Xavi Xavier "Xavi" Hernandez i Creus, born 25 January 1980 is a Spanish footbaaler who plays as central midfeilder for FC Barcelona and the Spain National Football Team. Xavi came out of La Masia, the Barcelona youth academy, at the age of 11. He made his first team debut on the match against RCD Mallorca on 18 August 1998. Xavi won the U-20 world cup for spain in 1999, the then he took the Olympic Silver Medal at the 2000 Olympics. Xavi has played for FC Barcelona all his career, he has played 673 matches, scored 80 goals and made more than 180 assists for over 50 players in bothFC Barcelona and the Spain National team. He is known to be one of the best playmakers of his generation. Xavi is the first player in FC Barcelona history to play 150 international matches. Since making his senior team debut in 2000, he has been capped 128 times for the Spenish National team, and has been seen as an influential figure in the teams tremendous success. he played a key role in Spain's victory against Netherlands at the 2010 Fifa World Cup, as well both Euro 2008 and Euro 2012.