Card #193 · Midfielder · All-time great

Xavi Hernández

Spanish deep-lying playmaker, Barcelona's tiki-taka metronome and a Spain treble winner who defined possession football.

Real football fact

On the card

Position: Midfielder
Country: Spain
National team: Spain, 2000–2014

Strengths

Metronomic passing/tempo
Constant scanning
Press resistance

Clubs

Barcelona, 1998–2015
Al Sadd, 2015–2019

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