Xavi

Simons

Xavi Simons history

Xavi Simons was born on 21 April 2003 in Amsterdam and plays for RB Leipzig. He played for CD Thader from 2008-2010, for FC Barcelona from 2010-2019, for Paris Saint-Germain FC from 2019-2022, for PSV Eindhoven from 2022-2023 and has played for RB Leipzig since 2023.

Current season 2023/24

In this season, Xavi Simons has scored seven goals for his team and is therefore the third-best scorer of his squad. With 11 assists, he presently has the second-most in the league together with Leroy Sané (FC Bayern München), Julian Brandt (Borussia Dortmund) and Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen). In total, the player with the shirt number 20 has taken 79 shots at goal and therefore fought his way to fifth place in the league-wide statistics. Up to now, he has hit the post two times. With this, he has had the 10th-most in the league along with Jamal Musiala (FC Bayern München), Mathys Tel (FC Bayern München), Marvin Ducksch (SV Werder Bremen), Felix Nmecha (Borussia Dortmund), Jamie Bynoe-Gittens (Borussia Dortmund), Tom Krauß (1. FSV Mainz 05), Ludovic Ajorque (1. FSV Mainz 05), David Datro Fofana (1. FC Union Berlin), Loïs Openda, Jonas Wind (VfL Wolfsburg), Roland Sallai (Sport-Club Freiburg), Maximilian Beier (TSG Hoffenheim), Silas Katompa Mvumpa (VfB Stuttgart), Arne Maier (FC Augsburg), Tim Skarke (SV Darmstadt 98), Amine Adli (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) and Manu Koné (Borussia Mönchengladbach). With 81 passes to a shot, Xavi Simons currently has the second-most in the league. He was in the starting line-up in all previous 30 games of the season. Of these, he won 19 games with his club.

He was able to assert himself on the pitch well. With 355 tackling duels in which he was victorious, he now has had, along with Tim Kleindienst (1. FC Heidenheim 1846), the third-most tackling duels won league-wide.

Last game

The 21-year-old played his last game on the 31st matchday of the 2023/24 season (27 April 2024). He was victorious over Borussia Dortmund while playing for RB Leipzig with a score of 4-1. He played as a midfielder throughout this entire game. Here, he provided one assist. Xavi Simons shot at the opponent's goal a total of six times, which is the highest amount of any player in the game. In terms of total touches, he had 57 individual ball possessions. Furthermore, he had 27 tackle challenges in the last match. Of these, Xavi Simons was able to win 15. He covered a distance of 10.8 km during his total playing time in this game. In doing so, he ran, like no other player in the game, a total of 36 sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

Xavi Simons has played 30 matches throughout the course of his career in the Bundesliga. Of these, he has won 19. He has played all the matches of his career in the Bundesliga as a member of RB Leipzig. Here, Xavi Simons has put a total of seven balls in the net.

International appointments

Xavi Simons won the Supercup in 2023 with RB Leipzig.