(FILES) Fans pay tribute to Barcelona's Spanish midfielder Andres Iniesta before the Spanish league football match between FC Barcelona and Real Sociedad at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on May 20, 2018. Andres Iniesta scored the most important goal in the history of Spanish football, winning his country the World Cup for the first time in 2010. Iniesta came through Barcelona's La Masia youth academy, joining the club aged 12, departing 22 years later to join Japanese club Vissel Kobe before spending last season at Emirates in the United Arab Emirates. He announced his retirement aged 40 in Barcelona on October 8, 2024. (Photo by Josep LAGO / AFP) (Photo by JOSEP LAGO/AFP via Getty Images)