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ANDRÉS INIESTA LUJÁN

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ANDRÉS INIESTA LUJÁN
Association Member
Date of birth
11/05/1984
Original of
Fuentealbilla (Albacete, Castella-La Manxa)
Seasons at the first team
2002 - 2018
Line up
Midfielder
Titles
9 League
7 Spanish Super Cup
6 Copa del Rey
5 Catalonia Cup
4 European Cup
3 European Super Cup
3 World Club Championship
2 Catalan Super Cup
759 matches
played
66 Goals
Andrés Iniesta is one of the best players that has grown in La Masia. Considered by many to be the best midfielder in the world. A native of Fuentealbilla, Albacete, he arrived at La Masia in 1996 after the Spaniard was one of the best players in the Brunete tournament (an historic U10 Spanish tournament). In the Masia one of his best friends was another legend of the club: Víctor Valdés. He stood out in each of Barça's youth teams until reaching the first team in the 2002-2003 season with Louis Van Gaal. But it was in the 2004-2005 season, with Frank Rijkaard, that Iniesta officially became part of the first team. From that moment until his departure in 2018, Andrés Iniesta's career grew as did the titles of the club's. His performances in matches such as the semifinals of the 2009 Champions League against Chelsea, where his goal gave Barça access to the 2009 Rome final, or his match in the 2018 Copa del Rey final against Sevilla are some of the great performances of his career. Not to mention the goal he scored in 2010 in the final of the World Cup in South Africa, thus giving the title of world champion to the Spanish team. Andrés Iniesta together with Xavi Hernández and Leo Messi revolutionized football from the mid-2000s until the end of the 2010s, consolidating themselves as the best in the world in 2010 where all three were part of the Ballon d’Or podium. In 2012 he won the UEFA Player of the Year award.

Player of the Catalan national team

Player of the Spanish national team

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18SEASONS 680Oficial matches 46474Minutes played 57Goals 60Yellow cards 0Red cards 79Unofficial matches 9Unofficial goals
2000-01 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2001-02 1 41 0 0 0 0 0
2002-03 9 582 0 1 0 2 0
2003-04 19 878 2 0 0 7 1
2004-05 48 2161 2 2 0 12 4
2005-06 49 2547 1 4 0 8 2
2006-07 56 3947 9 4 0 7 0
2007-08 49 3990 4 6 0 7 2
2008-09 44 3360 5 5 0 4 0
2009-10 42 2842 1 3 0 0 0
2010-11 50 4141 9 4 0 1 0
2011-12 46 3182 8 6 0 7 0
2012-13 48 3509 6 5 0 3 0
2013-14 52 3685 3 2 0 3 0
2014-15 42 2918 3 3 0 4 0
2015-16 44 3508 1 7 0 5 0
2016-17 37 2293 1 6 0 3 0
2017-18 44 2890 2 2 0 5 0

CAREER INIESTA At FC Barcelona

MAJOR INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENTS

  • World cup 2006, 2010 (champion), 2014
  • European Football Championship 2008 (champion), 2012 (champion)
  • Confederations Cup 2013 (runner-up)
  • U20 World cup 2003 (runner-up)
  • U19 European Football Championship 2002 (champion)
  • U17 European Football Championship 2001 (champion)

CAREER

  • Albacete Lower categgoldies, FC Barcelona U14 (1996-1998)
  • FC Barcelona U16 (1998-2000)
  • FC Barcelona U19 (2000-2001)
  • FC Barcelona B (2001-2003)
  • FC Barcelona (2003-2018)
  • Vissel Kobe (2018-2023)
  • Emirates Club (2023-...)

Titles and individual awards

FIFA Silver Boot 2010 and Bronze 2012; UEFA Best Player of Europe 2012; European Football Championship Best Player 2012; Golden Foot (Best player award for over 29 years) 2014; Best team Mundial 2010; Best team Confederations Cup 2013; Best team European Football Championship 2008, 2012; FIFA/FIFPro's Team of the Year 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014; UEFA's Team of the Year 2010, 2011, 2012; UEFA Team of the Decade of the 2000; La Liga's Best Spanish Player (Don Balón) 2008-09; La Liga's Best Midfielder (LFP) 2008-09, 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14; Second in Di Stéfano Trophy-La Liga's Best Player 2008-09 and third 2011-12, 2012-13; Marca Leyenda Trophy 2011; Golden medal of Sports Merit (shared with all the Spanish team) 2011; Príncipe de Astúrias del Deporte prize 2010 (shared with all the Spanish team); Best Spanish Sportsman of the Year (Mundo Deportivo) 2009, 2012; 2011 FCB Players Award

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