Xabi Alonso
Spanish association football manager (born 1981) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Xabier Alonso Olano[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1981-11-25) 25 November 1981 (age 42) | ||
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 |
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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.