Xavi Hernández
Spanish association football player and manager (born 1980)
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- Oct 7
World Cup winner Pedro Rodríguez retires from football with 25 titles at age 39
The former Barcelona, Chelsea, and Spain forward concluded a 20-year career on 7 October 2026 after finishing a five-season spell with Lazio in Rome.
- Oct 4
Netherlands defeat Serbia 2–1 in Eindhoven to take top spot in Nations League group
A second-half goal from substitute Joshua Zirkzee gave the Netherlands a 2–1 victory over Serbia in Eindhoven, leaving the team level on eight points with Greece at the summit of Group A2.
- Oct 2
Germany beats Serbia 2-0 in Munich for Jürgen Klopp's first win
Germany secured a 2-0 home victory over Serbia in Munich on Thursday, giving manager Jürgen Klopp his first win in charge of the national team in UEFA Nations League Group A2.
- Sep 30
Jan Paul van Hecke leaves Netherlands camp with foot injury before Greece clash
Tottenham defender Jan Paul van Hecke has withdrawn from the Netherlands squad after suffering a foot injury in training ahead of Thursday's Nations League match in Thessaloniki.
- Sep 24
Cody Gakpo scores stoppage-time equalizer as Netherlands draw 1-1 with Germany
Cody Gakpo scored a stoppage-time equalizer from Ruben van Bommel's assist to secure a 1-1 draw against Germany in Amsterdam, marking Xavi Hernández's first match as Dutch head coach.
- Sep 24
Netherlands draw 1-1 with Germany as Xavi and Klopp make international debuts
Cody Gakpo scored a stoppage-time equalizer from a Ruben van Bommel assist to cancel out Felix Nmecha's first-half opener in a 1-1 draw at the Johan Cruyff Arena in Amsterdam.
- Sep 24
Gakpo scores stoppage-time equaliser in 1-1 draw between Germany and Netherlands
Cody Gakpo volleyed home a 91st-minute equaliser in Amsterdam on Thursday to earn the Netherlands a 1-1 draw against Germany in the UEFA Nations League opener.
- Sep 20
Feyenoord takes 3-0 half-time lead over FC Utrecht at De Kuip as Stepanov suffers injury
Feyenoord took a 3-0 lead into half-time against FC Utrecht at De Kuip, while Utrecht failed to register a shot on target and lost attacker Stepanov to injury.
- Aug 12
Xavi named Netherlands coach in four-year deal through 2030 World Cup
Former Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez has been appointed head of the Netherlands on a four-year contract through the 2030 World Cup, becoming the first foreign coach to lead the Dutch since Ernst Happel in 1978.
- Jul 21
Pau Cubarsí, 19, wins World Cup Best Young Player after Spain concedes just one goal all tournament
The Barcelona centre-back played every minute of Spain's campaign, making a goal-line clearance in the final and keeping seven clean sheets in eight matches.
- Jul 19
Spain clinches second World Cup with 1-0 extra-time win over Argentina, FIFA probes final's mass brawl
Ferran Torres scored an extra-time winner as Spain defeated 10-man Argentina 1-0 in New Jersey, a match that ended in a brawl sparking a FIFA disciplinary investigation.
- Jul 16
Messi's last World Cup chance meets Yamal's first as Argentina and Spain contest 2026 final
Argentina and Spain meet in New York on Sunday for the 2026 World Cup final, pitting Lionel Messi, 39, against 19-year-old Lamine Yamal, the Barcelona prodigy he once bathed as a baby for a UNICEF calendar.
- Jul 1
Sumar replaces more than half its leadership as Yolanda Díaz and Lara Hernández depart
The Spanish left-wing party Movimiento Sumar will replace 34 of its 65 executive members at an extraordinary assembly on July 11, after founder Yolanda Díaz and coordinator Lara Hernández both quit the leadership amid a toxic internal feud.
- May 26
AC Milan in Turmoil: Cardinale Fires Allegri and Entire Leadership, Only Ibrahimovic Remains as Club Faces €90M Financial Hit
AC Milan owner Gerry Cardinale has executed a sweeping purge of the club's technical and executive leadership, firing manager Massimiliano Allegri, CEO Giorgio Furlani, sporting director Igli Tare, and technical director Geoffrey Moncada after a disastrous season that saw the Rossoneri miss out on Champions League qualification.
