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Xavi (middle) with Barcelona teammates Carles Puyol (left) and Lionel Messi (right) in December 2011. On 2 January 2011, in a league match against Levante, Xavi made his 549th appearance for the club in all competitions, matching the record held by Migueli. Xavi later became the player with the most appearances for Barcelona of all time. [44]
F. ^ Xavi has made the most appearances for Barcelona with 178 matches in international competitions games. [8] G. ^ Messi has won the most titles with Barcelona, with 35; 10 La Liga, 7 Copas del Rey, 4 Champions League, 8 Supercopas de España, 3 UEFA Super Cups and 3 FIFA Club World Cups; H. ^ Puyol captained Barcelona to the first ever ...
Goalkeeper Peter Shilton holds the record for the most competitive appearances. In association football, 52 players have played at least 1,000 official matches at all age levels. Regarding B teams and reserve teams, appearances for such teams are only included if made in the primary football pyramid and not in reserve divisions.
Two years later, he started playing for the club's B-team, occupying the position of right-back. [9] In 1998, Barcelona accepted an offer from Málaga to sell Puyol, who was behind Frank de Boer and Michael Reiziger in the pecking order. However, he refused to leave after seeing his best friend Xavi make his first-team debut. [10]
Following the team's impressive 4–0 victory over FC Barcelona in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League semi-final clash on 23 April, he was lauded by many pundits for his all-around display and was credited as the key man in breaking up the tiki-taka football of national teammates Xavi and Andrés Iniesta; [23] in the final game of his ...
On 8 May, in the return leg, he featured in his 151st game, matching Xavi's record of most matches for one club in the competition. [178] On the final matchday of the season, he equaled Sepp Maier's record of most Bundesliga appearances for Bayern with 473 matches. [179] He finished the season by scoring 7 goals in 41 matches in all competitions.
Xavi Quentin Shay Simons (Dutch: [ˈtɕaːʋi ˈsimɔns]; [3] born 21 April 2003) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig, on loan from Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain, and the Netherlands national team.
Xavi (Catalan pronunciation:) is a Catalan given name, usually used as a nickname for Xavier. Notable people with the name include: Notable people with the name include: Football