andres iniesta started playing for barcelona in 2006.
andres iniesta started playing for barcelona in 2006.
when did andres iniesta start playing for barcelona?
2006
iniesta came through "la masia", the barcelona youth academy, after an early migration from his birthplace, and impressed from an early age. he made his first-team debut aged 18 in 2002. he began playing regularly during the 2004–05 season and remained in the team until 2018. iniesta was an integral part of the barcelona sides that won two historic trebles in 2009 and 2015, and his 35 trophies, which includes nine la ligas and four uefa champions league titles, make him the most decorated spanish footballer of all time.
andrés iniesta
iniesta comes from fuentealbilla, a small village in the province of albacete, castile–la mancha, spain. at the age of 12, while playing for albacete balompié in a junior seven-a-side tournament in albacete, he attracted the attention of scouts from clubs around spain. his parents knew barcelona's youth team coach, enrique orizaola, and he persuaded them to consider sending iniesta to the barcelona youth academy. iniesta traveled there with his parents and visited "la masia", the farmhouse where the club houses its young players; the trip convinced them to enroll iniesta in the barcelona youth ranks.
andrés iniesta