INIESTA ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT ON HIS SOCIAL MEDIA
Andrés Iniesta makes his retirement from professional football official
Published:7/10/2024 - 21:03h
Updated:7/10/2024 - 21:03h
Andrés Iniesta officially said goodbye to football with an emotional video published on his social networks, accompanied by several important figures in his career
Andrés Iniesta has officially said goodbye to football. The player from Fuentealbilla announced his retirement as a professional player on Monday afternoon via a video on his social networks. In the audiovisual material entitled 'The Game Continues', the now ex-midfielder hints that he will continue to be linked to sport, and according to 'Mundo Deportivo' he will do so as a coach, starting with grassroots football to gradually train himself in the subject.
El Juego Continúa ❤️⚽️ 8️⃣🔟2️⃣4️⃣ pic.twitter.com/YLrDOfxVCB
— Andrés Iniesta (@andresiniesta8) October 7, 2024
The emotional video published by one of the best players in the history of Barça and Spain showed a visibly emotional Andrés, to later reproduce images of his entire sporting career, since he was a child, with words from some very important people in his football career such as Luis Enrique, Louis van Gaal, Pep Guardiola, Vicente del Bosque, Serra Ferrer and Carlos Naval.
A Barça legend
Iniesta retires from football as a legend of Barça and La Roja. His list of achievements includes 38 titles: 9 Leagues, 6 Copa del Rey, 4 Champions Leagues, 3 Club World Cups, 3 European Super Cups and 7 Spanish Super Cups, as a Barça player. With the Spanish national team he won 2 Euro Cups and a World Cup, scoring in the final. In Japan, with Vissel Kobe, he won a cup, a league and a super cup. In addition to winning the award for best UEFA player in 2012.
