Andrés Iniesta Biography In English | Spanish Professional Footballer.

 

Andres Iniesta he is a Spanish footballer he was born on May 11th, 1984in Fuente Leela Spain his father's name is Jose Antonio Iniesta and mothers name is Maria liuyan his father was a well-known businessman 

in Elba seat at the age of 10 his father enrolled him at the Elvis 8 youth academy two years later he caught the attention of big Spanish clubs for the first time his father's connections with 

the management of FC Barcelona had Andresbeing sent for a trial Andres was a shy child and moving to Barcelona was not aneasy process for him he wanted to leavebut his father convinced him he 

soon started practicing and turned into the best player in the Academy and became the captain of their under-15 squad[Music]under his captaincy he led his team to win the night premier Cup in 1999 

where he was also named the player of thetournament in 2001 he helped his teamwin the UEFA European under-16championship he also helped his national team win the European under-

19championship in 2003 he was a key part of the team that reached the finals of the fifth World Youth Championship but was knocked out in the finals he wasincluded in the FIFA all-star team at the end of 

the tournament eventually joining the main squad at BarcelonaAndres made as a debut in 2004 he captained his team in the preseason of2006 to 2007 and helped his team win the Joan Gamper trophy 

surprisingly he was called upon to leave the Spanish squad in the 2006 World Cup in 2008 he signedanother contract with Barcelona whichmeant he would be with the team till2014 he was included 

in the team of the tournament in the UEFA Euro 2008in the semi-finals of the 2009 ChampionsLeague against Chelsea he scored a goal in the final minute to drag the game to draw the team reached the final 

and beat Manchester United to lift thetrophy Andres was later rated as theleague's most consistent players and attained the fifth spot on the 2009 FIFAPlayer of the Year list in the 2010 to2011 season he was the 

runner-up in the race for the Ballon d'Or award and achieved 3rd place in 2012 he became one of the leading contenders for theGolden Ball award at the 2010 FIFA WorldCup his team was to face the 

The Netherlands in the final matchAndres scored the winning goal in the116th minute and Spain won its first-ever World Cup he was named the man of the match for his brilliant performance from 2011 to 2012 

season he scored in crucial matches to help Barcelona win the Supercopa de españa title in the 2011 la Liga he led barcelona is the club went on a record undefeatedstreak of 51 matches in the 2012Champions 

League he scored in the quarterfinals and the semi-finals buthis the team knocked out he was also chosen as you if a 2012 player of his season in 2013 he signed another contract with Barcelona for five years 

and was made the captain in the following year at the2013 FIFA Confederations Cup he was included in the team of the tournament and was awarded a silver ball award given to the second-best player in 

eesta started all three matches for Spain at 2014 World Cup-winning his 100thcap in the team's final group match against Australia in the finals of the2015 UEFA Champions League, he scored the winning 

goal and was named the man of the match during the 1st clásico of the2015 to 2016 season on 21 NovemberIniesta became only the third Barcelonaplayer to receive the plaus from RealMadrid fans at 

the Santiago bernabéu[Music]foreverBarcelona signed a contract with Andresthat stated they would retain him forthe remainder of his career despitesigning a lifetime contract on 27 April2018 Iniesta 

announced he would be leaving Barcelona by the end of the season Andres Iniesta started dating AnaOrtiz in 2008the couple finally got married fouryears later in 2012 the couple has three children some people like yousome people don't in In the end you just have to be yourself Andreas Iniesta.