Xavi Aguado
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Xavier Companys Aguado | ||
| Date of birth | 5 June 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Badalona, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Badalona | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1990 | Sabadell | 50 | (1) |
| 1990–2003 | Zaragoza | 383 | (22) |
| Total | 433 | (23) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Xavier 'Xavi' Companys Aguado (born 5 June 1968) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a central defender.
He spent 13 years with Real Zaragoza – 12 in La Liga – appearing in nearly 500 official games and winning three major titles.[1]
Football career
Born in Badalona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Aguado began playing football with local CF Badalona. After two seasons at local CE Sabadell FC in the second division, he joined Real Zaragoza in La Liga for the 1990–91 campaign, quickly establishing as first-choice whilst displaying aerial ability and team leadership alike (he would be early on named club captain).
Aguado was part of the Zaragoza team that beat Arsenal in the 1994–95 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final.[2][3] From 1997 to 1999 he scored an impressive nine league goals combined, including a brace in a 2–2 home draw against SD Compostela on 28 September 1997.[4] However, during his 13-year career at the Aragonese, he also amassed a poor disciplinary record, collecting, in the league alone, 109 yellow cards and being sent off 18 times, the latter being an all-time worst in the competition.[5][6]
After Zaragoza's top flight relegation in 2001–02, Aguado retired from professional football (he was still with the squad during the following season, but made no appearances whatsoever) after 473 competitive games with the same team.[7]
Honours
References
- ^ "El jugador que siempre estuvo allí (por Xavi Aguado)" (in Spanish). El Periódico de Aragón. 17 November 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "1994/95: Nayim's bolt from the blue sinks Arsenal". UEFA.com. 1 June 1995. Archived from the original on 22 August 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "¿Qué fue de 'los héroes de París'?" (in Spanish). Heraldo de Aragón. 4 May 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ Ohen frustra la remontada (Ohen frustrates comeback); Mundo Deportivo, 29 September 1997 Template:Es icon
- ^ Aguado, perplejo ante el castigo que le cayó (Aguado, lost for words after punishment); Mundo Deportivo, 12 March 1997 Template:Es icon
- ^ "Los 12 más expulsados de la Liga" (in Spanish). ABC. 20 February 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "La afición zaragocista rindió homenaje a Xavi Aguado" (in Spanish). Diario AS. 30 May 2004. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Zaragoza, no hay quinta Copa mala" (in Spanish). ABC. 1 July 2001. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
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