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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
Xabi Alonso Training 2017-03 FC Bayern Muenchen-3 (cropped).jpg
Alonso training with Bayern Munich in 2017
Personal information
Full nameXabier Alonso Olano[1]
Date of birth (1981-11-25) 25 November 1981 (age 41)
Place of birthTolosa, Spain
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current team
Real Sociedad B (manager)
Youth career
1990–1999Antiguoko
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1999–2000Real Sociedad B39(2)
2000–2004Real Sociedad114(9)
2000–2001→ Eibar (loan)14(0)
2004–2009Liverpool143(15)
2009–2014Real Madrid158(4)
2014–2017Bayern Munich79(5)
Total547(35)
National team
2000Spain U181(0)
2002–2003Spain U219(0)
2003–2014Spain114(16)
2001–2012Basque Country5(0)
Teams managed
2018–2019Real 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

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
YearAppsGoals
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 42.86 [11]
Total 28 12 8 8 42.86 —

Honours

Liverpool[6]

Real Madrid[6]

Bayern Munich[6]

Spain[6]

Individual

Decorations

Xabi Alonso Media

  • Alonso playing against The New Saints in the Champions League in July 2005

  • Alonso taking a corner kick for Liverpool in March 2006

  • Alonso and Dirk Kuyt playing for Liverpool in April 2007

  • Alonso playing for Real Madrid in February 2012

  • Alonso with Real Madrid in 2014

  • Alonso playing for Bayern against CSKA Moscow in 2014

  • Alonso playing against France at Euro 2012

  • Alonso celebrates scoring against France at UEFA Euro 2012

  • Alonso as a coach of Real Sociedad B in 2021.

  • Alonso in the starting line-up in Salzburg during UEFA Euro 2008

References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ "Alonso". realmadrid.com. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Alonso, Xabi". National Football Teams. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "Games played by Xabi Alonso in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  5. ↑ "Player profile - Xabi Alonso". LFC History. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 "Xabi Alonso". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "Xabi Alonso" (in de). kicker.de. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/1-bundesliga/2014-15/bayern-muenchen-14/30077/spieler_xabi-alonso.html. Retrieved 13 May 2017. 
  8. ↑ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Xabi Alonso". www.national-football-teams.com.
  9. ↑ "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.
  10. ↑ "Real Sociedad de Fútbol II: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  11. ↑ "Xabi Alonso: Xabier Alonso Olano: Matches 2019–20". BDFutbol. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  12. ↑ "Liverpool 3 – 3 West Ham United". lfchistory.net. 13 May 2006. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  13. ↑ "Liverpool 2 – 1 Chelsea". lfchistory.net. 13 August 2006. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  14. ↑ "AC Milan 3 – 3 Liverpool". lfchistory.net. 25 May 2005. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  15. ↑ "Liverpool 3 – 1 CSKA Moscow". lfchistory.net. 26 August 2005. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  16. ↑ 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.
  17. ↑ "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.
  18. ↑ "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.
  19. ↑ "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.
  20. ↑ "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.
  21. ↑ Messi and Guardiola, invited to Real Madrid's party. 13 November 2012. http://www.marca.com/2012/11/13/en/football/spanish_football/1352826697.html. Retrieved 4 July 2017. 
  22. ↑ "2014/15 Team of the Season". Bundesliga. 11 May 2015. Archived from the original on 14 May 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  23. ↑ "Las campeones del mundo de fútbol ya tienen la Real Orden del Mérito Deportivo". mundodeportivo.com (in español). 5 October 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
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