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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Total :			20	2	-	-	2	4	2	-	-	-	782'	1.563'
	International Friendlies	8	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	636'
	World Cup qualification	5	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	450'
	European Qualifiers	4	2	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	125'	250'
	EURO	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	210'
	World Cup	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	17'

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	Matchday	Venue	Date			Result	Pos.
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group 1		Mar 31, 1993	Switzerland	Portugal	1:1			56'			90'
	Group 1	Lissabon	Apr 28, 1993	Portugal	Scotland	5:0						90'
	Group 1	Porto	Jun 19, 1993	Portugal	Malta	4:0	RB					90'
	Group 1	Tallinn	Sep 5, 1993	Estonia	Portugal	0:2						90'
	Group 1	Porto	Oct 13, 1993	Portugal	Switzerland	1:0	Not in squad
	Group 1	Lissabon	Nov 10, 1993	Portugal	Estonia	3:0	Not in squad
	Group 1	Milano	Nov 17, 1993	Italy	Portugal	1:0	With U21 national team
	International Friendlies
		Vigo	Jan 19, 1994	Spain	Portugal	2:2	Not in squad
		Oslo	Apr 20, 1994	Norway	Portugal	0:0	With U21 national team
	European Qualifiers
	Group 6	Belfast	Sep 7, 1994	N. Ireland	Portugal	1:2	Not in squad
	Group 6	Riga	Oct 9, 1994	Latvia	Portugal	1:3	Not in squad
	Group 6	Lissabon	Nov 13, 1994	Portugal	Austria	1:0	Not in squad
	Group 6	Lissabon	Dec 18, 1994	Portugal	Liechtenstein	8:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Toronto	Jan 26, 1995	Canada	Portugal	1:1	Not in squad
		Toronto	Jan 29, 1995	Denmark	Portugal	0:1	Not in squad
		Eindhoven	Feb 22, 1995	Netherlands	Portugal	0:1	Not in squad
	European Qualifiers
	Group 6	Dublin	Apr 26, 1995	Ireland	Portugal	1:0	Not in squad
	Group 6	Porto	Jun 3, 1995	Portugal	Latvia	3:2	Not in squad
	Group 6	Eschen	Aug 15, 1995	Liechtenstein	Portugal	0:7	Not in squad
	Group 6	Porto	Sep 3, 1995	Portugal	N. Ireland	1:1	Not in squad
	Group 6	Wien	Oct 11, 1995	Austria	Portugal	1:1	Not in squad
	Group 6	Lissabon	Nov 15, 1995	Portugal	Ireland	3:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		London	Dec 12, 1995	England	Portugal	1:1	Not in squad
		Paris	Jan 24, 1996	France	Portugal	3:2	Not in squad
		Porto	Feb 21, 1996	Portugal	Germany	1:2	Not in squad
		Lissabon	Mar 27, 1996	Portugal	Greece	1:0	Not in squad
		Dublin	May 29, 1996	Ireland	Portugal	0:1	Not in squad
	EURO 1996
	Group D	Sheffield	Jun 9, 1996	Denmark	Portugal	1:1	Not in squad
	Group D	Nottingham	Jun 14, 1996	Portugal	Türkiye	1:0	Not in squad
	Group D	Nottingham	Jun 19, 1996	Croatia	Portugal	0:3	Not in squad
	Quarter-Finals	Birmingham	Jun 23, 1996	Czechia	Portugal	1:0	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Europe
	group 9	Yerevan	Aug 31, 1996	Armenia	Portugal	0:0	Not in squad
	group 9	Kiew	Oct 5, 1996	Ukraine	Portugal	2:1	Not in squad
	group 9	Tirana	Oct 9, 1996	Albania	Portugal	0:3	Not in squad
	group 9	Porto	Nov 9, 1996	Portugal	Ukraine	1:0	Not in squad
	group 9	Lissabon	Dec 14, 1996	Portugal	Germany	0:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
			Jan 22, 1997	Portugal	France	0:2	Not in squad
		Athen	Feb 19, 1997	Greece	Portugal	0:0	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Europe
	group 9	Belfast	Mar 29, 1997	N. Ireland	Portugal	0:0	Not in squad
	group 9	Porto	Jun 7, 1997	Portugal	Albania	2:0	Not in squad
	group 9	Setúbal	Aug 20, 1997	Portugal	Armenia	3:1	Not in squad
	group 9	Berlin	Sep 6, 1997	Germany	Portugal	1:1	on the bench
