1981 - Today
Xabier Alonso Olano (Basque: [ˈʃaβi aˈlons̺o oˈlano], Spanish: [ˈ(t)ʃaβj aˈlonso oˈlano]; born 25 November 1981) is a Spanish football manager and former professional player who played as a central or defensive midfielder. He is the manager of Segunda División club Real Sociedad B. Alonso began his career at Real Sociedad, the main team of his home province Gipuzkoa. After a brief loan period at Eibar, he was appointed as team captain of Real Sociedad by then-manager John Toshack. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Xabi Alonso has received more than 4,608,151 page views. His biography is available in 78 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 74 in 2019). Xabi Alonso is the 427th most popular soccer player (down from 385th in 2019), the 543rd most popular biography from Spain (down from 535th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Spanish Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Xabi Alonso ranks 427 out of 16,923. Before him are Horst Hrubesch, Juninho Pernambucano, Tokizo Ichihashi, Wesley Sneijder, Arawa Kimura, and Jan Ceulemans. After him are Adriano, Takeo Wakabayashi, Alessandro Nesta, Masuzo Madono, Steven Gerrard, and Deco.
1951 - Present
HPI: 66.94
Rank: 421
1975 - Present
HPI: 66.94
Rank: 422
1909 - Present
HPI: 66.94
Rank: 423
1984 - Present
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 424
1931 - 2007
HPI: 66.92
Rank: 425
1957 - Present
HPI: 66.92
Rank: 426
1981 - Present
HPI: 66.91
Rank: 427
1982 - Present
HPI: 66.91
Rank: 428
1907 - 1937
HPI: 66.90
Rank: 429
1976 - Present
HPI: 66.88
Rank: 430
HPI: 66.88
Rank: 431
1980 - Present
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 432
1977 - Present
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 433
Among people born in 1981, Xabi Alonso ranks 14. Before him are Samuel Eto'o, David Villa, Beyoncé, Jessica Alba, Rami Malek, and Justin Timberlake. After him are Elijah Wood, Chris Evans, Paris Hilton, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, Felipe Massa, and Tom Hiddleston.
1981 - Present
HPI: 68.93
Rank: 8
1981 - Present
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 9
1981 - Present
HPI: 67.41
Rank: 10
1981 - Present
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 11
1981 - Present
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 12
1981 - Present
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 13
1981 - Present
HPI: 66.91
Rank: 14
1981 - Present
HPI: 66.42
Rank: 15
1981 - Present
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 16
1981 - Present
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 17
1981 - Present
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 18
1981 - Present
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 19
1981 - Present
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 20
Among people born in Spain, Xabi Alonso ranks 543 out of 2,595. Before him are Maslama al-Majriti (950), Hisham III of Córdoba (975), Sebastián de Belalcázar (1480), Infanta Cristina of Spain (1965), Luis Ramírez de Lucena (1475), and Luis Ocaña (1945). After him are Javier Marías (1951), Diego, Prince of Asturias (1575), Bigas Luna (1946), Catalina de Erauso (1592), José Villalonga Llorente (1919), and Juan de Grijalva (1480).
950 - 1007
HPI: 66.96
Rank: 537
975 - 1036
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 538
1480 - 1551
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 539
1965 - Present
HPI: 66.92
Rank: 540
1475 - 1530
HPI: 66.91
Rank: 541
1945 - 1994
HPI: 66.91
Rank: 542
1981 - Present
HPI: 66.91
Rank: 543
1951 - Present
HPI: 66.90
Rank: 544
1575 - 1582
HPI: 66.88
Rank: 545
1946 - 2013
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 546
1592 - 1650
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 547
1919 - 1973
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 548
1480 - 1527
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 549
Among soccer players born in Spain, Xabi Alonso ranks 29. Before him are Raúl (1977), Fernando Torres (1984), Josep Samitier (1902), Antoni Ramallets (1924), Julen Lopetegui (1966), and José Antonio Camacho (1955). After him are Guti (1976), Santillana (1952), Quini (1949), Luis del Sol (1935), Javier Clemente (1950), and Víctor Valdés (1982).
1977 - Present
HPI: 67.94
Rank: 23
1984 - Present
HPI: 67.89
Rank: 24
1902 - 1972
HPI: 67.78
Rank: 25
1924 - 2013
HPI: 67.66
Rank: 26
1966 - Present
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 27
1955 - Present
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 28
1981 - Present
HPI: 66.91
Rank: 29
1976 - Present
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 30
1952 - Present
HPI: 66.29
Rank: 31
1949 - 2018
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 32
1935 - Present
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 33
1950 - Present
HPI: 65.99
Rank: 34
1982 - Present
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 35