Andrés Iniesta has had a brilliant career in the FC Barcelona. In his 16 seasons in the first team, has achieved a total of 31 titles, beating the absolute record of the history of the club beside Leo Messi. Already in the quarry was a player that stood out on the other, but what attained to world-wide level satisfied all the expectations.
In spite of that debuted before the hand of Louis go Gaal, Andrés Iniesta began to be important in the FC Barcelona two seasons afterwards, in the 2004-2005, with the arrival of Frank Rijkaard to the bench of the Camp Nou. With the Dutch technician had minutes to each party and was the big revulsivo of the team, the player number 12 beside Henrik Larsson.
In this period had to compete with players of the size of Deco or of Xavi Hernández by a place in the eleven initial, something that did that usually it did not go headline or that went it displaced of his natural position, playing hit to the right band. It was an important player, but would not attain to be indisputable headline until later.
Definite explosion with Pep Guardiola
The first that did Pep Guardiola like technician of the FC Barcelona was to do without Deco because had clear that the place of left interior had to be for Andrés Iniesta. The midfield player manchego did not defraud and did with the place from the first moment, giving a spectacular level without generating doubts about his performance.
"Andrés eats aside. It does not carry slopes and does not paint the peel. Besides, it plays twenty minutes and does not complain. It plays on the one hand and the next day by the another, and neither says at all. And always it does it everything well. It is the example. Like this I say it to him to the boys: 'Fix you in Iniesta'", even said on him Pep Guardiola after an artido contested in Saint Mamés.
A definition that Andrés Iniesta would commission to fulfil to rajatabla, always with a character reserved out of the terrain of game but blatant and effective when it jumped to the lawn. All this cost him to turn into one of the fundamental pillars of the best Barça of the history, as well as to turn into one of the best players of the history.