Xavier Hernández Creus “Xavi” - Century of International Appearances


The outstanding Spanish player, who obtained 133 international caps with his National Team, has entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with a Century of Caps. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.


Cap  Goals    Date	Venue		Opponent       Score	Competition

  1         15-11-00	Sevilla 	Netherlands	1-2	
  2          1- 9-01	Valencia	Austria 	4-0	World Cup Qualifier
  3         13- 2-02	Barcelona	Portugal	1-1	
  4          7- 6-02	Jeonju  	Paraguay	3-1	World Cup
  5         12- 6-02	Daejeon 	South Africa	3-2	World Cup
  6         22- 6-02	Gwangju 	South Korea  	0-0 [1]	World Cup
  7         21- 8-02	Budapest	Hungary 	1-1	
  8          7- 9-02	Athinai 	Greece  	2-0	European Ch. Qual.
  9         12-10-02	Albacete	N. Ireland	3-0	European Ch. Qual.
 10         16-10-02	Logroño 	Paraguay	0-0	
 11         20-11-02	Granada 	Bulgaria	1-0	
 12         12- 2-03	Palma Mallorca	Germany 	3-1	
 13         29- 3-03	Kyiv    	Ukraine 	2-2	European Ch. Qual.
 14          2- 4-03	León    	Armenia 	3-0	European Ch. Qual.
 15          6- 9-03	Guimarães	Portugal	3-0	
 16         10- 9-03	Elche   	Ukraine 	2-1	European Ch. Qual.
 17         18- 2-04	Barcelona	Peru    	2-1	
 18         28- 4-04	Genova  	Italy   	1-1	
 19          5- 6-04	Getafe  	Andorra 	4-0	
 20          9-10-04	Santander	Belgium 	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 21         13-10-04	Vilnius 	Lithuania	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
 22         17-11-04	Madrid  	England 	1-0	
 23          9- 2-05	Almería 	San Marino	5-0	World Cup Qualifier
 24  1   1  26- 3-05	Salamanca	China   	3-0	
 25      1  30- 3-05	Beograd 	Serbia-Monten.	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
 26      1   4- 6-05	Valencia	Lithuania	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 27      1   8- 6-05	Valencia	Bosnia-Herzeg.	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 28      1  17- 8-05	Gijón   	Uruguay 	2-0	
 29      1   3- 9-05	Santander	Canada  	2-1	
 30      1   7- 9-05	Madrid  	Serbia-Monten.	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 31      1   8-10-05	Bruxelles	Belgium 	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
 32      1  12-11-05	Madrid  	Slovakia	5-1	World Cup Qualifier
 33      1  16-11-05	Bratislava	Slovakia	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
 34      1  27- 5-06	Albacete	Russia  	0-0	
 35      1   3- 6-06	Elche   	Egypt   	2-0	
 36      1   7- 6-06	Genève  	Croatia 	2-1	
 37      1  14- 6-06	Leipzig 	Ukraine 	4-0	World Cup
 38      1  19- 6-06	Stuttgart	Tunisia 	3-1	World Cup
 39      1  23- 6-06	Kaiserslautern	Saudi Arabia	1-0	World Cup
 40      1  27- 6-06	Hannover	France  	1-3	World Cup
 41  1   2   6- 9-06	Belfast 	N. Ireland	2-3	European Ch. Qual.
 42      2   7-10-06	Stockholm	Sweden  	0-2	European Ch. Qual.
 43  1   3  11-10-06	Murcia  	Argentina	2-1	
 44      3   7- 2-07	Manchester	England 	1-0	
 45      3  24- 3-07	Madrid  	Denmark 	2-1	European Ch. Qual.
 46      3  28- 3-07	Palma Mallorca	Iceland 	1-0	European Ch. Qual.
 47  1   4   2- 6-07	Riga    	Latvia  	2-0	European Ch. Qual.
 48      4  22- 8-07	Thessaloniki	Greece  	3-2	
 49      4   8- 9-07	Reykjavík	Iceland 	1-1	European Ch. Qual.
 50  1   5  12- 9-07	Oviedo  	Latvia  	2-0	European Ch. Qual.
 51      5  13-10-07	Aarhus  	Denmark 	3-1	European Ch. Qual.
 52      5  17-10-07	Helsinki	Finland 	0-0	
 53      5  17-11-07	Madrid  	Sweden  	3-0	European Ch. Qual.
 54  1   6  21-11-07	Las Palmas	N. Ireland	1-0	European Ch. Qual.
 55      6   6- 2-08	Málaga  	France  	1-0	
 56      6  26- 3-08	Elche   	Italy   	1-0	
 57      6  31- 5-08	Huelva  	Peru    	2-1	
 58  1   7   4- 6-08	Santander	United States	1-0	
 59      7  10- 6-08	Innsbruck	Russia  	4-1	European Champ.
 60      7  14- 6-08	Innsbruck	Sweden  	2-1	European Champ.
 61      7  22- 6-08	Wien    	Italy    	0-0 [2]	European Champ.
 62  1   8  26- 6-08	Wien    	Russia  	3-0	European Champ.
 63      8  29- 6-08	Wien    	Germany 	1-0	European Champ.
 64  1   9  20- 8-08	København	Denmark 	3-0	
 65      9   6- 9-08	Murcia  	Bosnia-Herzeg.	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 66      9  10- 9-08	Albacete	Armenia 	4-0	World Cup Qualifier
 67      9  11-10-08	Tallinn 	Estonia 	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
 68      9  15-10-08	Brussel 	Belgium 	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
 69      9  19-11-08	Villarreal	Chile   	3-0	
