Xavier Hernández i Creus

Xavier Hernández i Creus (born 25 January 1980), commonly known as Xavi Hernández or simply Xavi (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈtʃaβi]), is a Spanish footballer who plays as a central midfielder for La Liga club FC Barcelona, where he has spent his entire 15-year career.

Xavi came through La Masia, the Barcelona youth academy, at the age of 11. He made his first-team debut in 18 August 1998. Since then he has played 680 matches, scored 77 goals and made more than 160 assists for above 50 players. He was an integral part of the sextuple-winning Barcelona side in 2009, the only time which a club has achieved six titles in a year.

Since making his international debut in 2000, he has been capped 108 times for the Spanish national team, with whom he won UEFA Euro 2008 and the 2010 World Cup. He was named Player of the Tournament by UEFA at UEFA Euro 2008.^[2]

Xavi has received five Ballon d'Or nominations, and finished on third place in 2009, 2010 and 2011. He won the World Soccer Player of the Year in 2010.

Barcelona

• La Liga (6): 1998–99, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11
• Copa del Rey (1): 2008–09; Runner-up 2010–11
• Supercopa de España (5): 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011
• UEFA Champions League (3): 2005–06, 2008–09, 2010–11
• UEFA Super Cup (2): 2009, 2011; Runner-up 2006
• FIFA Club World Cup (2): 2009, 2011; Runner-up 2006

Spain

• FIFA World Cup: 2010
• UEFA European Football Championship: 2008
• FIFA World Youth Championship: 1999
• Summer Olympics: Silver medal 2000
• FIFA Confederations Cup: Third-place 2009

Individual

• FIFA Ballon d'Or Third place: 2010, 2011
• 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: 2010
• UEFA Champions League Midfielder of the Year: 2008–09
• IFFHS World's Best Playmaker: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
• La Liga Breakthrough Player of the Year: 1999
• La Liga Spanish Player of the Year: 2005
• La Liga Midfielder of the Year: 2009, 2011
• Trofeo Alfredo Di Stéfano Second place: 2010
• UEFA Euro Player of the Tournament: 2008
• UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament: 2008
• FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 2010
• FIFA/FIFPro World XI: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
• UEFA Team of the Year: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
• ESM Team of the Year: 2008–09, 2010–11
• UEFA Champions League Final Man of the Match: 2009
• FIFA Club World Cup Bronze Ball: 2009
• FIFA Club World Cup Silver Ball: 2011

Decorations

• Gold Medal of the Royal Order of Sporting Merit: 2010^[23]
• Prince of Asturias Awards: 2010

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xavi

response :

xavi is player becoming the heart of barcelona game in this time. its role arrange tempo make game of barcelona very solid. the small body make him easily in moving around the  midle of field and cheat opponent with his amazing skill. not only barcelona accept his service, but also spain national team. xavi be the part of spain which reach for European title at 2008 and world cup 2010.