Andrés Iniesta Lujan celebrates his 29th birthday today, May 11, 2013.
The shy boy from Fuentealbilla joined Barça as a twelve-year-old in 1996 after scouts had spotted him at the Brunette Tournament playing for the Albacete team. He progressed rapidly through the club’s various youth teams and was promoted to Barça B for the 2000-01 season. Andrés’ dream of debuting with the first team came true in October 2002 when he was picked to play in the Champions League match against Bruges in Belgium.
