Andres Iniesta has won the Golden
Foot 20014, the award was presented to him yesterday evening in a gala held in
Monaco.
The Barcelona midfielder started his
professional career in Barcelona under Pep Guardiola, after spending some time
in La Masia where he captained the Under-15 team to win the Nike Premier Cup in
1999.
During all this years he played for
Barcelona and also for Spain national team where he won the World Cup in 2010
after scoring the winning goal on minute 116th against Netherlands.
Iniesta traveled to Monaco alongside
Andoni Zubizarreta, Barcelona sporting director, his agent Ramon Sostres and
his wife Anna Ortiz. He returned to Barcelona later that same day to prepare
the match against Eibar with his team mates.
He was nominated with other nine
active footballers aged 28 or more and he became the first Barcelona active
player to collect the trophy, a trophy that has been awarded each year since
2003. The other players from around the world also nominated where: Wayne
Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo, Andre Pirio, Manual Neuer, Thiago Silva, Brazillian
women’s footballer
Marta Vieira Da Silva and former Barcelona players Touré Yaya and Thierry Henry.
All the players were selected from a
group of journalist and the decision was based on the achievements and the
player’s personality. The Trophy can only be won once in a lifetime and
involves leaving a footprint in the Monaco seafront, also known as “Champions parade”.
Iniesta that will be back for
training today with the rest of the team, has started 6 games so far this
season and also has been wearing the captain’s armband a lot more during this
season, with his team mate and former Barcelona captain Xavi having played a
lot less.
He will return to Barcelona training
after been away with Spain’s national team under coach Vicente del Bosque and also other Barcelona
players like Gerard Piqué, Jordi Alba, Marc Bartra, Sergio Busquets and Pedro Rodriguez.
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