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FORMER BARCELONA MIDFIELDER Andres Iniesta , who won two European Championships and the 2010 World Cup with an all-conquering Spain team, announced his retirement from football today at the age of 40.
Advertisement “I can’t stay away from football, it’s my life and will continue to be my life. Now I need to continue educating myself, I’m in the process of doing my coaching diploma and that’s the next step.” Iniesta came up through Barcelona’s famed La Masia academy and made his first-team debut in 2002 aged just 18, becoming a mainstay in the midfield before his departure 16 years later.
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