other blaugrana player:
La Liga: 6
1998–99, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11
Copa del Rey: 1
2008–09
Supercopa de España: 5
2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011
UEFA Champions League: 3
2005–2006, 2008–09, 2010–11
UEFA Super Cup: 2
2009, 2011
FIFA Club World Cup: 1
2009
And the collection of individual awards keeps growing:
FIFA Ballon d’Or Third place : 2010
Ballon d’Or Third place : 2009
FIFA World Player of the Year Third place : 2009
UEFA Best Player in Europe Award Second place : 2011
World Soccer Player of the Year (1): 2010
FIFA Team of the Year (3): 2008, 2009, 2010
FIFPro World XI (3): 2008, 2009, 2010
La Liga Breakthrough Player of the Year (1): 1999
La Liga Spanish Player of the Year (1): 2005
UEFA Champions League Final Man of the Match (1): 2009
UEFA Euro Player of the Tournament (1): 2008
UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament (1): 2008
World’s Best Playmaker (3): 2008, 2009, 2010
UEFA Team of the Year (3): 2008, 2009, 2010
UEFA Champions League Midfielder of the Year (1): 2008–09
ESM Team of the Year (1): 2008–09, 2010–11
La Liga Midfielder of the Year (1): 2009
FIFA Club World Cup Bronze Ball (1): 2009
Trofeo Alfredo Di Stéfano Second place : 2010
FIFA World Cup All-Star Team (1): 2010
Prince of Asturias Awards (1): 2010
Premi Catalunya de l’Esport (1): 2010
XAVI HERNANDEZ: THE COMMANDER OF THE BEST TEAM THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN!!!!!!
