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 2024/25

With one assist, the player with the shirt number 10 presently has the eighth-most in the league together with Granit Xhaka (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Jeremie Frimpong (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Florian Wirtz (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Victor Boniface (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Tim Kleindienst (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Franck Honorat (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Benjamin Henrichs, Benjamin Šeško, Antonio Nusa, Mario Götze (Eintracht Frankfurt), Omar Marmoush (Eintracht Frankfurt), Pascal Groß (Borussia Dortmund), Julian Brandt (Borussia Dortmund), Julian Ryerson (Borussia Dortmund), Ramy Bensebaini (Borussia Dortmund), Karim Adeyemi (Borussia Dortmund), Finn Porath (Holstein Kiel), Tymoteusz Puchacz (Holstein Kiel), Nicolai Remberg (Holstein Kiel) and Andrej Kramarić (TSG Hoffenheim). With seven shots taken so far, Xavi Simons has had the second-most attempts on goal of any RB Leipzig player. With five passes to a shot, he currently occupies second place within the team statistics along with Benjamin Henrichs. Xavi Simons was in the starting line-up in all previous three games of the season. Of these, he won two games with his club.

The 21-year-old has suffered nine fouls so far and shares fifth place in the league-wide statistics for this category with Loïs Openda, Benedikt Pichler (Holstein Kiel) and Tiago Tomás (VfL Wolfsburg). Xavi Simons is credited as being especially assertive on the pitch. Hence, he has already won 41 tackling duels and in doing so has fought his way to the fourth rank in the league.

Last game

He played as a midfielder throughout this entire game. He shot at the opponent's goal a total of four times, which is the highest amount of any player in the game. In terms of total touches, Xavi Simons had 85 individual ball possessions. Furthermore, he had 29 tackle challenges in the last match – the highest number in this game. Of these, he was able to win 17 – no other player in his club was as successful. Xavi Simons covered a distance of 10.4 km during his total playing time in this game. In doing so, he had a total of 20 sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

Xavi Simons has played 35 matches in the course of his career in the Bundesliga. Of these, he has won 21. He has played all the matches of his career in the Bundesliga as a member of RB Leipzig. Here, he has put a total of eight balls in the net.

International appointments

Xavi Simons won the Supercup in 2023 with RB Leipzig.