1980 - Today
Xavier Hernández Creus (Catalan: [ˈʃaβi əɾˈnandəs ˈkɾɛws], Spanish: [ˈtʃaβi eɾˈnandeθ ˈkɾews]; born 25 January 1980), known as Xavi, is a Spanish professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Qatar Stars League club Al Sadd. Widely regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of all time, Xavi is renowned for his passing, ball retention and positioning.Xavi joined La Masia, the Barcelona youth academy, at age 11, and made his first-team debut against Mallorca in August 1998. In all, he played 767 official matches, a club record, and scored 85 goals. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Xavi has received more than 5,037,661 page views. His biography is available in 80 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 79 in 2019). Xavi is the 189th most popular soccer player (down from 127th in 2019), the 335th most popular biography from Spain (down from 283rd in 2019) and the 11th most popular Spanish Soccer Player.
Xavi is most famous for being a Spanish footballer. He played for Barcelona and the Spanish national team.
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Among soccer players, Xavi ranks 189 out of 16,923. Before him are Michel Hidalgo, Yoshio Furukawa, Tostão, Hideo Sakai, Careca, and Jiro Miyake. After him are Raymond Domenech, Masao Takada, Joaquín Peiró, Takashi Kawanishi, Piet Keizer, and Allan Simonsen.
1933 - 2020
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 183
1934 - Present
HPI: 69.43
Rank: 184
1947 - Present
HPI: 69.42
Rank: 185
1909 - 1996
HPI: 69.41
Rank: 186
1960 - Present
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 187
1900 - 1984
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 188
1980 - Present
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 189
1952 - Present
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 190
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 191
1936 - 2020
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 192
1899 - Present
HPI: 69.36
Rank: 193
1943 - 2017
HPI: 69.35
Rank: 194
1952 - Present
HPI: 69.34
Rank: 195
Among people born in 1980, Xavi ranks 3. Before him are Ronaldinho and Kim Kardashian. After him are Ryan Gosling, Jake Gyllenhaal, Eva Green, Christina Aguilera, Steven Gerrard, Channing Tatum, Michelle Williams, Chris Pine, and Macaulay Culkin.
1980 - Present
HPI: 74.11
Rank: 1
1980 - Present
HPI: 71.94
Rank: 2
1980 - Present
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 3
1980 - Present
HPI: 68.43
Rank: 4
1980 - Present
HPI: 68.35
Rank: 5
1980 - Present
HPI: 68.11
Rank: 6
1980 - Present
HPI: 67.56
Rank: 7
1980 - Present
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 8
1980 - Present
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 9
1980 - Present
HPI: 65.47
Rank: 10
1980 - Present
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 11
1980 - Present
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 12
Among people born in Spain, Xavi ranks 335 out of 2,595. Before him are Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Umawi (844), Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira (1542), Martín Alonso Pinzón (1441), Joseph Karo (1488), Juan Díaz de Solís (1470), and José Sanjurjo (1872). After him are Juan de la Cosa (1460), Charles, Prince of Viana (1421), Joaquín Peiró (1936), Rafael del Riego (1784), Priscillian (340), and Carmen Maura (1945).
844 - 912
HPI: 69.49
Rank: 329
1542 - 1595
HPI: 69.49
Rank: 330
1441 - 1493
HPI: 69.45
Rank: 331
1488 - 1575
HPI: 69.45
Rank: 332
1470 - 1516
HPI: 69.43
Rank: 333
1872 - 1936
HPI: 69.43
Rank: 334
1980 - Present
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 335
1460 - 1510
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 336
1421 - 1461
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 337
1936 - 2020
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 338
1784 - 1823
HPI: 69.36
Rank: 339
340 - 385
HPI: 69.35
Rank: 340
1945 - Present
HPI: 69.34
Rank: 341
Among soccer players born in Spain, Xavi ranks 11. Before him are Miguel Muñoz (1922), Quique Setién (1958), Telmo Zarra (1921), Iker Casillas (1981), Carles Puyol (1978), and Carles Rexach (1947). After him are Joaquín Peiró (1936), Andrés Iniesta (1984), Ernesto Valverde (1964), Emilio Butragueño (1963), Sergio Ramos (1986), and Amancio Amaro (1939).
1922 - 1990
HPI: 72.81
Rank: 5
1958 - Present
HPI: 72.00
Rank: 6
1921 - 2006
HPI: 71.72
Rank: 7
1981 - Present
HPI: 69.97
Rank: 8
1978 - Present
HPI: 69.86
Rank: 9
1947 - Present
HPI: 69.58
Rank: 10
1980 - Present
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 11
1936 - 2020
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 12
1984 - Present
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 13
1964 - Present
HPI: 69.23
Rank: 14
1963 - Present
HPI: 69.07
Rank: 15
1986 - Present
HPI: 69.06
Rank: 16
1939 - Present
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 17