{"id":63727,"date":"2024-08-04T07:38:42","date_gmt":"2024-08-04T07:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=63727"},"modified":"2024-08-04T07:38:42","modified_gmt":"2024-08-04T07:38:42","slug":"andres-iniesta-signs-lifetime-contract-with-fc-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=63727","title":{"rendered":"Andr\u00e9s Iniesta signs lifetime contract with FC Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IUgC3YqIG3k?rel=0&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Andr\u00e9s Iniesta signed a lifetime contract with FC Barcelona on Friday, in a deal that will keep him at the Club for the rest of his career. The signing will take place at Camp Nou at 12:30pm CET.<\/p>\n<p>Following the signing, around 1.00pm local time, FC Barcelona President Josep Maria Bartomeu and Iniesta will address the media in the Camp Nou press room.<\/p>\n<p>The Spanish midfielder, who has made 639 appearances for Bar\u00e7a, ranks second on the all-time games played list at the Club.<\/p>\n<p>He has scored 55 goals for the first team, for which he debuted on October 29th, 2002.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2015 Iniesta has been the team&#8217;s first captain, and is one of the Club&#8217;s most distinguished symbols.<\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old midfielder joined the Club in September 1996, at the age of 12. Iniesta and Leo Messi share the record for the most titles in Bar\u00e7a history, with 30.<br \/>\n&#8212;-<br \/>\nEl FC Barcelona y Andr\u00e9s Iniesta han llegado a un acuerdo para la renovaci\u00f3n de por vida del contrato que une a ambas partes. La firma tendr\u00e1 lugar hoy a las 12.30 horas en el Palco President Su\u00f1ol del Camp Nou.<br \/>\nLuego, hacia las 13 horas, el presidente Josep Maria Bartomeu y el jugador Andr\u00e9s Iniesta har\u00e1n una valoraci\u00f3n en la sala de prensa Ricard Maxenchs del Camp Nou.<br \/>\nEl manchego, con 639 partidos jugados, es el segundo jugador de la historia con m\u00e1s partidos de la historia del Club. Ha marcado 55 goles desde que debut\u00f3 con el primer equipo el 29 de octubre del 2002, hace casi 15 a\u00f1os.<br \/>\nPrimer capit\u00e1n desde el verano de 2015, Iniesta es todo un s\u00edmbolo cul\u00e9. Se incorpor\u00f3 al Club el mes de septiembre del 1996, con 12 a\u00f1os, y junto con Leo Messi es el jugador de la historia del Club con m\u00e1s t\u00edtulos en el primer equipo, habiendo ganado un total de 30.<br \/>\n&#8212;<br \/>\nFC Barcelona on Social Media<br \/>\nSubscribe to our official channel http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=fcbarcelona<br \/>\nSite: http:\/\/www.fcbarcelona.com<br \/>\nFacebook: http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/fcbarcelona<br \/>\nInstagram: http:\/\/www.instagram.com<br \/>\nTwitter: http:\/\/twitter.com\/FCBarcelona<br \/>\nGoogle+: http:\/\/plus.google.com\/+FCBarcelona<br \/>\nViber: http:\/\/chats.viber.com\/fcbarcelona<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IUgC3YqIG3k\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andr\u00e9s Iniesta signed a lifetime contract with FC Barcelona on Friday, in a deal that will keep him at the Club for the rest of his career. The signing will&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":63728,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer-world-wide"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/63728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}