Biography

Xavi Hernández  Creus is a player of Football Club Barcelona. He is the vice-captain and a main player in the club. Xavi is an essential player in Spanish national team. He has won a lot of titles during his career.

Xavi was born on 25^th of January in 1980 in Terrassa. He played since he was eleven years old in Terrassa Futbol Club. The next year he joined La Masia where he fit perfectly to the club system. Few years later he was a key member of Jordi Gonzalvo's FC Barcelona B team that won promotion to the Second Division.

Xavi Hernández debut in first team was  on 18 August 1998 in the Final Super Cup under the orders of Louis Van Gaal and he became a principal playmaker. He was the vice-captain in the 2004–05 season. The next season he tore the ligaments in his left knee when  training, for this reason he was on the substitutes bench for the 2006 UEFA Final Champions League . But he has won a lot of titles since the 2008-09 seasons under the orders of Pep Guardiola.

Now Xavi is playing in F.C.Barcelona and this year he has won 3 titles with his team, the best team of the world and he has been appointed the second best player of the 2011 season. 

Opinion Essay

I think that my hometown, Artesa de Segre, is a good place to live for teenagers, but it isn’t the best. In my hometown there are a few things. 

Well, Artesa de Segre hasn’t got seaside, cinema, shows, and other events, because it is a small town in the center of Catalonia.  But Artesa de Segre has got sport facilities, good education, at the weekend we have concerts, and other activities. But the best thing of these activities is the good atmosphere that we have! As a small town, the price of things tends to be cheap. The activities that before are called are near to the town.

In conclusion, Artesa de Segre is a good place to teenagers to live. There are a lot of things for everyone to do. It Is a very good place to live!