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Islamabad, Oct 10: Former Spain and Barcelona great Iniesta retires at 40
According to Andres Iniesta, 40, he played for the Span and Barcelona teams when the two teams enjoyed their maximum success in the late 2000s and early 2.
“They are tears of that boy from a small town like Fuentealbilla, of the dream of becoming a footballer, and we made it as a team after a lot of struggles, a lot of sacrifice of never letting go, great values in my life.”
It feels very positive that this path was chosen, and all the people who followed me.
” The technical Iniesta was part of 131 internationals for Spain, with the only goal in the 2010 world cup final against Netherlands to claim the world champions Trophy for the first time.
Iniesta removed his t-shirt to display a message written on his vest in support of their departed friend, Dani Jarque, the Espanyol commander and a close friend of Iniesta, who died from a heart attack at the age of 26 in August 2009.
He also contributed to the Spain team to emerge as the winners of the 2008 European Championship that ended a 44-year dryspell for Spanish football and he was awarded the trophy of the best player in the 2012 edition of European Championship Iniesta retires at 40.
Well, actually, Iniesta was born in Fuentealbilla, a village that is just 45 minutes away from Madrid, Spain by car Iniesta joined the Barcelona club’s youth system known as La Masia at 12 and played 674 games for the Spanish club and was the captain of the team for three seasons.
Just a year before scoring the winning goal for Spain in the World Cup final, Iniesta was doing the same in a Champions League semi-final against Chelsea.
He took a stunning free kick in extra time to pave way for Barca ‘s victory into the final and as a team, they were crowned with champions league title, which was Pep Guardiola’s first European cup as a coach.
