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Former Barca boss Xavi appointed Netherlands coach

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Former Barca Boss Xavi Appointed Netherlands Coach

By IANS News August 13, 2026 • 09:10 AM View: 252

FIFA World Cup: Xavi Hernandez has been appointed as the new head coach of the Netherlands men’s national football team.

Xavi became Netherlands' first foreign coach in almost 50 years. The 46-year-old Spaniard, who succeeds Ronald Koeman, has signed a contract through to the 2030 FIFA World Cup.

After becoming the Netherlands’ first overseas-born coach since Austrian Ernst Happel vacated the reins in the 1978, he will look forward to working with the likes of Virgil van Dijk, Micky van de Ven, Denzel Dumfries, Jurrien Timber, Frenkie de Jong and Ryan Gravenberch.

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