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Xavier "Xavi" Hernández i Creus (born 25 January 1980), is a Spanish footballer who plays as a central midfielder for FC Barcelona and the Spanish national football team.
General comment
Exceptional playmaker. Master to play in Spain and Barcelona. He is one of the main architects of their many trophies.
Performance
Regularity
He is for many years now a pillar of the Spanish team and Barcelona who has never had a slump.
Form
Always at the top level this season, his stats are in line with past seasons.
Offensives skills
Striking ability
This is the only point where he does not excel but it is not detrimental to the playing style of Barcelona and the Spanish team.
Short range pass
He is one of the best short pass players that never misses a pass. He knows how to create mismatches with his short game.
Long range pass
His long passes are extremely accurate. He has no difficulties to find Pedro or Villa in their respective lanes.
Creativity
He combines his excellent passes with a sense of the game incredible because he sees the game faster than other players.
Pace
To do
Defensive skills
Pressing
Like all players of FC Barcelona, he presses when his team loses the ball.
Salvage
His ball recovery skills are not the best.
Tactics
Tactical thinking
He was trained at the Masia and this is an example of tactical mastery.
Adaptability
He can play several positions, we can not really know if he adapts well to different tactics because he often operates in the same register.
Manage the midfield
He repositions his team well and he is valuable to Barca in this area.
Mental
Experience
His experience is matchless because he participated in all the victories of Spain, in the UEFA Euro and the World Cup and those of Barcelona in the Champions League.
Aggressiveness
His aggressiveness is positive. He puts the commitment in his game and his duels and fights for the conservation and recovery of the ball.
Team play
To do
Influence in the team
He is very influential in Barcelona in which he is also the captain.
Big games
His experience and habit for this type of game enable him to always be at the highest level for this type of meeting.
Risk taking
To do
Physical
Speed
He lost speed this recent years.
Acceleration
To do
Physical imapct
He is not very powerful because of his size.
Stamina
To do
Fragility
He is not very powerful because of his size.
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