Iniesta’s contract is renewed until 2018

FC Barcelona’s President, Sandro Rosell, announced in the media the renewal of Andrés Iniesta’s contract until 2018. The player’s contract was due to expire in 2015, but has now been officially extended for three years.

Iniesta will be 34 on June 30 of 2018, which will mean he will have been at the club for an incredible 22 years. He first arrived at FC Barcelona in September 1996, when he was only 12.

By the 2005/06 season he had become a key member of what became a Liga and Champions League double winning side. From then on, Iniesta became one of Europe’s most admired footballers as he helped the team to its greatest ever period of success.

His goals at Stamford Bridge opened the way to a dream in 2009, and a run of titles that has continued through to the present day. He has won no fewer than 16 major trophies with FC Barcelona in five and a half seasons, as well as enjoying further success in the international arena, winning back-to-back European Championships and the first ever World Cup for Spain.

Iniesta has made 479 official appearances for FC Barcelona, scoring 48 goals and winning a total of 21 major trophies. Read morea about FC Barcelona soccer camps Toronto.