{"id":812118,"date":"2026-08-13T09:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T09:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/812118\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T09:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T09:42:10","slug":"xavi-named-netherlands-head-coach-through-2030-shafaq-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/812118\/","title":{"rendered":"Xavi named Netherlands head coach through 2030 &#8211; Shafaq News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n                            2026-08-13T07:02:20+00:00<\/p>\n<p>                                    font<\/p>\n<p>                                            Enable Reading Mode<\/p>\n<p>\n                                        A-<br \/>\n                                        A<br \/>\n                                        A+\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>Shafaq News- Amsterdam<\/p>\n<p>Spain great Xavi Hernandez has been appointed Netherlands head coach on a contract through the 2030 World Cup, giving the former Barcelona coach the task of rebuilding the Dutch team after its early exit from the 2026 tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The Dutch Football Association announced the appointment on Wednesday, with Xavi, 46, replacing Ronald Koeman.<\/p>\n<p>Koeman&#8217;s tenure ended after the Netherlands were knocked out of the 2026 World Cup in the round of 32, losing 3-2 to Morocco on penalties after a 1-1 draw.<\/p>\n<p>Xavi returns to coaching after leaving Barcelona, where he was in charge from 2021 to 2024. He previously enjoyed a distinguished playing career with Spain, winning Euro 2008 and 2012, as well as the 2010 World Cup, as part of a dominant era for the national team in international soccer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026-08-13T07:02:20+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News- Amsterdam Spain great Xavi Hernandez has been appointed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":812119,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[82242,4,450,11986,451,3,452,453,344644,344643],"class_list":["post-812118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-appointment","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-coach","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories","tag-xavi-hernandez","tag-xavi-named-netherlands-head-coach-through-2030"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=812118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/812119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=812118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=812118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=812118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}