I wonder why the retirement and departure of Xavi from Barca has passed under the radar; likewise Gerrard's departure from Liverpool. Xavi is set to move to Qatar to play and also coach in preparation for Qatar's World Cup bid while Gerrard is moving to the MLS. Lampard also should be part of the midfield Legends taking a bow to another country to 'retire'. As a true Barca Boy; Xavi gets my focus and I rate him as one of the best Midfielders in the game because of what he achieved and how he played the game.

A handful of players get to hang up
their boots knowing they have won
all that can in football. Lionel Messi
still searches for his World Cup
medal, Zlatan Ibrahimovic continues
to dream about that Champions
League trophy, and Steven Gerrard
departs Liverpool FC without ever
lifting the Premier League trophy.
Xavi Hernández, however, has
nothing left to accomplish.

Xavi leaves behind a legacy that
many will gaze upon in the future
and wonder how El Maestro managed
to achieve so much in such a
competitive age. And we, as
witnesses to this historic career, can
only be thankful that we were lucky
enough to enjoy this man at work.
Below is a list of his records:
●Xavi won 23 titles with FC
Barcelona, the most decorated
Spanish player in history.
●Xavi is the player with most
official appearances for Barcelona
(764), with Carles Puyol (593)
and Migueli (549) next on the list.
●Xavi won 475 of his 764 games
(62.17%) with Barcelona, drawing
in 122 and losing 167.
●Xavi’s 764 appearances include
504 in La Liga and 156 in the
Champions League, the most in
the history of FC Barcelona.
●Xavi scored 85 goals for
Barcelona.
●Xavi has 133 Spain caps to his
name, scoring 12 goals in the
process.

Honors – Barcelona:
8 La Liga titles
3 Champions League trophies
2 Copa del Rey trophies
6 Spanish Super Cups
2 European Super Cups
2 Club World Cups

Honors – Spain:
1 FIFA World Cup – 2010
2 UEFA European Football
Championships – 2008, 2012
Summer Olympics Silver Medal –
Sydney 2000
FIFA Confederations Cup Silver
Medal – 2014

Individual Awards:
FIFA Balon d’Or 3rd place: 2010,
2011
Balon d’Or Bronze award: 2009
FIFA World Player of the Year: 3rd
place – 2009
Onze de Bronze: 2011
Euro 2008 Player of the
Tournament
UEFA Best Player in Europe
Award: 2nd place – 2011
FIFFA/FIFPro World XI: 2008,
2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
FIFA World Cup Dream Team:
2010
UEFA Champions League Final
MotM: 2009
La Liga Midfielder of the Year:
2009, 2010, 2011
La Liga Spanish Player of the
Year: 2005
La Liga Player of the Year: 2nd
place – 2010, 3rd place – 2011
La Liga Breakthrough Player of the
Year: 2005
Euro Team of the Tournament:
2008, 2012
UEFA Team of the Year: 2008,
2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
FIFA Club World Cup: Silver Ball –
2011, Bronze Ball – 2009

For a combination of club and
national team achievements, Xavi is
arguably the most successful player
of all time. Eight leagues, three
Champions League trophies, and
three major international tournaments
is unmatched by anyone, and only
his teammates with Spain and
Barcelona come close. Of non-
Spanish players, the most
comparable is probably Franz
Beckenbauer, who won three
European Cups, as well as five
Bundesliga trophies, a World Cup and
a Euro Cup.
Still, at the end of the day, this list of
honors and awards will never be
enough to reflect the player Xavi was.
Modern football is for some reason
obsessed with numbers and stats,
tools of evaluation that are too basic
to comprehend what Xavi does on a
football pitch. El Capitán will be
remembered as the living
embodiment of the Barcelona system,
the style many believe is the way
football should be played. And for
that, Xavi will remain a legend in the
eyes of culés.
Now let’s add two more titles to this
long list. For Xavi.


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A legend....thnks for your contribution to the team....
In few years,,,all I see is you coaching barcelona team....