Andres Iniesta

Position         : Midfielder

Date of birth : 11 May, 1984

Team              : Barcelona (Spain)

Nationality     : Spain

Notes              : Spanish U/16 and U/17 international who recently signed for Barcelona. He was being hunted by major clubs such as AC Milan and Real Madrid but Barcelona wanted to prevent a repeat of what happed with Gerard, where they had to sign him back for £11m after releasing him when he was young. He has trained with the first team and will be a star in the future. He was one of the key players in the side which won the European U/16 Championship 2001.

LAST UPDATED: 1 June, 2001

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