Edem Mensah
Xavi Hernandez Career Achievements
The idea of listing Xavi Hernandez’s Career Achievements is to enable football fans to have the chance to get information for their day-to-day debates. Xavi Hernández simply called by many “Xavi” is a Spanish retired professional footballer born on January 25th, 1980, at Terrazas in Spain.
Xavi stands tall in the mix of his colleagues he played with during his time as a professional footballer because of his skills.
Xavier Hernandez is the embodiment of the saying all-in-one with exceptional passing, vision, ball retention, and positioning skills.
Throughout his career, he won a total of 32 trophies, making him the second-most decorated Spanish player in history, just behind his former teammate Andrés Iniesta.
Xavi’s Qualities and Playing Style:
Xavi Harnández is considered one of the best midfielders of all time and was a deep-lying playmaker who relied on his ability to find and exploit space.
He was technically skilled and had outstanding vision, pinpoint accurate passing, excellent off-the-ball movement, superb reading of the game, positional sense, and world-class ball control.
Xavi’s ability to control games earned him the nickname ‘The Puppet Master.’
He was always praised for his leadership, creativity, range of passing, and unique set of skills.
Xavi’s Individual Achievement
Xavi was named World Soccer Player of the Year in 2010 and was the UEFA European Championship Player of the Tournament in 2008.
He was also awarded the UEFA Club Midfielder of the Year in 2008-09 and was named the IFFHS World’s Best Playmaker four times, in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011.
Harnández was also the La Liga Breakthrough Player of the Year in 1999 and was named La Liga Spanish Player of the Year in 2005.
He has been awarded the La Liga Midfielder of the Year thrice, in 2009, 2010, and 2011, and was the Top assist provider in La Liga in 2008-09 and 2009-10.
He was also the UEFA Champions League top assist provider in 2008-09 and was included in the FIFA World Cup Dream Team in 2010 and the UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament in 2008 and 2012.
Harnández was included in the All-time UEFA European Under-21 Championship dream team in 2015 and in New York City FC’s Ride of Fame in September 2015.
He has been named in the FIFA FIFPro World11 six times, in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013, and in the UEFA Team of the Year five times, in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012.
He has also been named in the ESM Team of the Year three times, in 2008-09, 2010-11, and 2011-12.
In 2010, he was named to the Don Balón Team of the Decade and was awarded the FIFA Club World Cup Silver Ball in 2011 and the FIFA Club World Cup Bronze Ball in 2009.
He was also awarded the Globe Soccer Awards Player Career Award in 2013 and was included in the UEFA Ultimate Team of the Year in 2015.
Harnández received the Marca Legend Award in 2015 and was included in the AFC Champions League Fans’ Best XI and the AFC Champions League OPTA Best XI in 2018.
In 2020, he was included in the Ballon d’Or Dream Team, and in 2021, he was included in the IFFHS All-time Men’s Dream Team.
He was named ESPN Deportes Player of the Year in 2010 and was listed as one of the 50 greatest Barcelona players of all time in FourFourTwo’s 2022 edition.
He was also named one of the 100 best football players of all time in the same publication.
Harnández was the third-place finisher in the Ballon d’Or in 2009, 2010, and 2011.
Xavi’s impact on the field of play was always highlighted, making it possible for him to reach this milestone of individual achievements.
Xavi’s Club Achievement
Xavi at Barcelona:
Xavi won numerous titles while playing at Barca which made him a club legend.
Xavi Harnández won 8 La Liga titles in the years 1998–99, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13, and 2014–15.
He also won 3 Copa del Rey in the years 2008–09, 2011–12, and 2014–15.
Xavi also won Supercopa de España in 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2013.
He won 4 UEFA Champions League titles in 2005–06, 2008–09, 2010–11, and 2014–15.
Xavi also won UEFA Super Cup in 2009 and 2011, and FIFA Club World Cup in 2009 and 2011.
Xavi at Al Sadd:
After closing his chapter in Barcelona, he moved to Qatar to play for Al Sadd and continued to show his class on the field.
During his time at Al Sadd, Xavi won the Qatar Stars League in 2018–19.
He also won the Qatar Cup in 2017, the Sheikh Jassim Cup in 2017, and the Emir of Qatar Cup in 2017.
Xavi’s International Achievement
Xavi won the FIFA World Youth Championship in 1999 with Spain U20.
Xavi was very instrumental in winning the FIFA World Cup in 2010.
He also won the UEFA European Championship in 2008 and 2012 with Spain.
Managerial Achievement
Individual Managerial Achievement
Xavi was awarded the Qatar Stars League Best Coach Award in the 2020-2021 season for his boy’s tactical displays in that season.
He was also awarded the Qatar Stars League Coach of the Month in August/September 2019, December/January 2020, September/October 2020, January 2021, February/March 2021, and September 2021.
Decoration
Xavi was decorated as the Spanish Sportsman of the Year in 2009, and the Gold Medal of the Royal Order of Sporting Merit in 2010.
He was also decorated with the Prince of Asturias Award for Sports in 2010 and 2012.
Trophies Won by Xavi as a Manager
Xavi at Al Sadd
Xavi won the Qatar Stars League as a manager of the club in the 2020-21 season after retirement.
He also won the Qatar Cup in 2020, and 202, and the Sheikh Jassim Cup in 2019.
Xavi gained a victory in the Emir Qatar Cup in 2020,2021 and the Qatari Star Cup 2019-20.
Xavi at Barcelona
After leaving Al Sadd he was appointed the manager of Barcelona a club he played almost all his life to take over the affairs of the club which was having difficulty at the time.
He won the La Liga title in 2022-23 as a manager after winning it for so many years as a player.
Xavi also won the Supercopa de España the same year in 2022-23 after becoming the club’s manager.
