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Xavi

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Xavier Hernández Creus (born 25 January 1980), commonly known as Xavi Hernández (Spanish: [ˈʃaβj eɾˈnandeθ]) or simply Xavi, is a Spanish professional football manager and former player who most recently managed La Liga club Barcelona. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Xavi was renowned for his exceptional passing, vision, and positioning. He is the all-time Spanish top assist provider in the UEFA Champions League with 30 assists. He spent most of his playing career at Barcelona and is one of the few players to make over 1,000 professional career appearances. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Xavi is the 90th most popular soccer player (up from 143rd in 2019), the 192nd most popular biography from Spain (up from 244th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Spanish Soccer Player.

Xavi is most famous for being a Spanish footballer. He played for Barcelona and the Spanish national team.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Xavi ranks 90 out of 21,273. Before him are Gheorghe Hagi, Stanley Matthews, Raúl, Helenio Herrera, Guillermo Stábile, and Yochanan Vollach. After him are Xabi Alonso, Hristo Stoichkov, Lilian Thuram, Gylmar dos Santos Neves, Oleg Blokhin, and Luis Suárez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1980, Xavi ranks 2. Before him is Ronaldinho. After him are Michelle Williams, Kim Kardashian, Kareena Kapoor, Venus Williams, Macaulay Culkin, Jake Gyllenhaal, Tomáš Rosický, Nick Carter, Eva Green, and Rishi Sunak.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Xavi ranks 192 out of 3,355. Before him are Peter IV of Aragon (1319), Hernando de Soto (1500), Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal (1535), Marisa Paredes (1946), Pedro de Valdivia (1497), and Juan Pujol García (1912). After him are Carlos Saura (1932), Vicente Aleixandre (1898), Eleanor of Navarre (1426), Xabi Alonso (1981), Peter II of Aragon (1174), and Luis de Góngora (1561).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Spain

Among soccer players born in Spain, Xavi ranks 7. Before him are Santiago Bernabéu Yeste (1895), Luis Suárez (1935), Luis Enrique (1970), Francisco Gento (1933), Ricardo Zamora (1901), and Raúl (1977). After him are Xabi Alonso (1981), Miguel Muñoz (1922), Telmo Zarra (1921), Ernesto Valverde (1964), Iker Casillas (1981), and Carles Rexach (1947).

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