{"id":3389,"date":"2024-10-08T16:26:32","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T16:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/news\/?p=3389"},"modified":"2024-10-31T16:55:15","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T16:55:15","slug":"eight-reasons-we-loved-the-career-of-don-andres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/news\/2024\/10\/08\/eight-reasons-we-loved-the-career-of-don-andres\/","title":{"rendered":"Eight Reasons We Loved The Career of Don Andr\u00e9s"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Legendary former FC Barcelona and Spain midfielder Andr\u00e9s Iniesta today officially announced his retirement from football.<\/strong> We first signed with Andr\u00e9s well over a decade ago and have always thoroughly enjoyed working with him, indeed every bit as much as his balletic football.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Counting down eight reasons why we loved the career Don Andr\u00e9s led for club and country, all of us at Icons.com would like thank him for the memories as we hope to see him soon for another signing session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>To celebrate the great career of the great man, we are offering 10% OFF all items in our Andr\u00e9s Iniesta collection \u2013 simply use the code &#8216;INIESTA8&#8217; at the checkout on eligible items.<\/em><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1.<\/strong> <strong>UEFA EURO 2012 Best Player of the Tournament<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"nl\" dir=\"ltr\">Andr\u00e9s Iniesta had Euro 2012 on strings \ud83d\udd25\ud83d\ude0d<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FsBILZFNDl\">pic.twitter.com\/FsBILZFNDl<\/a><\/p>&mdash; GOAL (@goal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/goal\/status\/1400751455942938625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 4, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fresh from winning the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, Spain entered UEFA EURO 2012 as defending champions and heavy favourites. Even so, the Roja side of 2012 sparkled with Andr\u00e9s Iniesta as its muse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Andr\u00e9s was extraordinary in Poland and Ukraine, winning the UEFA EURO 2012 Best Player of the Tournament, awarded by the UEFA Technical Team \u2013 a testament to his overall contribution given he did not score and registered just one assist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;In many ways, he symbolised the tournament \u2013 the creative, incisive runner, with and without the ball. We felt that he epitomised a lot of what we saw,&#8221; said UEFA technical director Andy Roxburgh.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2.<\/strong> <strong>Camp Nou farewell<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-attachment-id=\"3399\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/news\/2024\/10\/08\/eight-reasons-we-loved-the-career-of-don-andres\/andres-iniesta-blog-v3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Andres-Iniesta-Blog-V3.png\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Andres-Iniesta-Blog-V3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Andres-Iniesta-Blog-V3-300x200.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Andres-Iniesta-Blog-V3-1024x683.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Andres-Iniesta-Blog-V3-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Andres-Iniesta-Blog-V3-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Andres-Iniesta-Blog-V3-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Andres-Iniesta-Blog-V3-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Andres-Iniesta-Blog-V3.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though it was a deeply affecting and an ultimately sad moment for fans of the man and his club, the image of Andr\u00e9s Iniesta soaking in his last appearance for FC Barcelona at Camp Nou, alone in the middle of a pitch he had made his own, speaks to his passion for Bar\u00e7a. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When respect and admiration goes both ways, from player to fans and fans to player, that&#8217;s when you get a true club legend. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>3.<\/strong> <strong>Bernab\u00e9u ovation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Este v\u00eddeo resume a la perfecci\u00f3n quien es Andr\u00e9s Iniesta como jugador y como persona. El Santiago Bernab\u00e9u, m\u00e1ximo rival, en pie aplaudi\u00e9ndolo. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n891QUQJ75\">pic.twitter.com\/n891QUQJ75<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Filosof\u00eda Johan Cruyff (@ADN_Cruyff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ADN_Cruyff\/status\/1843636603463578030?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 8, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You have to be a special player to get a standing ovation from opposing fans. In this case, the opposing fans weren&#8217;t just any opposing fans. In November of 2015, with 15 minutes left of a brutal 4-0 Cl\u00e1sico defeat, it was Madridistas of all people showing their appreciation for Iniesta with a standing ovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was a moment to remember for Don Andr\u00e9s and symbolic of a player who was able to transcend football rivalry.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>4.<\/strong> <strong>Partnership with Xavi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lennon and McCartney. Batman and Robin. Tom and Jerry. Not all duos are created equal. Forming a midfield partnership that produced mountains of trophies, countless awards and too many goals and assists to count, the partnership of Andr\u00e9s Iniesta and Xavi will go down as the best of a magnificent era and quite possibly the greatest ever.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>5. Uncontainable<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" data-attachment-id=\"3398\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/news\/2024\/10\/08\/eight-reasons-we-loved-the-career-of-don-andres\/andres-iniesta-blog-v2-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Andres-Iniesta-Blog-V2-1.png\" data-orig-size=\"1200,750\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Andres-Iniesta-Blog-V2-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Andres-Iniesta-Blog-V2-1-300x188.