Xavi Hernández reached 100 in Europe

On Tuesday, 4 November, FC Barcelona midfielder Xavi Hernández Creus played his 100th European match. He is the fifth Spanish player to reach this total.

Xavi is the first FC Barcelona player to play 100 matches in European competition for the club, according to Infostrada.

Spanish players with at least 100 European matches
Total Name Played for Years

124 Raúl Real Madrid (124) 1995 - …
110 Fernando Morientes Real Zaragoza (7), Real Madrid (61), AS Monaco (12), Liverpool (11), Valencia CF (19) 1995 - ...
103 Fernando Hierro Real Madrid (103) 1989 - 2003
100 Xavi FC Barcelona (100) 1998 - ...
100 Manuel Sanchis Real Madrid (100) 1984 - 2001
Raúl and Morientes can add to their totals later this week.


Matches per competition – Spanish players with at least 100 matches
Total Name UCL CC/CLQ CWC UEFA ESC

124 Raúl 119 2 0 0 3
110 Fernando Morientes 89 11 5 1 4
103 Fernando Hierro 68 9 4 20 2
100 Xavi 80 6 0 13 1
100 Manuel Sanchís 31 27 6 35 1

UCL – UEFA Champions League, CC/CLQ – Champions Cup/Champions League qualifying, CWC – Cup Winners’ Cup, UEFA – UEFA Cup, ESC – European Super Cup.


100+ European matches for one club
Total Player Nation Club

167 Paolo Maldini ITA AC Milan
131 Oliver Kahn GER Bayern München
124 Raúl ESP Real Madrid
122 Ryan Giggs WAL Manchester United
121 Roar Strand NOR Rosenborg BK
117 Giuseppe Bergomi ITA Internazionale
116 Alessandro Costacurta ITA AC Milan
116 Javier Zanetti ARG Internazionale
113 Paul Scholes ENG Manchester United
112 Roberto Carlos BRA Real Madrid
112 Gary Neville ENG Manchester United
110 Jamie Carragher ENG Liverpool
107 Alessandro Del Piero ITA Juventus
103 Fernando Hierro ESP Real Madrid
101 Bülent Korkmaz TUR Galatasaray
100 Xavi ESP FC Barcelona
100 Manuel Sanchís ESP Real Madrid

Maldini and Strand can add to their totals on 6 November.