	group 9	Lissabon	Oct 11, 1997	Portugal	N. Ireland	1:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		London	Apr 22, 1998	England	Portugal	3:0	RB					90'
		Ponta Delgada	Aug 19, 1998	Portugal	Mozambique	2:1	LB					90'
	European Qualifiers
	Group 7	Budapest	Sep 6, 1998	Hungary	Portugal	1:3	on the bench
	Group 7	Porto	Oct 10, 1998	Portugal	Romania	0:1	RB				84'	84'
	Group 7	Bratislava	Oct 14, 1998	Slovakia	Portugal	0:3	RB	1				90'
	International Friendlies
		Setúbal	Nov 18, 1998	Portugal	Israel	2:0	RB					90'
		Paris	Feb 10, 1999	Portugal	Netherlands	0:0	Knee injury
	European Qualifiers
	Group 7	Guimarães	Mar 26, 1999	Portugal	Azerbaijan	7:0	Knee injury
	Group 7	Vaduz	Mar 31, 1999	Liechtenstein	Portugal	0:5	Knee injury
	Group 7	Lissabon	Jun 5, 1999	Portugal	Slovakia	1:0	RB				32'	32'
	Group 7	Coimbra	Jun 9, 1999	Portugal	Liechtenstein	8:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Oeiras	Aug 18, 1999	Portugal	Andorra	4:0	Not in squad
	European Qualifiers
	Group 7	Baku	Sep 4, 1999	Azerbaijan	Portugal	1:1	Not in squad
	Group 7	Bucuresti	Sep 8, 1999	Romania	Portugal	1:1	Not in squad
	Group 7	Lissabon	Oct 9, 1999	Portugal	Hungary	3:0	RB	1		46'		45'
	International Friendlies
		Charleroi	Feb 23, 2000	Belgium	Portugal	1:1	Not in squad
		Leiria	Mar 29, 2000	Portugal	Denmark	2:1	RB		81'			90'
		Reggio Calabria	Apr 26, 2000	Italy	Portugal	2:0	RB					90'
		Chaves	Jun 2, 2000	Portugal	Wales	3:0	Not in squad
	EURO 2000
	Group A	Eindhoven	Jun 12, 2000	Portugal	England	3:2	RB					90'
	Group A	Arnhem	Jun 17, 2000	Romania	Portugal	0:1	on the bench
	Group A	Rotterdam	Jun 20, 2000	Portugal	Germany	3:0	Not in squad
	Quarter-Finals	Amsterdam Zuid-Oost	Jun 24, 2000	Türkiye	Portugal	0:2	on the bench
	Semi-Finals	Brüssel	Jun 28, 2000	France	Portugal	2:1 AET	RB					120'
	International Friendlies
		Viseu	Aug 16, 2000	Portugal	Lithuania	5:1	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group 2	Tallinn	Sep 3, 2000	Estonia	Portugal	1:3	Not in squad
	Group 2	Lissabon	Oct 7, 2000	Portugal	Ireland	1:1	Not in squad
	Group 2	Rotterdam	Oct 11, 2000	Netherlands	Portugal	0:2	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
			Nov 15, 2000	Portugal	Israel	2:1	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group 2	Machico	Feb 28, 2001	Portugal	Andorra	3:0	RB					90'
	Group 2	Porto	Mar 28, 2001	Portugal	Netherlands	2:2	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Saint Denis	Apr 25, 2001	France	Portugal	4:0	CM				51'	51'
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group 2	Dublin	Jun 2, 2001	Ireland	Portugal	1:1	Not in squad
	Group 2	Lissabon	Jun 6, 2001	Portugal	Cyprus	6:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Faro	Aug 15, 2001	Portugal	Moldova	3:0	Not in squad
	World Cup qualification Europe
	Group 2	Lleida	Sep 1, 2001	Andorra	Portugal	1:7	Not in squad
	Group 2	Nicosia	Sep 5, 2001	Cyprus	Portugal	1:3	Not in squad
	Group 2	Lissabon	Oct 6, 2001	Portugal	Estonia	5:0	Not in squad
	International Friendlies
		Lissabon	Nov 14, 2001	Portugal	Angola	5:1	Not in squad
		Barcelona	Feb 13, 2002	Spain	Portugal	1:1	Not in squad
		Porto	Mar 27, 2002	Portugal	Finland	1:4	Not in squad
		Lissabon	Apr 17, 2002	Portugal	Brazil	1:1	RB					90'
		Taipa	May 25, 2002	China	Portugal	0:2	RB				46'	45'
	World Cup 2002
	Group D	Suwon	Jun 5, 2002	USA	Portugal	3:2	on the bench
	Group D	Jeonju	Jun 10, 2002	Portugal	Poland	4:0	on the bench
	Group D	Incheon	Jun 14, 2002	Portugal	South Korea	0:1				73'		17'
Squad: 26, Starting eleven: 18, Substituted in: 2, On the bench: 6, Suspended: 0, Injured: 3,