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Andres-Iniesta-Blog-V2-1-1024x640.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Andres-Iniesta-Blog-V2-1-1024x640.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Andres-Iniesta-Blog-V2-1-1024x640.png 1024w, https:\/\/icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Andres-Iniesta-Blog-V2-1-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Andres-Iniesta-Blog-V2-1-768x480.png 768w, https:\/\/icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Andres-Iniesta-Blog-V2-1.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A picture paints a thousand words. This photo, taken by Ullstein Bild, sums it up. The respect from world class opposition. The art of it, the audacity, the absurdity. It&#8217;s all there. Wonderful.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>6. Maestro of the &#8220;Greatest Team Ever&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2010-11 campaign for FC Barcelona will not soon be repeated \u2013 if indeed it ever can be. Sir Alex Ferguson described that team as the greatest he&#8217;d ever faced. He had every right to say so and every humility to, in the aftermath of Bar\u00e7a&#8217;s crowning achievement that season, a 3-1 demolition of Manchester United at Wembley Stadium in the UEFA Champions League final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No one game could truly define the majesty of that team and that season and, of course, Andr\u00e9s Iniesta was at the very heart of its success with nine goals and 15 assists in an eye-watering 50 appearances.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>7. The &#8216;Iniestazo<\/strong>&#8216;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OnThisDay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OnThisDay<\/a> <br>\ud83d\udd1f a\u00f1os de este momento&#8230; \ud83d\ude0d <br>\ud83d\udcad \u00bfD\u00f3nde viviste el Iniestazo?<br>\ud83c\udfa9 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/andresiniesta8?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@andresiniesta8<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/l4gaVAZ7Wb\">pic.twitter.com\/l4gaVAZ7Wb<\/a><\/p>&mdash; FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona_es) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FCBarcelona_es\/status\/1125328396349779970?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 6, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This would be THE goal of Andr\u00e9s Iniesta&#8217;s storied career if he hadn&#8217;t, well, we&#8217;ll get to that. The &#8216;Iniestazo&#8217; goal will be forever remembered by Blaugrana the world over not only as one of the most dramatic goals in a golden generation for the club but also as the goal that set up an iconic UEFA Champions League triumph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s one of those goals you watch time and again if you&#8217;re a Bar\u00e7a fan. And not just that, it&#8217;s a damn good goal of a highly technical nature as Iniesta, in the dying embers of their epic semi-final second leg at Stamford Bridge, lets a pass from Lionel Messi drag across his body before whipping the ball in to the roof of the Chelsea net.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>8. 2010 FIFA World Cup Final winner<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">An unforgettable Iniesta moment. \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8\u2728<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FIFAWorldCup?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FIFAWorldCup<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/andresiniesta8?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@andresiniesta8<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jE0WLHpr8N\">pic.twitter.com\/jE0WLHpr8N<\/a><\/p>&mdash; FIFA World Cup (@FIFAWorldCup) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FIFAWorldCup\/status\/1843313209450827924?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 7, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Time stood still during this iconic Andr\u00e9s Iniesta moment, surely the highlight of a remarkable career. Spain had never been world champions and were searching for the breakthrough of a tense FIFA World Cup final in Johannesburg. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They needed a moment of magic. Good thing they had Iniesta, a FIFA World Cup winner in more than one sense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legendary former FC Barcelona and Spain midfielder Andr\u00e9s Iniesta today officially announced his retirement from football. We first signed with Andr\u00e9s well over a decade ago and have always thoroughly enjoyed working with him, indeed every bit as much as his balletic football.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3390,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"everybody","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[333],"tags":[140,179,275,184,22,165,12,180,480],"class_list":["post-3389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-why-we-love","tag-andres-iniesta","tag-fc-barcelona","tag-fifa-world-cup","tag-iniesta","tag-lionel-messi","tag-signed-memorabilia","tag-spain","tag-uefa-champions-league","tag-xavi"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Andres-Iniesta-Blog-V1.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfQcey-SF","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":357,"url":"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/news\/2015\/12\/04\/go-behind-the-scenes-of-our-signing-with-andres-iniesta-with-our-brand-new-video\/","url_meta":{"origin":3389,"position":0},"title":"Go Behind The Scenes Of Our Signing With Andres Iniesta With Our Brand New Video","author":"Icons.com","date":"December 4, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Andres Iniesta is\u00a0one of Spanish football's greatest ever players.\u00a0When Barcelona manager Luis Enrique called him \"a national monument\" after the team's\u00a04-0 thumping of Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu in November 2015, few could\u00a0argue with\u00a0him. 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