Spanish Legend Andres Iniesta announced his official retirement from the football at the age of 40. He retired on October 8 to give respect to his Jersey number 8 at the club level.
The Legend won 38 trophies in his career span and scored 93 goals and 161 assists from 885 Professional matches.
Career Summary of Andres Iniesta
Andres Iniesta’s football Career Started at Albacete’s youth academy before joining Barcelona’s La Masia at 12 And promoted to Barcelona B in 2002.
Iniesta made his senior debut for Barcelona on October 29, 2002, against Club Brugge in the Champions League. The 2005-06 season saw Iniesta win his first Champions League title, as Barcelona defeated Arsenal 2-1 in the final.
Then Iniesta was a part of Barcelona 2010, which is arguably the greatest team of all time.
He is also the starter for the Spanish national team which won 1 world cup and two consecutive Euro Cups.
he man of the match in the finals of the World Cup, European Championship, and Champions League .
also won 29 trophies for FC Barcelona which include 9 La Liga and 4 Champions League.
Iniesta was chosen as the FIFA FIFPro World XI nine times and was selected as the UEFA Team of the Year player on six occasions.
The UEFA Best Player in Europe award in 2012 was won by him and he was named the IFFHS World’s Best Playmaker in 2012 and 2013.
Iniesta also holds the record for winning the most trophies as a Spanish player with thirty-nine trophies, which is the 3rd most titles won by a player in football history.
In 2018, after 16 years at Camp Nou, Iniesta left Barcelona and joined Vissel Kobe in Japan and won three trophies for them.
After 6 years Iniesta, all of a sudden announce retirement on Oct 8 2024 to give respect to his Jersey Number 8 at the club level.
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