Abel Xavier

Retired
Last club: Los Angeles Retired since: Jul 1, 2008

Date of birth/Age: Nov 30, 1972 (51)
Place of birth: Nampula
Citizenship: Portugal

Height: N/A
Position: Right-Back

Former International: Portugal
Caps/Goals: 20 / 2

Last position:

Manager Club: Mozambique

National team career

#	National team		Debut			Coach at debut	Age at debut
	Portugal
14		Portugal	Mar 31, 1993	20	2	Carlos Queiroz	20 years 04 months 01 day
	Portugal U21
-		Portugal U21	Oct 12, 1991	21	1	Nelo Vingada	18 years 10 months 12 days
	Portugal U20
-		Portugal U20	Dec 18, 1990	9	-	Carlos Queiroz	18 years 18 days
	Portugal U18
-		Portugal U18	Oct 11, 1989	9	-	Carlos Queiroz	16 years 10 months 11 days
	Portugal U17
-		Portugal U17	Jun 10, 1989	6	-	Carlos Queiroz	16 years 06 months 11 days
	Portugal U16
-		Portugal U16	Oct 19, 1988	14	1	Carlos Queiroz	15 years 10 months 19 days

Stats of Abel Xavier

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Competition		wettbewerb
Total :			20	2	-	2	-	-	1.563'
	International Friendlies	8	-	-	1	-	-	636'
	World Cup qualification	5	-	-	1	-	-	450'
	European Qualifiers	4	2	-	-	-	-	250'
	EURO	2	-	-	-	-	-	210'
	World Cup	1	-	-	-	-	-	17'

