Xavi Hernández Returns To Camp Nou — The New Manager Of FC Barcelona
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| Xavi Hernández Photo: Xavi's Official Instagram Account |
Xavi Hernández Returns To Camp Nou As The New Manager Of FC Barcelona
Xavi accepted the offer of returns to Camp Nou and become the new manager of this catalonian gaint after talks with Joan Laporta, president of FC Barcelona. He become the 66th manager of barcelon after the sacking of Ronald Koeman.
Why Ronaldo Koeman Sacked?
Barca's last Manager Ronald Koeman have been sacked after a 0-1 defeat against Rayo Vallecano. At his time in barcelona 67 games as the in charge, Koeman was fired in the hours after the final whistle. He leaves the clab with a record of 39 wins, 12 draws and 16 defeats. His winning percentage in all competitions stands at just 58%, which is by far the lowest by any Barca manager since Radomir Antic (50%), who took charge for 24 games in 2002-03. Even Quique Setien, last manager before him, managed to win 64% of his 25 games in charge.
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| Ronald Koeman Photo: Instagram |
Why Xavi is the favorite choice as the new coach for Barcelona?
By playing in this team from childhood he know and values the team philosophy. Xavi is considered as a barcelona legend. He is also arguably one of the best midfielders in history of football. So he is naturally the favorite choice as the new head coach. Let's take a look at Xavi's high profile footballing career—
Xavi's Barcelona Career
Barca's new manager Xavi was a product of youth academy of Barcelona aka La Masia. At the age of 11, Xavi joind there. This was one of the most important steps in his footballing career, as he was able to learn Barcelona’s team based philosophy. His first-team debut was back in 1998. Xavi's first season with Barcelona, the team won the 1998/99 La Liga, Spain’s top football league championship. In the year 1999, he helped Barcelona win the La Liga title and was gained a individual title as Breakthrough Player of the Year.
He was a key member of the club when barca won the 2004/05 La Liga title. Barcelona successfully defended the La Liga championship in 2005/06 again and captured the Champions League title for the first time in his barca career. The team overtake this achievement in 2008/09 as it won the first “treble” (winning three major European club titles in one season) in Barcelona history by taking the domestic league tile La Liga, the Copa del Rey (Spain’s major domestic cup), and the prestigious Champions League title. He again helped the catalan club to additional La Liga titles in 2010/11 and 2012/13 as well as a Copa del Rey victory in 2011/12.
He announced in March 2015 that he was going to leave Barcelona for Qatar’s Al-Sadd at the end of the 2014/15 season. He finished his glorious Barcelona career on a high note as the club won another treble that season.
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| Xavi as Barcelona Player Photo: Instagram |
Xavi's Career In International Football
His tiki-taka style take him to the Spanish national team, with Xavi had an iconic role as in Barcelona. In 2008, he was key player to Spain winning the European Championship, their first major tournament in last 44 years. In addition to dominating the midfield, he put Spain on the scoreboard in the semi-finals against Russia and assisted Torres for the winning goal in the final against Germany. For his tremendous performances, he was won Player of the Tournament. After two years, Xavi helped Spain to win its first-ever World Cup in South Africa. Despite a surprising loss earlier in the tournament against Switzerland, Spain
bounce back in time and proceeded to win throughout the rest of the competition. Xavi started each game and recorded the highest (599) successful passes at the tournament. He provided the two key passes for Spain’s winning goals in the round of 16 against Portugal and the semi-finals against Germany. In 2012, Xavi broke the record for most passes in a single match on European Championship, recording 127 passes in a 4-0 win over Northern Ireland. Spain went on to claim their third consecutive major tournament, where Xavi mostly providing support to his natural successor and teammate in barcelona, Andres Iniesta. Then again, he manage to produced two assists in a 4-0 victory against Italy in the final, cementing his place in another Team of the Tournament.
Xavi's Skills
Xavi 5 feet 6 inches (1.68 metres) in height, he made up for his short height with an unparalleled field vision, excellent ball-handling skills, and the ability to make crisp, precise passes comparable to none. Xavi is mainly a playmaker than a prolific scorer. At his prime time, Xavi played a similar role to De Jong as a hybrid deep-lying playmaker and box-to-box midfielder, dropping back to help initiate buildup and make an impact in the final third.
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| Xavi Hernandez carries the Asia Tour 2013 trophy at the Shah Alam Stadium on August 10, 2013 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia defeating Malaysia 3-1. Photo: Shutterstock |
Xavi Trophy Cabinet
Xavi was awarded the Prince of Asturias Award in 2012 and he won 32 trophies in his footballing career, which makes him the second-most decorated Spanish player in history, behind former teammate Andrés Iniesta. 1x Fifa World Cup, 2x UEFA European Championship, 8x La Liga, 3x Copa del Ray, 6x Supercopa de España, 4x UEFA Champions League, 2x UEFA Super Cup, 2x Fifa Club World Cup, 1x Qatar Stars League, 1x Qatar Cup, 1x Qatari Super Cup, 1x Emir of Qatar Cup.
Xavi's Retirement From Football
After leaving Barcelona Xavi joind Al Sadd SC. He played there for 4 year than retire on May 2019 from football after 21 years of his legendary football career. Xavi was named the manager of Al-Sadd soon thereafter.
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| Xavi with Al Sadd Player presenting trophy Photo: Xavi's Official Instagram |
Xavi As Manager
Xavi is currently coaching his former club Al Sadd SC. He already won 7 trophies with Al Sadd in only 2 years.
Barcelona Present Head Coach Xavi
Xavi have already proven his worth as player. Recently showed his class as manager in Qatar. Now the question is how he will do with Barcelona in the highest level of European football.
