1984 - Today
Andrés Iniesta Luján (Spanish pronunciation: [anˈdɾes iˈnjesta luˈxan]; born 11 May 1984) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder and is the captain of J1 League Club Vissel Kobe. He spent most of his career at Barcelona, where he served as the captain for three seasons. Iniesta is widely considered to be one of the best players of his generation and one of the greatest midfielders of all time.Iniesta came through La Masia, the Barcelona youth academy, after an early migration from his birthplace, and impressed from an early age. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andrés Iniesta has received more than 6,714,374 page views. His biography is available in 90 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 84 in 2019). Andrés Iniesta is the 197th most popular soccer player (down from 141st in 2019), the 343rd most popular biography from Spain (down from 302nd in 2019) and the 13th most popular Spanish Soccer Player.
Andrés Iniesta is most famous for his goal in the 2010 World Cup final against the Netherlands.
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Among soccer players, Andrés Iniesta ranks 197 out of 16,923. Before him are Masao Takada, Joaquín Peiró, Takashi Kawanishi, Piet Keizer, Allan Simonsen, and Hiroto Muraoka. After him are Shiro Teshima, Shigeo Sugimoto, Junji Nishikawa, Antonio Conte, Yasuo Haruyama, and Davor Šuker.
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 191
1936 - 2020
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 192
1899 - Present
HPI: 69.36
Rank: 193
1943 - 2017
HPI: 69.35
Rank: 194
1952 - Present
HPI: 69.34
Rank: 195
1931 - 2017
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 196
1984 - Present
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 197
1907 - 1982
HPI: 69.30
Rank: 198
1926 - 2002
HPI: 69.29
Rank: 199
1907 - Present
HPI: 69.28
Rank: 200
1969 - Present
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 201
1906 - 1987
HPI: 69.25
Rank: 202
1968 - Present
HPI: 69.24
Rank: 203
Among people born in 1984, Andrés Iniesta ranks 3. Before him are Scarlett Johansson and Mark Zuckerberg. After him are Arjen Robben, Avril Lavigne, Fernando Torres, LeBron James, Katy Perry, Wesley Sneijder, Robinho, Carlos Tevez, and Bastian Schweinsteiger.
1984 - Present
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 1
1984 - Present
HPI: 70.14
Rank: 2
1984 - Present
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 3
1984 - Present
HPI: 69.06
Rank: 4
1984 - Present
HPI: 68.30
Rank: 5
1984 - Present
HPI: 67.89
Rank: 6
1984 - Present
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 7
1984 - Present
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 8
1984 - Present
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 9
1984 - Present
HPI: 66.85
Rank: 10
1984 - Present
HPI: 66.76
Rank: 11
1984 - Present
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 12
Among people born in Spain, Andrés Iniesta ranks 343 out of 2,595. Before him are Charles, Prince of Viana (1421), Joaquín Peiró (1936), Rafael del Riego (1784), Priscillian (340), Carmen Maura (1945), and Rosalía de Castro (1837). After him are Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado (1643), Fernando Alonso (1981), Hermenegild (564), Joan of Navarre, Queen of England (1368), Infanta Luisa Fernanda, Duchess of Montpensier (1832), and Fernando Arrabal (1932).
1421 - 1461
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 337
1936 - 2020
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 338
1784 - 1823
HPI: 69.36
Rank: 339
340 - 385
HPI: 69.35
Rank: 340
1945 - Present
HPI: 69.34
Rank: 341
1837 - 1885
HPI: 69.33
Rank: 342
1984 - Present
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 343
1643 - 1731
HPI: 69.29
Rank: 344
1981 - Present
HPI: 69.29
Rank: 345
564 - 585
HPI: 69.29
Rank: 346
1368 - 1437
HPI: 69.28
Rank: 347
1832 - 1897
HPI: 69.25
Rank: 348
1932 - Present
HPI: 69.24
Rank: 349
Among soccer players born in Spain, Andrés Iniesta ranks 13. Before him are Telmo Zarra (1921), Iker Casillas (1981), Carles Puyol (1978), Carles Rexach (1947), Xavi (1980), and Joaquín Peiró (1936). After him are Ernesto Valverde (1964), Emilio Butragueño (1963), Sergio Ramos (1986), Amancio Amaro (1939), Luis Enrique (1970), and Rafael Moreno Aranzadi (1892).
1921 - 2006
HPI: 71.72
Rank: 7
1981 - Present
HPI: 69.97
Rank: 8
1978 - Present
HPI: 69.86
Rank: 9
1947 - Present
HPI: 69.58
Rank: 10
1980 - Present
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 11
1936 - 2020
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 12
1984 - Present
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 13
1964 - Present
HPI: 69.23
Rank: 14
1963 - Present
HPI: 69.07
Rank: 15
1986 - Present
HPI: 69.06
Rank: 16
1939 - Present
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 17
1970 - Present
HPI: 68.92
Rank: 18
1892 - 1922
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 19