Xabi Alonso

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.

Xabi Alonso

Alonso training with Bayern Munich in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Xabier Alonso Olano[1]
Date of birth	(1981-11-25) 25 November 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth	Tolosa, Spain
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team 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)
International career
2000	Spain U18	1	(0)
2002–2003	Spain U21	9	(0)
2003–2014	Spain	114	(16)
2001–2012	Basque Country	5	(0)
Managerial career
2018–2019	Real Madrid (youth)
2019–	Real Sociedad B
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

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

^[8]

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

As of match played 8 March 2020^[9][10]

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record					Ref
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Real Sociedad B	1 June 2019	Present	28	12	8	8	042.86	[11]
Total			28	12	8	8	042.86	—

Honours

Liverpool^[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]

• Bundesliga: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17
• DFB-Pokal: 2015–16
• DFL-Supercup: 2016

Spain^[6]

• FIFA World Cup: 2010
• UEFA European Championship: 2008, 2012

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

• Gold Medal of the Royal Order of Sporting Merit: 2011^[23]