Andrés Iniesta

UAndrés Iniesta (Andrés Iniesta Luján, ozalwe nge-11 Meyi 1984) ngumdlawebhola ekhatywayo waseSpain, owaziwayo ngobuchule bakhe bokudlala embindini webala, isantya sokucinga, kunye nokulawula umdlalo ngobulumko. Wayedlalela iqela lesizwe laseSpain kunye neFC Barcelona, apho wachitha iminyaka engaphezu kweshumi elinesihlanu edlala kwinqanaba eliphezulu.

UIniesta wazalwa eFuentealbilla, eAlbacete, eSpain. Waqala ukudlala kwisikolo sebhola seFC Barcelona iLa Masia eneminyaka elishumi elinanye, waza wadlala umdlalo wakhe wokuqala neqela elikhulu leBarça ngo-2002. Waba yinxalenye ebalulekileyo yeqela laseBarcelona eliphumelele iLa Liga, iChampions League, kunye nezinye iindebe ezininzi phantsi koqeqesho lukaFrank Rijkaard noPep Guardiola. Waziwa kakhulu ngokudibana kakuhle noXavi Hernández embindini, nto leyo eyenza iBarcelona ibe nelona qela linolawulo oluphezulu ebholeni kwixesha lakhe.

Kwiqela lesizwe laseSpain, uIniesta wadlala indima ephambili ngexesha lesizukulwana segolide. Wanceda iqela lakhe ukuphumelela iUEFA Euro 2008, iFIFA World Cup 2010, kunye neEuro 2012. Ngomhla we-11 Julayi 2010, uIniesta wafaka igowuli elinye kuphela kwifayinali yeNdebe yeHlabathi eyayibanjelwe eSoccer City Stadium, eGoli, eMzantsi Afrika, ngokuchasene neNetherlands, nalapho iSpain yaphumelela indebe yehlabathi okokuqala kwimbali yayo. Igowuli lakhe lalingomnye wezona ziganeko zinkulu kwimbali yeqela lesizwe.

Emva kokushiya iBarcelona ngo-2018, uIniesta wadlala eJapan kunye neqela leVissel Kobe. Udlale umdlalo wakhe wokugqibela kwiSpain ngo-2018, waza washiya ilifa elikhulu njengomnye wabadlali abathuleyo, abanobuchule, nabasetyenziswa kakhulu kwibhola yehlabathi.

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