 Rambai muchinyora ndima ino - Xavier akasarudzwa kuUEFA Euro 2000 uye akava mumwe wevanhu vakakosha mumakwikwi, kwete chete nekuda kwekutamba imwe yenhabvu yake yakanakisisa asiwo nekuda kwebvudzi rakanyatsosvibiswa-blonde rine ndebvu dzinoenderana. Mumutambo we semi-final neFrance, akabva pakuva gamba, sezvo muchengeti wepagedhi weFrance Fabien Barthez akavharira zvaiita kunge chinangwa chechokwadi, kuva munhu akaipa, paakadzora kurova kwaSylvain Wiltord padhuze nembiru mumasekondi ekufa echinangwa chegoridhe nguva yekuwedzera neruoko rwake. Zinedine Zidane akarova penalti ndokuisa France mumutambo wokupedzisira. Xavier pakutanga akapiwa kurambidzwa kwemwedzi mipfumbamwe kubva munhabvu nekuda kwekuratidzira kwake kwakanyanya kupokana nesarudzo yemutongi Günter Benkö yekupa chirango, asi pakupedzisira chakaderedzwa kusvika kumwedzi mitanhatu. Mumutambo weWorld Cup wa2002, aive chikamu chechikwata asi akatamba chete semutambi mukutamba kwekupedzisira kweboka rekurwisa South Korea mumutambo wake wekupedzisira wemakumi maviri ekuonekwa kwenyika. 