2002/03 Barcelona Home La Liga Player Issue Football Shirt Iniesta #34 (S)

Condition: 8/10 Excellent. A small faint mark on the lower front. A small faint area of colour transfer on the bottom of the #4, on the rear

Size: Adult Small

Chest Measurement: 37-39 Inches / 95-99 CM

Manufacturer: Nike

Colour: Red & blue stripes

Material: Polyester

Seasons: 2002/2003

Player: Andres Iniesta

Patches: La Liga

Original Nike Barcelona home football shirt from the 2002/03 season. Complete with Iniesta #34 on the back of the shirt and original La Liga patch on the sleeve.

This is Nike's superior 'player issue' version of the jersey, as worn by the players. It features a second layer 'ventilated vest' sewn in to the shirt (aimed at improved temperature control).

The condition of this vintage football jersey is 8/10 - Excellent. A small faint mark on the lower front. A small faint area of colour transfer on the bottom of the #4, on the rear (see photos). 

Iniesta comes from a small village named Fuentealbilla in the province of Albacete, Castile–La Mancha. At the age of 12, while playing for Albacete Balompié in a junior seven-a-side tournament in Albacete, he attracted the attention of scouts from many clubs around Spain. His parents knew the FC Barcelona youth team coach, Enrique Orizaola, and he persuaded them to consider sending Iniesta to the Barcelona youth academy.

Iniesta traveled there with his parents and visited La Masia, the Spanish farmhouse where the Club houses its young players; the trip convinced them to enroll Iniesta in the Barcelona youth ranks. Iniesta says he "cried rivers" the day he left for La Masia and struggled being separated from his parents; he was very shy and kept to himself while there. He captained the Barcelona Under-15 team to victory in the Nike Premier Cup of 1999, scoring the winning goal in the last minute of the final, and being named player of the tournament.

Iniesta came through La Masia, the Barcelona youth academy—after an early emigration from his birthplace and impressed from an early age. He made his first-team debut in 2002, aged 18.