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 the ongoing season, he has scored four goals for his team and is therefore the second-best scorer of his squad. He is presently the best goal provider in the league with a total of seven assists. With 29 shots taken so far, he has had the second-most attempts on goal of any RB Leipzig player. With 26 passes to a shot, he currently occupies ninth place in the league statistics together with Vincenzo Grifo (Sport-Club Freiburg). The player with the shirt number 20 was in the starting line-up in all previous 13 games of the season. Of these, he won eight games with his club.

The 20-year-old has suffered 23 fouls so far and shares eighth place in the league-wide statistics for this category with Yussuf Poulsen, Serhou Guirassy (VfB Stuttgart) and Kevin Stöger (VfL Bochum 1848).

Last game

Xavi Simons played his last game on the 13th matchday of the 2023/24 season (2 December 2023). He was victorious over 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 while playing for RB Leipzig with a score of 2-1. He was in the starting line-up in this game and played as a midfielder for 78 minutes. He shot at the opponent's goal a total of two times. In terms of total touches, he had 77 individual ball possessions. Furthermore, he had 22 tackle challenges in the last match. Of these, he was able to win 13. He covered a distance of 9.1 km during his total playing time in this game. In doing so, Xavi Simons had a total of 21 sprints.

Bundesliga career and records

Xavi Simons has played 13 matches in the course of his career in the Bundesliga. Of these, he has won eight. 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 four balls in the net.

International appointments

Xavi Simons won the Supercup in 2023 with RB Leipzig.