Individual honours

• La Liga Breakthrough Player of the Year: 2005
• ESM Team of the year: 2007–08, 2011–12
• FIFA/FIFPro World XI: 2008, 2011
• UEFA Team of the Year: 2008
• 2010 FIFA World Cup: Castrol Index Winner[20]
• FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 2010
• UEFA EURO 2012: Castrol EDGE Index Winner[21]
• UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament: 2012