{"id":1138622,"date":"2020-03-29T19:49:03","date_gmt":"2020-03-29T18:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1138622"},"modified":"2022-09-20T12:31:40","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T11:31:40","slug":"barcelona-luis-enrique-closest-player-to-lionel-messi-iniesta","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/barcelona-luis-enrique-closest-player-to-lionel-messi-iniesta\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Barcelona boss Luis Enrique reveals the closest player to Lionel Messi he&#8217;s ever coached"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Former Barcelona manager Luis Enrique has described Andres Iniesta as the one player after Lionel Messi that impressed him greatly.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Messi, 32, recently claimed a record sixth Ballon d&#8217;Or award and is widely considered as one the best footballers to ever live.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Andres Iniesta at Bar\u00e7a: Five key things to know\u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Debut:<\/strong>\u00a0v Club Brugge (October 29, 2002)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Appearances:<\/strong> 674<\/li>\n<li><strong>Goals\/Assists:<\/strong> 57\/140<\/li>\n<li><strong>Major honours:<\/strong> 32<\/li>\n<li><strong>Memorable moment:<\/strong> His late equaliser against Chelsea in the 2008\/09 Champions League semi-final.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>https:\/\/audioboom.com\/posts\/7533381<\/p>\n<p>Since coming through Barcelona&#8217;s esteemed La Masia youth set-up, he&#8217;s registered 627 goals across 718 appearances while creating a further 261 for his teammates.<\/p>\n<p>Enrique had the pleasure of coaching him between 2014 and 2017 and in their first season together, claimed the club&#8217;s second European treble.<\/p>\n<p>To date, Messi has featured alongside Sergio Busquets (512) more times than any other player, and he&#8217;s shared the field 489 times with Iniesta, who currently plies his trade with J1 League club Vissel Kobe.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;ve combined together for 55 goals with Iniesta&#8217;s creating 44 times for Messi. Alongside Xavi, the pair forged a formidable triumvirate, and when asked which of those players he&#8217;s coached impressed him the most, Enrique wasn&#8217;t hesitant to name Messi but there was also high praise for Spain&#8217;s 2010 World Cup winner.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sancho, Haaland, Hakimi &amp; Brandt | Meet Borussia Dortmund&#039;s Fantastic Four\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OpOpxJuRT0U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC_QgsfA8W1TdLADOz0txpTg?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The player that impressed me most in my career, I don&#8217;t know if you mean being myself as a player or as a coach or both, without doubt is Leo Messi,&#8221; he said in a Q&amp;A on the Spain national team&#8217;s Facebook page.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Afterwards, I can say that Andres Iniesta is close to something similar to Leo Messi. But Messi is hugely different in respect to the others.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Iniesta has managed 10 goals and 13 assists in 44 appearances since joining Vissel Kobe, helping the club win the 2019 Emperor&#8217;s Cup and the 2020 Japanese Super Cup.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1138655\" style=\"width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/assist-makers-xi-vs-goalscorers-xi-messi-de-bruyne\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1138655\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1138655\" src=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/29134037\/1138614_1138614_feature_image-x-2-pictures-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/29134037\/1138614_1138614_feature_image-x-2-pictures-3.png 1920w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/29134037\/1138614_1138614_feature_image-x-2-pictures-3-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/29134037\/1138614_1138614_feature_image-x-2-pictures-3-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/29134037\/1138614_1138614_feature_image-x-2-pictures-3-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/29134037\/1138614_1138614_feature_image-x-2-pictures-3-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/29134037\/1138614_1138614_feature_image-x-2-pictures-3-66x37.png 66w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/29134037\/1138614_1138614_feature_image-x-2-pictures-3-620x350.png 620w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/29134037\/1138614_1138614_feature_image-x-2-pictures-3-940x530.png 940w, https:\/\/media.squawka.com\/images\/en\/2020\/03\/29134037\/1138614_1138614_feature_image-x-2-pictures-3-1200x675.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1138655\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/assist-makers-xi-vs-goalscorers-xi-messi-de-bruyne\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The ultimate assist-maker combined XI vs the ultimate goalscorer combined XI<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Barcelona manager Luis Enrique has described Andres Iniesta as the one player after Lionel Messi that impressed him greatly. Messi, 32, recently claimed a record sixth Ballon d&#8217;Or award and is widely considered as one the best footballers to ever live. 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