Xavier Linde

FC Barcelona, Head of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Department

Speaker Bio

Xavier Linde Cot (Puigcerdà 1984) graduated in Physiotherapy (2005) and in Sport Sciences (2010), and has a specialization with a Master in High Performance (2010) and a Master in Physical Activity and Health (2022).


From 2006 to 2012 worked in the Olympic Training Centre in Sant Cugat del Vallés as physiotherapist and developing the return to play; from the 2012/13 to 13/14 season was working in RCD Espanyol 1st male football team, as physiotherapist and developing the return to play; from the 2014/15 season to late 2021 was working in FC Barcelona 1st male football team, as physiotherapist and developing the return to play; and since then started as coordinator and now Head of Physiotherapy and Return to Play Department in FC Barcelona.


From 2016 to 2022 was teacher in URL Blanquerna, and since 2011 rules Invisible Training, a sports physiotherapy and return to play private centre.