Xabi Alonso

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Xabi Alonso
Xabi Alonso Training 2017-03 FC Bayern Muenchen-3 (cropped) .jpg
Alonso during training (2017)
Personnel
Surname Xabier Alonso Olano
birthday November 25, 1981
place of birth Tolosa ,  Spain
size 183 cm
position central midfield
Juniors
Years station
0000-1999 Real Sociedad
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1999-2004 Real Sociedad 114 0(9)
2000-2001 →  SD Eibar  (loan) 14 0(0)
2004-2009 Liverpool FC 143 (15)
2009-2014 real Madrid 158 0(4)
2014-2017 FC Bayern Munich 79 0(5)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2003-2014 Spain 114 (16)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
2018-2019 Real Madrid U14
2019– Real Sociedad B
1 Only league games are given.
Status: end of career

2 Status: end of career

Xabier "Xabi" Alonso Olano (born November 25, 1981 in Tolosa ) is a former Spanish soccer player and today's coach . Alonso comes from the youth of Real Sociedad San Sebastián and has played in his career at Liverpool , Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, among others . In addition to numerous championships in Germany and Spain, the Champions League victories in 2005 and 2014 are among his greatest successes at club level. Between 2003 and 2014 Alonso was also active in the Spanish national team . With her he became European champion in 2008 and 2012 and world champion in 2010 .

family

The Basque Xabi Alonso comes from a soccer family. His father Periko once played for FC Barcelona and won the Spanish championship with Real Sociedad in 1980/81 and 1981/82 . His older brother Mikel plays for the Spanish third division Real Unión Irún and his younger brother Jon is a referee.

Career as a player

In the club

Real Sociedad

Defensive midfielder Xabi Alonso began his career in Real Sociedad's youth department. He made his first-team debut on December 1, 1999 in a cup game. Within a turbulent year with three different coaches at Real Sociedad, Xabi was awarded to SD Eibar at the beginning of the 2000/01 season . He played 14 games for Eibar before John Toshack became Real Sociedad's new coach in January 2001, bringing him back to the team.

Alonso matured into a regular player and became a pillar of the team. With the team he reached second place in the championship at the end of the 2002/03 season, to which he contributed with 34 games and eight goals. The following year he advanced to the last sixteen of the Champions League with Real Sociedad .

Liverpool FC

Alonso at Liverpool FC (2005)

Alonso then moved to Liverpool in August 2004 . With the English, he celebrated the greatest success of his club career in his first year, winning the Champions League . In the final against AC Milan , he scored the equalizer to 3: 3 and thus forced extra time. A year later he also won the FA Cup with Liverpool FC . At Liverpool FC, he also scored his most extraordinary goal of his career when he scored against Newcastle United from around 55 meters away.

real Madrid

He moved to Real Madrid in August 2009 . According to Spanish media reports, the transfer fee was around £ 30 million. He signed a four-year contract with the Madrilenians worth around 4.5 million euros a year. Alonso immediately developed into the team’s midfield strategist and won the Spanish Cup with Real Madrid in 2011 and his first national championship title in the 2011/12 season . In January 2014 he extended his contract with Los Blancos for another two years until June 2016. After another success in the Spanish Cup and winning the 2013/14 UEFA Champions League , Alonso said he needed new motivation and wanted to leave Real Madrid. This was the most difficult decision of his life.

FC Bayern Munich

Alonso during training on the grounds of FC Bayern Munich (2015). In the background coach Guardiola.

On August 29, 2014, Alonso moved to Bayern Munich and signed a two-year contract. His shirt number was 3. He made his Bundesliga debut on August 30, 2014 in an away game against FC Schalke 04 . With 206 ball contacts in the game against 1. FC Köln , he set a new Bundesliga record on September 27, 2014, which Julian Weigl broke in May 2016 . Alonso scored his first Bundesliga goal on October 18, 2014 in a 6-0 home win against Werder Bremen . On February 17, 2015, Alonso played his 100th Champions League game. For the 2015/16 season he took over the shirt number 14, which he already wore at Real Madrid and Liverpool FC, from Claudio Pizarro , who left the club. On October 4, 2015, Alonso played his 50th competitive game for Bayern Munich in a 5-1 home win against Dortmund.