 70      9  11- 2-09	Sevilla 	England 	2-0	
 71      9  28- 3-09	Madrid  	Turkey  	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
 72      9   1- 4-09	Istanbul	Turkey  	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
 73      9   9- 6-09	Baku    	Azerbaijan	6-0	
 74      9  14- 6-09	Rustenburg	New Zealand	5-0	Confederations Cup
 75      9  17- 6-09	Bloemfontein	Iraq    	1-0	Confederations Cup
 76      9  20- 6-09	Bloemfontein	South Africa	2-0	Confederations Cup
 77      9  24- 6-09	Bloemfontein	United States	0-2	Confederations Cup
 78      9  12- 8-09	Skopje  	Macedonia	3-2	
 79      9   5- 9-09	La Coruña	Belgium 	5-0	World Cup Qualifier
 80      9   9- 9-09	Mérida  	Estonia 	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
 81      9  10-10-09	Yerevan 	Armenia 	2-1	World Cup Qualifier
 82      9  14-11-09	Madrid  	Argentina	2-1	
 83      9  18-11-09	Wien    	Austria 	5-1	
 84      9   3- 3-10	Saint-Denis	France  	2-0	 
 85      9  29- 5-10    Innsbruck       Saudi Arabia    3-2
 86      9   3- 6-10    Innsbruck 	South Korea     1-0
 87      9   8- 6-10    Murcia  	Poland          6-0
 88      9  16- 6-10    Durban  	Switzerland     0-1     World Cup
 89      9  21- 6-10    Johannesburg    Honduras        2-0     World Cup
 90      9  25- 6-10    Pretoria 	Chile           2-1     World Cup
 91      9  29- 6-10    Cape Town 	Portugal        1-0     World Cup
 92      9   3- 7-10    Johannesburg    Paraguay        1-0     World Cup
 93      9   7- 7-10    Durban  	Germany         1-0     World Cup
 94      9  11- 7-10    Johannesburg    Netherlands     1-0     World Cup
 95      9  11- 8-10    Cdad. de México Mexico          1-1
 96      9   3- 9-10    Vaduz           Liechtenstein   4-0     European Ch. Qual.
 97      9   7- 9-10    Buenos Aires    Argentina       1-4
 98      9  17-11-10    Lisboa          Portugal        0-4
 99      9   9- 2-11    Madrid          Colombia        1-0
100      9  25- 3-11    Granada         Czech Republic  2-1     European Ch. Qual. 
101  1  10  29- 3-11    Kaunas          Lithuania       3-1     European Ch. Qual. 
102     10   2- 9-11    Sankt Gallen    Chile           3-2
103  1  11   6- 9-11    Logroño         Liechtenstein   6-0     European Ch. Qual. 
104     11   7-10-11    Praha           Czech Republic  2-0     European Ch. Qual. 
105     11  11-10-11    Alicante        Scotland        3-1     European Ch. Qual. 
106     11  12-11-11    London          England         0-1
107     11  15-11-11    San José        Costa Rica      2-2
108	11  29- 2-12	Málaga		Venezuela	5-0
109	11   5- 6-12	Sevilla		China		1-0
110	11  10- 6-12	Gdansk		Italy		1-1	European Champ.
111	11  14- 6-12	Gdansk		Ireland		4-0	European Champ.
112	11  18- 6-12	Gdansk		Croatia		1-0	European Champ.
113	11  23- 6-12	Donetsk		France		2-0	European Champ.
114	11  27- 6-12	Donetsk		Portugal  	0-0 [3]	European Champ.
115	11   1- 7-12	Kyiv		Italy		4-0	European Champ.
116  1	12   7- 9-12	Pontevedra	Saudi Arabia	5-0
117	12  11- 9-12	Tbilisi		Georgia		1-0	World Cup Qualifier
118	12  12-10-12	Minsk		Belarus		4-0	World Cup Qualifier
119	12  16-10-12	Madrid		France		1-1	World Cup Qualifier
120	12  26- 3-13	Saint-Denis	France		1-0	World Cup Qualifier
121	12   8- 6-13	Miami		Haiti		2-1
122	12  11- 6-13	New York	Ireland		2-0
123	12  16- 6-13	Recife		Uruguay		2-1	Confederations Cup
124	12  23- 6-13	Fortaleza	Nigeria		3-0	Confederations Cup
125	12  27- 6-13	Fortaleza	Italy  		0-0 [4]	Confederations Cup
126	12  30- 6-13	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil		0-3	Confederations Cup
127	12   6- 9-13	Helsinki	Finland		2-0	World Cup Qualifier
128	12  10- 9-13	Genève		Chile		2-2
129  1	13  11-10-13	Palma Mallorca	Belarus		2-1	World Cup Qualifier
130	13  15-10-13	Albacete	Georgia		2-0	World Cup Qualifier
131     13  30- 5-14	Sevilla		Bolivia		2-0
132	13   7- 6-14    Washington DC	El Salvador     2-0
133     13  13- 6-14    Salvador	Netherlands     1-5	World Cup

[1] Spain lost 3-5 on penalty kicks.
[2] Spain won 4-2 on penalty kicks.
[3] Spain won 4-2 on penalty kicks.
[4] Spain won 7-6 on penalty kicks.

Total Record

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
   133   100   22   11   271-  82     222       83.46

Types of             Matches  Goals

Friendlies      	51	 5
World Cup		15	 0
World Cup Qualifier	27	 1
European Championship	11	 1
European Ch. Qual.	21	 6
Confederations Cup       8       0

Total caps / goals:    133	13




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