Xabi Alonso

2011 Soccer - Real Madrid and Tottenham Hotspur European Cup Press Conference - April 12, 2011

Alonso in 2011, photo by Prphotos.com

Birth Name: Xabier Alonso Olano

Place of Birth: Tolosa, Spain

Date of Birth: 25 November, 1981

Ethnicity: Spanish, Basque

Xabi Alonso is a Spanish professional footballer and manager. He played for Real Sociedad B, Real Sociedad, Eibar, Liverpool, Real Madrid, and Bayern Munich, and the Spain national team and the Basque Country national team. He is the head coach of Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen, and previously managed Real Sociedad B.

He is of Basque ethnicity. Xabi is the son of Isabel Olano and Periko Alonso (Miguel Ángel Alonso Oyarbide), a footballer who represented Spain as International level. His father was born in Tolosa, Basque Country, Spain. Xabi has stated, “Mi madre es la representación típica del matriarcado vasco” (my mother is the typical representation of Basque matriarchy).

Xabi is married to Nagore Aranburu, with whom he has three children.

Source: http://www.bbc.com

45 Responses

  1. alberto.r7 says:

    “CORRECTION” Even considering basque like a different ethnicity you should put Spanish Basque because Spanish it´s his nationality (like when you put Mexican Spanish or African American). Appart from that,Alonso, his first surname it´s not basque at all, so his ethniticity should be Spanish Basque and Spanish.

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