Andres Iniesta is a soccer player for FC Barcelona. He was born on May 11, 1984 in Fuentealbilla, Spain. Iniesta started playing for Barcelona at the age of 12 and was promoted to Barcelona B in 2000. He played his first Champions League game for Barcelona in 2002.http://www.fcbarcelona.com/web/english/futbol/temporada_08-09/plantilla/jugadors/iniesta.html Iniesta made his international debut in 2006 against Russia and is in his eighth season with FC Barcelona.http://www.footballdatabase.com/index.php?page=player&Id=582&b=true&pn=Andr%C3%A9s_Iniesta_Luj%C3%A1n He is a member of the Spain World Cup Team for the FIFA 2010 World Cup.

Andres Iniesta scored six goals in 49 games with FC Barcelona B from 2000 to 2003. He played in six games for FC Barcelona in 2003 without scoring a goal. Through the 2008-2009 season, Iniesta has scored 16 goals in 181 career games for FC Barcelona. He played in 37 games and scored a career high six goals in 2006-2007.http://www.footballdatabase.com/index.php?page=player&Id=582&b=true&pn=Andr%C3%A9s_Iniesta_Luj%C3%A1n Andres Iniesta has won Liga three times, the Spanish Supercup two times and the Champions League two times.http://www.fcbarcelona.com/web/english/futbol/temporada_08-09/plantilla/jugadors/iniesta.html On November 27, 2009, Iniesta signed a contract extension with FC Barcelona through the 2015 season.http://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/2009-11-27-3734227154_x.htm Iniesta suffered an injury against Atlante and missed the Club World Cup final. He was scheduled to return to the lineup against Villareal on January 2, 2010.http://goal.com/en/news/12/spain/2009/12/25/1708300/barcelonas-andres-iniesta-returns-to-individual-training On May 10, 2010 coach Vicente Del Bosque has named Andres Iniesta in his 30 man World Cup team.http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/story/_/id/784870/ce/uk/&cc=5901?ver=us

"We continue thinking about improving for people to be proud of us. We did not play to shut mouths. We can not stop and think about that." - Andres Iniesta, following Barcelona’s 5-0 win over Tenerife on January 10, 2010.http://goal.com/en/news/12/spain/2010/01/11/1739246/barcelona-star-andres-iniesta-we-play-to-win-titles-not-to

"It is a difficult situation, because we have a lot of players out, but sometimes one is faced with these situations, and injuries are also part of football. We will go forward with the players we have and with the players from the youth team and we will not look to make excuses." - Andres Iniesta, on Barcelona's play during times of injuryhttp://goal.com/en/news/12/spain/2010/02/12/1787888/barcelonas-andres-iniesta-we-will-move-forward-with-the

• Spanish National Team European Championship (2008)http://www.footballdatabase.com/index.php?page=player&Id=582&b=true&pn=Andr%C3%A9s_Iniesta_Luj%C3%A1n

• Winner of the Champions League (2005-2006, 2008-2009)http://www.fcbarcelona.com/web/english/futbol/temporada_08-09/plantilla/jugadors/iniesta.html

• Winner of the Spanish Super Cup (2005, 2006)http://www.footballdatabase.com/index.php?page=player&Id=582&b=true&pn=Andr%C3%A9s_Iniesta_Luj%C3%A1n

• Winner of the Spanish La Liga (2005, 2006, 2009)http://www.footballdatabase.com/index.php?page=player&Id=582&b=true&pn=Andr%C3%A9s_Iniesta_Luj%C3%A1n

• Best Attacking Midfielder Award (2008-2009 season)http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/2175/la-liga/2009/10/27/1586418/barcelona-star-andres-iniesta-happy-with-lfp-award

• 2002-2003: Games started: 6, Total appearances: 9, 0 Points
• 2003-2004: Games started: 5, Total appearances: 13, Goals: 1
• 2004-2005: Games started: 14, Total appearances: 45, Goals: 2
• 2005-2006: Games started: 20, Total appearances: 45, Goals: 1, Assists: 6
• 2006-2007: Games started: 42, Total appearances: 58, Goals: 9, Assists: 4
• 2007-2008: Games started: 39, Total appearances: 47, Goals: 5, Assists: 4
• 2008-2009: Games started: 56, Total appearances: 65, Goals: 9, Assists: 16
• 2009-2010: Games started: 34, Total appearances: 44, Goals: 1, Assists: 7
• 2010-2011: Games started: 1, Total appearances: 1, Assists: 1 (season in progress)