Xabi Alonso
Spanish association football manager (born 1981)
Xabier "Xabi" Alonso Olano (born 25 November 1981), is a Spanish manager and retired footballer. He played as a midfielder. The last club he played for was Bayern Munich.
.jpg) Alonso training with Bayern Munich in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Xabier Alonso Olano[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 25 November 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Tolosa, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Bayer Leverkusen | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1990–1999 | Antiguoko | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2000 | Real Sociedad B | 39 | (2) |
| 2000–2004 | Real Sociedad | 114 | (9) |
| 2000–2001 | → Eibar (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2004–2009 | Liverpool | 143 | (15) |
| 2009–2014 | Real Madrid | 158 | (4) |
| 2014–2017 | Bayern Munich | 79 | (5) |
| Total | 547 | (35) | |
| National team | |||
| 2000 | Spain U18 | 1 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Spain U21 | 9 | (0) |
| 2003–2014 | Spain | 114 | (16) |
| 2001–2012 | Basque Country | 5 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2018–2019 | Real Madrid (youth) | ||
| 2019– | Real Sociedad B | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Alonso also played for the Spain national team from 2003 until 2014. He retired from football in 2017 and became a manager in 2018 for Real Madrid's youth sectors, which are known as "La Fábrica" (the factory). In 2019, he started coaching Real Sociedad's youth sectors. Real Sociedad is also the club where Alonso began his career in 1999.
Club career statistics
change| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other1 | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Real Sociedad[3][4] | 1999–2000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2000–01 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 18 | 0 | |||
| 2001–02 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 29 | 3 | |||
| 2002–03 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 34 | 3 | |||
| 2003–04 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | 8 | 1 | – | 42 | 4 | |||
| Total | 114 | 9 | 2 | 0 | – | 8 | 1 | – | 124 | 10 | |||
| Eibar (loan)[3] | 2000–01 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 14 | 0 | ||
| Total | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 14 | 0 | |||
| Liverpool[5] | 2004–05 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | – | 32 | 3 | |
| 2005–06 | 35 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 5 | |
| 2006–07 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 4 | |
| 2007–08 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 27 | 2 | ||
| 2008–09 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | – | 47 | 5 | ||
| Total | 143 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 48 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 210 | 19 | |
| Real Madrid[6] | 2009–10 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | – | 41 | 3 | ||
| 2010–11 | 34 | 0 | 7 | 1 | – | 11 | 0 | – | 52 | 1 | |||
| 2011–12 | 36 | 1 | 4 | 0 | – | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 52 | 2 | ||
| 2012–13 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 0 | – | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14 | 26 | 0 | 7 | 0 | – | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 158 | 4 | 25 | 1 | – | 47 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 236 | 6 | ||
| Bayern Munich[7] | 2014–15 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 0 | – | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 4 | |
| 2015–16 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 1 | – | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 2 | ||
| 2016–17 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 0 | – | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 3 | ||
| Total | 79 | 5 | 11 | 1 | – | 25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 117 | 9 | ||
| Career total | 508 | 33 | 50 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 128 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 701 | 44 | |
1 Includes FIFA Club World Cup, FA Community Shield, Supercopa de España and DFL-Supercup.
International career statistics
change| Spain national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 2003 | 5 | 0 |
| 2004 | 11 | 0 |
| 2005 | 6 | 0 |
| 2006 | 11 | 1 |
| 2007 | 6 | 0 |
| 2008 | 14 | 2 |
| 2009 | 12 | 4 |
| 2010 | 16 | 2 |
| 2011 | 11 | 3 |
| 2012 | 14 | 3 |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 |
| 2014 | 5 | 1 |
| Total | 114 | 16 |
Managerial statistics
change| Team | From | To | Record | Ref | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| Real Sociedad B | 1 June 2019 | Present | 28 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 42.86 | [11] |
| Total | 28 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 42.86 | — | ||
Honours
changeLiverpool[6]
- FA Cup: 2005–06[12]
- FA Community Shield: 2006[13]
- UEFA Champions League: 2004–05[14]
- UEFA Super Cup: 2005[15]
Real Madrid[6]
- La Liga: 2011–12
- Copa del Rey: 2010–11, 2013–14
- Supercopa de España: 2012
- UEFA Champions League: 2013–14
Bayern Munich[6]
Spain[6]
Individual
- Spanish Player of the Year: 2003
- BBC Goal of the Month: November 2004[16]
- FIFA FIFPro World XI: 2011, 2012
- FIFA FIFPro World XI 2nd team: 2014[17]
- FIFA FIFPro World XI 3rd team: 2013[18]
- FIFA FIFPro World XI 4th team: 2015[19]
- FIFA FIFPro World XI 5th team: 2016[20]
- La Liga Best Midfielder: 2011–12[21]
- UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 2012
- UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 2013–14
- Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2014–15[22]
Decorations
References
change- ↑ "FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010: List of Players" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). 4 June 2010. p. 29. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
- ↑ "Alonso". realmadrid.com. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Alonso, Xabi". National Football Teams. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ↑ "Games played by Xabi Alonso in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ↑ "Player profile - Xabi Alonso". LFC History. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
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- ↑ "Xabi Alonso". kicker.de (in German). Retrieved 13 May 2017.
- ↑ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Xabi Alonso". www.national-football-teams.com.
- ↑ "Xabi Alonso leaves Madrid to take over Real Sociedad's academy side". Sport. Barcelona. 1 June 2019. Archived from the original on 7 July 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
- ↑ "Real Sociedad de Fútbol II: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ↑ "Xabi Alonso: Xabier Alonso Olano: Matches 2019–20". BDFutbol. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- ↑ "Liverpool 3 – 3 West Ham United". lfchistory.net. 13 May 2006. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
- ↑ "Liverpool 2 – 1 Chelsea". lfchistory.net. 13 August 2006. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
- ↑ "AC Milan 3 – 3 Liverpool". lfchistory.net. 25 May 2005. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
- ↑ "Liverpool 3 – 1 CSKA Moscow". lfchistory.net. 26 August 2005. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
- ↑ Glover, Alex (12 September 2016). "Sadio Mane wins MOTD Goal of the Month - We pick Liverpool's best winners from down the years". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- ↑ "FIFA FIFPro World XI: the reserve teams - FIFPro World Players' Union". FIFPro.org. 15 January 2015. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ↑ "FifPro announces reserve Teams of the Year - but Luis Suarez and Arjen Robben won't be laughing while Iker Casillas is somehow named the second best goalkeeper of 2013". Independent.co.uk. 15 January 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ↑ "2015 World XI: the Reserve Teams - FIFPro World Players' Union". FIFPro.org. 11 January 2016. Archived from the original on 9 April 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ↑ "2016 World 11: the reserve teams - FIFPro World Players' Union". FIFPro.org. 9 January 2017. Archived from the original on 9 April 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ↑ "Messi and Guardiola, invited to Real Madrid's party". Marca. 13 November 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- ↑ "2014/15 Team of the Season". Bundesliga. 11 May 2015. Archived from the original on 14 May 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- ↑ "Las campeones del mundo de fútbol ya tienen la Real Orden del Mérito Deportivo". mundodeportivo.com (in Spanish). 5 October 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2014.