Xabi Alonso
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
Information on Alonso’s wrong. · “Alonso” is a Spanish surname, not a Basque surname. His ethnicity is therefore Spanish and Basque. Rectify this please
but he is from Basque Country
The Basque Country is a region of Spain therefore Alonso is also Spanish . Alonso is Spanish by ethnicity and nationality.
No, spanish by nationality but basque by ethnicity.
His ethnicity should be Spanish Basque and Spanish.
Spanish is his nationality so he isn´t Mexican Basque or French Basque, and besides he is Spanish in the sense that his first surname is Alonso, which is an Spanish surname.
He looks German, Swiss, Austrian, not Mediterranean. He must have Germanic ancestors.
do you really think all Southern Europeans must look Mediterranean?
No but some Southern Europeans have Celtic/German roots and looks partially Nordic (a mix between Mediterranean and Nordic types), like Thierry Amiel, a Southern French singer :
http://mfmradio.fr/media/people/240x360_thierry-amiel-dans-la-peau-dadam.jpg
wow..what a big deal
Haha “he looks German “.
You should see my family.I am like 85% Mediterranean and I’m pale with green eyes and light hair.
U fit in in northern europe
You should get out more
And stop thinking everyone has to look like Antonio banderez to be Spanish!!! There are more looks than that.
I meant i and my family fits in in northern Europe. Please stop the stereotypes
He’s kinda cute. Has that Spanish look, with dark features (eyes).
Can still pass a full English or Irish though.
he’s a ginger with brown eyes
his hair is dark, his beard is ginger and his hair has a slight tinge, his eyes are not brown. There are actual gingers with actual brown eyes, he is not one of them
He’s probably considered a “ginger” by Spain’s standards.
However a true ginger is someone like Seth Green.
http://theculturednerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Seth-Green_celebhairdo.jpg
“Spain’s standards”??? -__- He’s not a ginger at all, he looks fully basque.
Check this spanish youtuber. He’s annoying as f…, but that’s how an average spanish redhead looks like:
https://youtu.be/27uxqBLrtUE
well, he’s not a “pure” ginger. He has brown-auburn hair
http://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/67/590x/alonso_EPA-452922.jpg
A Spanish ginger is Maria Castro
correction: his eyes are green, not brown (hazel)
http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/gettyimages.com/xavi-alonso-presents-emidio-tucci-20130416-054629-510.jpg
http://halarealmadrid0704.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/dt-168-noviembre-2010_066.jpg
They’re like a very light green, can possibly be mistaken for hazel.
agreed, but they’re not brown