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 Simons playing for PSV in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Xavi Quentin Shay Simons[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 21 April 2003[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | RB Leipzig | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2010 | CD Thader | ||
| 2010–2019 | Barcelona | ||
| 2019–2022 | Paris Saint-Germain | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2021–2022 | Paris Saint-Germain | 7 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | PSV | 34 | (19) |
| 2023–2025 | Paris Saint-Germain | 0 | (0) |
| 2023–2025 | → RB Leipzig (loan) | 43 | (12) |
| 2025– | RB Leipzig | 1 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018 | Netherlands U15 | 5 | (1) |
| 2019 | Netherlands U16 | 3 | (0) |
| 2019 | Netherlands U17 | 6 | (3) |
| 2021 | Netherlands U19 | 6 | (3) |
| 2022 | Netherlands U21 | 2 | (0) |
| 2022– | Netherlands | 24 | (3) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:21, 1 February 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:00, 14 October 2024 (UTC) | |||
Xavi Quentin Shay Simons (Dutch: [ˈtɕaːʋi ˈsimɔns];[3] born 21 April 2003) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or winger for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig and the Netherlands national team.
Originally a product of Barcelona's La Masia, Simons signed for Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) in July 2019, where he would initially join the under-19s before making his professional debut in 2021. With PSG, he won a Ligue 1 and Coupe de France title. In 2022, Simons returned to his native Netherlands with PSV, winning the KNVB Cup, Johan Cruyff Shield, and Eredivisie top scorer award in his only season at the club. In 2023, he rejoined PSG before being immediately loaned out to RB Leipzig in Germany for two seasons, signing permanently for the club in 2025.
Initially playing for the Netherlands at youth level, Simons received his first call-up to the national team for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, and made his debut at the tournament.
- ^ a b "FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ – Squad List: Netherlands (NED)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 November 2022. p. 20. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ UEFA.com. "Xavi Simons | Netherlands | UEFA Nations League". UEFA.com. Archived from the original on 16 July 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
- ^ "XAVI SIMONS: Mijn moeder wordt BOOS als ze mijn naam verpesten". Voetbal International. 21 March 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2024.