| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Xavier Companys Aguado | ||
| Date of birth | June 5, 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Badalona, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Badalona | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1988–1990 | Sabadell | 50 | (1) |
| 1990–2003 | Zaragoza | 383 | (22) |
| 1988–2003 | Total | 433 | (23) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Xavier 'Xavi' Companys Aguado (born 5 June 1968 in Badalona, Barcelona, Catalonia) is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a central defender.
He spent 13 years with Real Zaragoza - 12 in La Liga - appearing in nearly 500 official games and winning three major titles.
After two seasons at local CE Sabadell FC (by then in the second division), Aguado joined Real Zaragoza in La Liga for 1990–91, quickly establishing as first-choice, displaying aerial ability and team leadership alike (he would be early on named club captain).
He was part of the Zaragoza team that beat Arsenal in the 1994–95 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final. From 1997–99, Aguado netted an impressive nine league goals combined, including a brace in a 2–2 home draw with SD Compostela. However, during his 13-year career at the Aragonese, he also amassed a poor disciplinary record, collecting, in the league alone, 109 yellow cards and being sent off 18 times, the latter being an all-time worst in the competition.
After Zaragoza's top flight relegation in 2001–02, Aguado retired from professional football (he was still with the squad during the following season, but made no appearances whatsoever) after 473 official games with the same team.