One of the best players on the FC Barcelona team is noneother than Xavier “Xavi” Hernandez. Xavi has been with the club since a veryearly age and is one of the oldest players in the club in terms of seniority.Xavi currently plays as a midfielder and is responsible for helping boost FC Barcelona ticket salesdue to his amazing performance on the field.
Xavi was born on the 25th of January, 1980 inTerressa, Barcelona. He started playing football at a very early age and as aresult, he joined the La Masia Youth System at Camp Nou at the tender age of11. He was put into Barcelona’s second division team; however, his constanteffort and amazing performance led him to get placed on the first team.
On the 18th of August, 1998, Xavi made his firstteam debut in a match against RCD Mallorca during the Super Cup finals. Xavimade his La Liga debut on the 3rd of October, 1998 in a 3-1 victoryover Valencia CF. During 1999, Pep Guardiola received an injury and as aresult, Xavi was asked to become the playmaker for the match. Xavi has heldthis position ever since.
Inthe 2004-05 season, Xavi was named vice captain of the FC Barcelonasquad. Unfortunately, during the 2005-06 season, Xavi tore some ligaments inhis knee (left) and as a result, he was not able to play for 5 months. Xavi,however, returned to play as a substitute player in the 2006 UEFA ChampionsLeague Final match.
During the 2008-09 season, Xavi helped his team win 2-0against Manchester United in the 2009 Champions League final match. It was inthis match that Xavi was voted by supporters as the “UEFA Champions League bestmidfielder”. Xavi signed a new contract with FC Barcelona that kept him withthe team until 2014. This resulted in many FC Barcelona Tickets being sold in the variousupcoming matches of the season.
Xavi was known to be one of the best players when it came toproviding assists. He was voted the 2nd best player on the Barcelonateam due to his assists.
Inthe 2010-11 season, Xavi entered a new contract with FC Barcelona whichextended his contract further until the 30th of June, 2016. The perkof this contract was that it was automatically renewed at the expiration date. During the season, he playedseveral matches and helped his team win against the clubs arch rivals, RealMadrid in a 5-1 victory. He also won the award for the World’s Best SoccerPlayer of the year.
The2011-12 season started off in a bit of anticipation for the FC Barcelona team.Although Xavi was the star of the team and his influence was growing,there was a lot of anticipation on the performance of Cesc Fabregas which tookeveryone’s eyes of Xavi. This soon changed when Xavi helped FC Barcelona beatReal Sociedad in an 8-0 victory.
Xavi has become one of the most valuable players on the FC Barcelona teams not only in terms of hisperformance and talent, but also in terms of his ability to attract hundreds ofFC Barcelona Tickets sales in a matter of time.