Andres Iniesta recently announced his retirement from professional football in an emotional ceremony. The Spanish maestro bows out of the game as one of the most decorated players in history, having

World Cup and UEFA Champions League winner Andres Iniesta announced his retirement on Tuesday, nearly 22 years after he began a career that would see him become one of the most celebrated and accomplished players of his generation.

Andrés Iniesta, who scored Spain's World Cup-winning goal in 2010 and was one of the key players who made Barcelona's tiki-taka thrive for so long, announced his retirement from soccer on Tuesday.