Xavier Barrau

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Xavier Barrau
Personal information
Full name Xavier Barrau [1]
Date of birth (1982-09-26) 26 September 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Lyon, France
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Lyon
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1999–2000 Louhans-Cuiseaux 0 (0)
2000–2002 Walsall 0 (0)
2002–2003 Viry-Châtillon
2003–2004 La Roche
2004–2006 Meyrin 48 (4)
2006 Airdrie United 13 (2)
2007 Gretna 1 (1)
2007 Bradford City 3 (2)
2007 Darlington 1 (0)
2008 Hamilton Academical 4 (0)
2008–2012 ES Fréjus 47 (4)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:08, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Xavier 'Xavi' Barrau (born 26 September 1982) is a French former professional footballer.

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Career

He formerly played for Louhans-Cuiseaux, Viry-Châtillon and La Roche in France, Bradford City, [2] Darlington [3] and Walsall in England, Meyrin in Switzerland and Airdrie United [4] and Gretna in Scotland.

At Bradford City, he made two substitute appearances, before making his first start in the final game of the season, scoring twice. [5]

Barrau signed for Hamilton Academcial (another club in Scotland) on 1 January 2008 on a six-month contract. [6] However, he was released in April 2008 to return to France. [7] He left Hamilton after his then-wife complained of feeling homesick. [2]

At the beginning of the 2008–09 season, Barrau signed for French club ES Fréjus who play in CFA Group B.

As of January 2015, Barrau was running a chauffeuring business in the south of France. [2]

References

  1. ↑ "Xavier Barrau". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "Xavi-t! One-hit wonder Barrau will never forget his Valley Parade date with Millwall". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. 13 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Darlington sign Barrau". BBC Sport. 29 August 2007. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Barrau wins contract with Airdrie". BBC Sport. 26 September 2006. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "He scored twice but never played again: More Bradford City players you may have forgotten". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. 8 July 2020.
  6. ↑ "Accies sign trio in promotion bid". BBC Sport. 2 January 2008. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  7. ↑ "Xavier Barrau Released". Hamilton Accies FC. 9 April 2008. Archived from the original on 28 March 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2008.


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