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.

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

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National cup|colspan="2"|League cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="6"|Real Sociedad|1999–2000|rowspan="5"|La Liga|0|0|1|0|–|–|–|1|0|||
|2000–01|18|0|0|0|–|–|–|18|0|||||||
|2001–02|29|3|0|0|–|–|–|29|3|||||||
|2002–03|33|3|1|0|–|–|–|34|3|||||||
|2003–04|34|3|0|0|–|8|1|–|42|4||||||
|Eibar (loan)|2000–01|Segunda División|14|0|0|0|–|–|–|14|0|||||
|rowspan="6"|Liverpool|2004–05|rowspan="5"|Premier League|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|||||
|rowspan="7"|Real Madrid|2009–10|rowspan="6"|La Liga|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|||||
|rowspan="4"|Bayern Munich|2014–15|rowspan="3"|Bundesliga|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|||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="13"|Spain|||
|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||

- <small>The match away against Equatorial Guinea in November 2013 although included in Alonso's 114 caps is not considered a full international by FIFA (too many substitutions) but it is official for the RFEF</small>

- _Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Alonso goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|14 June 2006|Zentralstadion, Leipzig, Germany||1–0|4–0|2006 FIFA World Cup||||||||
|2|20 August 2008|Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark||1–0|3–0|Friendly||||||||
|3|3–0|||||||||||||
|4|1 April 2009|Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey||1–1|2–1|2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification||||||||
|5|28 June 2009|Royal Bafokeng Stadium, Rustenburg, South Africa||3–2|3–2|2009 FIFA Confederations Cup||||||||
|6|14 November 2009|Vicente Calderón Stadium, Madrid, Spain||1–0|2–1|Friendly||||||||
|7|2–1|||||||||||||
|8|29 May 2010|Tivoli-Neu, Innsbruck, Austria||2–1|3–2|Friendly||||||||
|9|8 June 2010|Estadio Nueva Condomina, Murcia, Spain||3–0|6–0|Friendly||||||||
|10|7 June 2011|Estadio José Antonio Anzoátegui, Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela||3–0|3–0|Friendly||||||||
|11|10 August 2011|Stadio San Nicola, Bari, Italy||1–1|1–2|Friendly||||||||
|12|7 October 2011|Generali Arena, Prague, Czech Republic||2–0|2–0|UEFA Euro 2012 Qualification||||||||
|13|30 May 2012|Stade de Suisse, Bern, Switzerland||2–1|4–1|Friendly||||||||
|14|23 June 2012|Donbas Arena, Donetsk, Ukraine||1–0|2–0|UEFA Euro 2012||||||||
|15|2–0|||||||||||||
|16|13 June 2014|Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador, Brazil||1–0|1–5|2014 FIFA World Cup||||||||

## Managerial statistics

|rowspan=2|Team|rowspan=2|From|rowspan=2|To|colspan=8|Record|rowspan=2||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Real Sociedad B|align=left|1 June 2019|align=left|28 May 2022|||||
|align=left|Bayer Leverkusen|align=left|5 October 2022|align=left|17 May 2025|||||
|align=left|Real Madrid|align=left|1 June 2025|align=left|12 January 2026|||||

### Player

**Liverpool**
- FA Cup: 2005–06
- FA Community Shield: 2006
- UEFA Champions League: 2004–05; runner-up: 2006–07
- UEFA Super Cup: 2005
- FIFA Club World Cup runner-up: 2005

**Real Madrid**
- La Liga: 2011–12
- Copa del Rey: 2010–11, 2013–14; runner-up: 2012–13
- Supercopa de España: 2012
- UEFA Champions League: 2013–14

**Bayern Munich**
- Bundesliga: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17
- DFB-Pokal: 2015–16
- DFL-Supercup: 2016

**Spain**
- FIFA World Cup: 2010
- UEFA European Championship: 2008, 2012

**Individual**
- Spanish Player of the Year: 2003
- BBC Goal of the Month: November 2004
- FIFA FIFPro World XI: 2011, 2012; 2nd team: 2014; 3rd team: 2013; 4th team: 2015; 5th team: 2016
- La Liga Best Midfielder: 2011–12
- UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 2012
- UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 2013–14
- Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2014–15

**Decorations**
- Gold Medal of the Royal Order of Sporting Merit: 2011

### Manager

**Bayer Leverkusen**
- Bundesliga: 2023–24
- DFB-Pokal: 2023–24
- DFL-Supercup: 2024
- UEFA Europa League runner-up: 2023–24

**Individual**
- Globe Soccer Best Coach of the Year: 2024
- VDV Bundesliga Coach of the Season: 2023–24
- Football Manager of the Year in Germany: 2024
- La Liga Manager of the Month: August 2025

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Xabi Alonso
- **image**: Xabi Alonso Training 2017-03 FC Bayern Muenchen-3 (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Alonso training with FC Bayern Munich, Bayern Munich in 2017
- **full name**: Xabier Alonso Olano
- **birth place**: Tolosa, Spain, Tolosa, Spain
- **height**: 1.83m
- **position**: Midfielder
- **currentclub**: Real Madrid CF, Real Madrid (head coach)
- **youthyears1**: 1990–1999
- **youthclubs1**: Antiguoko
- **years1**: 1999–2000
- **clubs1**: Real Sociedad B
- **caps1**: 39
- **goals1**: 2
- **years2**: 2000–2004
- **clubs2**: Real Sociedad
- **caps2**: 114
- **goals2**: 9
- **years3**: 2000–2001
- **clubs3**: → SD Eibar, Eibar (loan)
- **caps3**: 14
- **goals3**: 0
- **years4**: 2004–2009
- **clubs4**: Liverpool F.C., Liverpool
- **caps4**: 143
- **goals4**: 15
- **years5**: 2009–2014
- **clubs5**: Real Madrid CF, Real Madrid
- **caps5**: 158
- **goals5**: 4
- **years6**: 2014–2017
- **clubs6**: FC Bayern Munich, Bayern Munich
- **caps6**: 79
- **goals6**: 5
- **totalcaps**: 547
- **totalgoals**: 35
- **nationalyears1**: 2000
- **nationalteam1**: Spain national under-18 football team, Spain U18
- **nationalcaps1**: 1
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 2002–2003
- **nationalteam2**: Spain national under-21 football team, Spain U21
- **nationalcaps2**: 9
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **nationalyears3**: 2001–2012
- **nationalteam3**: Basque Country national football team, Basque Country
- **nationalcaps3**: 5
- **nationalgoals3**: 0
- **nationalyears4**: 2003–2014
- **nationalteam4**: Spain national football team, Spain
- **nationalcaps4**: 114
- **nationalgoals4**: 16
- **manageryears1**: 2019–2022
- **managerclubs1**: Real Sociedad B
- **manageryears2**: 2022–2025
- **managerclubs2**: Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Bayer Leverkusen
- **manageryears3**: 2025–2026
- **managerclubs3**: Real Madrid CF, Real Madrid