What is Xabi Alonso?
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Xabi Alonso | image = Xabi Alonso Training 2017-03 FC Bayern Muenchen-3 (cropped).jpg | image_size = | caption = Alonso training with [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] in 2017 | fullname = Xabier Alonso Olano<ref>{{cite web|title=FIFA World Cup South Africa 2010: List of Players|url=https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/22/85/78/fwc_2010_squadlists.pdf|publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)|accessdate=13 September 2013|page=29|date=4 June 2010|archive-date=17 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200517205300/https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/01/22/85/78/fwc_2010_squadlists.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|11|25|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Tolosa, Spain|Tolosa]], Spain | height = 1.83m<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.realmadrid.com/en/football/squad/xabier-alonso-olano | title = Alonso | website = realmadrid.com | accessdate = 5 June 2015}}</ref> | position = [[Midfielder]] | currentclub = Bayer Leverkusen | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = 1990–1999 | youthclubs1 = [[Antiguoko]] | years1 = 1999–2000 | clubs1 = [[Real Sociedad B]] | caps1 = 39 | goals1 = 2 | years2 = 2000–2004 | clubs2 = [[Real Sociedad]] | caps2 = 114 | goals2 = 9 | years3 = 2000–2001 | clubs3 = → [[SD Eibar|Eibar]] (loan) | caps3 = 14 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2004–2009 | clubs4 = [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] | caps4 = 143 | goals4 = 15 | years5 = 2009–2014 | clubs5 = [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]] | caps5 = 158 | goals5 = 4 | years6 = 2014–2017 | clubs6 = [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] | caps6 = 79 | goals6 = 5 | totalcaps = 547 | totalgoals = 35 | nationalyears1 = 2000 | nationalteam1 = [[Spain national under-18 football team|Spain U18]] | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2002–2003 | nationalteam2 = [[Spain national under-21 football team|Spain U21]] | nationalcaps2 = 9 | nationalgoals2 = 0 | nationalyears3 = 2003–2014 | national