Alonso's contract with FC Bayern Munich ran until June 30, 2017. On March 9, 2017, he announced that he would end his career at the end of the contract period. In the last season of his career, he won his third German championship with Bayern . He played a total of 79 games in the Bundesliga for the club.

National team

Alonso played his first game for the senior national team at the age of 21 on April 30, 2003 in a 4-0 win over Ecuador . He participated with Spain in the 2004 European Championship , the 2006 World Cup , the 2008 European Championship , which the Spanish team won 1-0 in the final against Germany , and the 2012 European Championship , in which he won the title with the Spanish national team against Italy with 4 : 0 successfully defended, part. He achieved his greatest success on July 11, 2010 by winning the 2010 World Cup with a 1-0 win in the final against the Netherlands . After leaving the 2014 World Cup , he resigned from the national team. For La Furia Roja , he played a total of 114 international matches.

Career as a coach

In the 2018/19 season, Alonso coached Real Madrid's U14s .

For the 2019/20 season, Alonso will take over Real Sociedad's second team as head coach.

Others

Xabi Alonso has been married to his childhood sweetheart about two years older than him since July 2009; together they have a son and two daughters. In addition to Spanish , Basque and English, he also speaks German .

In March 2018, the Spanish public prosecutor's office demanded a five-year prison sentence for Xabi Alonso for tax fraud.

successes

National team

society

Awards

Web links

Commons : Xabi Alonso  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Xabi Alonso - Past Present Future
  2. ^ Alonso makes Anfield move
  3. ↑ Liverpool 2-0 Newcastle
  4. ↑ Liverpool 2 Newcastle United 0: Alonso hits 70-yard wonder goal to thrill Reds
  5. ↑ Alonso completes £ 30m Real move
  6. ↑ Xabi Alonso becomes a royal
  7. ↑ Xabi Alonso signs contract extension with Real Madrid ( Memento from January 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ↑ Marca.com: Xabi Alonso: Ha sido la decisión más complicada de mi vida (Spanish, August 29, 2014)
  9. ↑ fcbayern.de: Transfer perfect - Xabi Alonso is now a Bavarian (August 29, 2014)
  10. ↑ spiegel.de: Xabi Alonso sets a new record with 206 ball contacts (September 28, 2014)
  11. ↑ FCB extends contracts with Müller, Boateng, Martínez and Alonso. fcbayern.de, December 18, 2015, accessed on December 18, 2015 .
  12. ↑ Alonso announces the end of his career this summer. In: fcbayern.com , March 9, 2017. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
  13. ^ Matthias Arnhold: Xabi Alonso Olano - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga . RSSSF . June 28, 2017. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  14. ↑ Xabi Alonso
  15. ↑ kicker.de: Xabi Alonso declares his resignation
  16. ^ Roberto Mamrud: Xabi Alonso Olano - Century of International Appearances . RSSSF . June 28, 2017. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
  17. ↑ Cantera summary: U12, U14 and U16 association champions , realtotal.de, May 29, 2019, accessed on June 1, 2019.
  18. ↑ Xabi Alonso returns home to coach Sanse , realsociedad.eus, June 1, 2019, accessed on June 1, 2019.
  19. ↑ http://www.divinity.es/actualidad/en-redes-sociales/Divinity-Nagore_Aramburu-Xabi_Alonso-WAGS-futbol_0_1852725054.html
  20. ↑ Mikel Recalde: Valoro mis títulos, pero me falta una liga. Noticias de Gipuzkoa, July 3, 2008, archived from the original on July 25, 2010 ; Retrieved January 10, 2013 .
  21. ↑ Interview with Sport1 from April 24, 2018 on YouTube
  22. ↑ Former Bayern professional: Public prosecutor wants five years in prison for Xabi Alonso in: Faz.net
  23. ↑ Sportschau: Goal of the Month December 2015
personal data
SURNAME Alonso, Xabi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Alonso Olano, Xabier (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION spanish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH November 25, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Tolosa