Spaniard, beat competition from , , , , , , and  to win the Global Foot Awards; an honour totally designed for players above the age of 28
Iniesta became the first Barcelona player to win the award; thereby joining the ranks of players like Didier Drogba, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Ryan Giggs, and Ronaldinho who’d won the award in the past
The 30 year-old Spain international attended the Gala with his beautiful wife, Anna Ortiz, where they both joined past winners who were present at the awards ceremony
A Golden foot award winner has his footprint moulded in gold, and added to the 'Champions promenade' along Monaco's seafront.
Iniesta was voted winner out of 10 other footballers through an online poll, using personality and achievements as criteria to become the 12 winner of the yearly award which incepted in 2003
Ex-Italian international, Roberto Baggio is the first player to win the award in 2003, followed by 10 others before Iniesta: