Emblematic player of Barça and La Roja, Andrés Iniesta announces his retirement at 40

Emblematic player of the great Barça of Pep Guardiola, who scored the hat-trick in 2011, shared incarnation of “pick up” Spanish alongside Xavi, his lifelong friend, Iniesta was also one of the leaders of the domination of La Roja at the start of the 2010 decade. Double European champion in 2008 and 2012, he is the only scorer of the final of the 2010 World Cup, won 1-0 by Spain against the Netherlands. Voted man of the match that day, he took second place in the Ballon d’Or won by his club teammate, Lionel Messi, the same year.