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	Matchday	Date	Venue		Result	Pos.
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group 1	3/31/93	A	Switzerland	1:1			56'	90'
	Group 1	4/28/93	H	Scotland	5:0				90'
	Group 1	6/19/93	H	Malta	4:0	RB			90'
	Group 1	9/5/93	A	Estonia	0:2				90'
	Group 1	10/13/93	H	Switzerland	1:0	Not in squad
	Group 1	11/10/93	H	Estonia	3:0	Not in squad
	Group 1	11/17/93	A	Italy	1:0	With U21 national team
	International Friendlies
		1/19/94	A	Spain	2:2	Not in squad
		4/20/94	A	Norway	0:0	With U21 national team
	European Qualifiers
	Group 6	9/7/94	A	N. Ireland	1:2	Not in squad
	Group 6	10/9/94	A	Latvia	1:3	Not in squad
	Group 6	11/13/94	H	Austria	1:0	Not in squad
	Group 6	12/18/94	H	Liechtenstein	8:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		1/26/95	A	Canada	1:1	Not in squad
		1/29/95	A	Denmark	0:1	Not in squad
		2/22/95	A	Netherlands	0:1	Not in squad
	European Qualifiers
	Group 6	4/26/95	A	Ireland	1:0	Not in squad
	Group 6	6/3/95	H	Latvia	3:2	Not in squad
	Group 6	8/15/95	A	Liechtenstein	0:7	Not in squad
	Group 6	9/3/95	H	N. Ireland	1:1	Not in squad
	Group 6	10/11/95	A	Austria	1:1	Not in squad
	Group 6	11/15/95	H	Ireland	3:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		12/12/95	A	England	1:1	Not in squad
		1/24/96	A	France	3:2	Not in squad
		2/21/96	H	Germany	1:2	Not in squad
		3/27/96	H	Greece	1:0	Not in squad
		5/29/96	A	Ireland	0:1	Not in squad
	EURO 1996
	Group D	6/9/96	A	Denmark	1:1	Not in squad
	Group D	6/14/96	A	Türkiye	1:0	Not in squad
	Group D	6/19/96	A	Croatia	0:3	Not in squad
	Quarter-Finals	6/23/96	A	Czechia	1:0	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Europe
	group 9	8/31/96	A	Armenia	0:0	Not in squad
	group 9	10/5/96	A	Ukraine	2:1	Not in squad
	group 9	10/9/96	A	Albania	0:3	Not in squad
	group 9	11/9/96	H	Ukraine	1:0	Not in squad
	group 9	12/14/96	H	Germany	0:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		1/22/97	H	France	0:2	Not in squad
		2/19/97	A	Greece	0:0	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Europe
	group 9	3/29/97	A	N. Ireland	0:0	Not in squad
	group 9	6/7/97	H	Albania	2:0	Not in squad
	group 9	8/20/97	H	Armenia	3:1	Not in squad
	group 9	9/6/97	A	Germany	1:1	on the bench
	group 9	10/11/97	H	N. Ireland	1:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		4/22/98	A	England	3:0	RB			90'
		8/19/98	H	Mozambique	2:1	LB			90'
	European Qualifiers
	Group 7	9/6/98	A	Hungary	1:3	on the bench
	Group 7	10/10/98	H	Romania	0:1	RB			84'
	Group 7	10/14/98	A	Slovakia	0:3	RB	1		90'
	International Friendlies
		11/18/98	H	Israel	2:0	RB			90'
		2/10/99	A	Netherlands	0:0	Knee injury
	European Qualifiers
	Group 7	3/26/99	H	Azerbaijan	7:0	Knee injury
	Group 7	3/31/99	A	Liechtenstein	0:5	Knee injury
	Group 7	6/5/99	H	Slovakia	1:0	RB			32'
	Group 7	6/9/99	H	Liechtenstein	8:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		8/18/99	H	Andorra	4:0	Not in squad
	European Qualifiers
	Group 7	9/4/99	A	Azerbaijan	1:1	Not in squad
	Group 7	9/8/99	A	Romania	1:1	Not in squad
	Group 7	10/9/99	H	Hungary	3:0	RB	1		45'
	International Friendlies
		2/23/00	A	Belgium	1:1	Not in squad
		3/29/00	A	Denmark	2:1	RB		81'	90'
		4/26/00	A	Italy	2:0	RB			90'
		6/2/00	H	Wales	3:0	Not in squad
	EURO 2000
	Group A	6/12/00	A	England	3:2	RB			90'
	Group A	6/17/00	A	Romania	0:1	on the bench
	Group A	6/20/00	A	Germany	3:0	Not in squad
	Quarter-Finals	6/24/00	A	Türkiye	0:2	on the bench
	Semi-Finals	6/28/00	A	France	2:1 AET	RB			120'
	International Friendlies
		8/16/00	H	Lithuania	5:1	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group 2	9/3/00	A	Estonia	1:3	Not in squad
	Group 2	10/7/00	H	Ireland	1:1	Not in squad
	Group 2	10/11/00	A	Netherlands	0:2	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		11/15/00	H	Israel	2:1	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group 2	2/28/01	H	Andorra	3:0	RB			90'
	Group 2	3/28/01	H	Netherlands	2:2	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		4/25/01	A	France	4:0	CM			51'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group 2	6/2/01	A	Ireland	1:1	Not in squad
	Group 2	6/6/01	H	Cyprus	6:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		8/15/01	H	Moldova	3:0	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group 2	9/1/01	A	Andorra	1:7	Not in squad
	Group 2	9/5/01	A	Cyprus	1:3	Not in squad
	Group 2	10/6/01	H	Estonia	5:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		11/14/01	H	Angola	5:1	Not in squad
		2/13/02	A	Spain	1:1	Not in squad
		3/27/02	H	Finland	1:4	Not in squad
		4/17/02	H	Brazil	1:1	RB			90'
		5/25/02	A	China	0:2	RB			45'
	World Cup 2002
	Group D	6/5/02	A	USA	3:2	on the bench
	Group D	6/10/02	A	Poland	4:0	on the bench
	Group D	6/14/02	A	South Korea	0:1				17'
Squad: 26, Starting eleven: 18, Substituted in: 2, On the bench: 6, Suspended: 0, Injured: 3,