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Barcelona's Spanish midfielder Andres Iniesta gives a press conference at the Joan Gamper Sports Center in Sant Joan Despi, near Barcelona, on April 27, 2018. Iniesta confirmed that he will leave Barcelona at the end of the season. / AFP PHOTO / Pau Barrena

Iniesta pays additional tax owed in Japan

Andres Iniesta said he has paid additional tax owed in Japan over his failure to declare part of his income, but claimed that he had also declared the earnings in Spain.
4 months ago
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Barcelona's midfielder Andres Iniesta arrives for a training session at the Joan Gamper Sports Center in Sant Joan Despi, near Barcelona on March 13, 2018 on the eve of the UEFA Champions League round of 16 second leg football match between Barcelona and Chelsea. / AFP PHOTO / LLUIS GENE

Iniesta plays last game for Japan’s Vissel Kobe

Spanish football legend Andres Iniesta played his last game for Japanese club Vissel Kobe on Saturday, as he prepares to continue his illustrious career elsewhere.
1 year ago
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Barcelona's Spanish midfielder Andres Iniesta arrives for a training session on the eve of the Spanish league football match FC Barcelona vs Real Madrid CF at the FC Barcelona Joan Gamper sports center in Sant Joan Despi on May 5, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / Josep LAGO

Iniesta’s Vissel fire manager after poor J-League start

Andres Iniesta's Japanese team Vissel Kobe have fired manager Atsuhiro Miura after a seven-game winless start to the new J-League season.
2 years ago
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This handout picture released from Japanese professional football club Vissel Kobe on May 11, 2021 shows Vissel Kobe player Andres Iniesta speaking at a press conference in Tokyo. (Photo by Handout / VISSEL KOBE / AFP) / -----EDITORS NOTE --- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / VISSEL KOBE" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Iniesta has ‘big goals’ after extending career with Kobe

Spanish football legend Andres Iniesta said Friday he wants to "achieve big goals" with Japan's Vissel Kobe after signing a two-year contract extension.
3 years ago
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This handout picture released from Japanese professional football club Vissel Kobe on May 11, 2021 shows Vissel Kobe player Andres Iniesta speaking at a press conference in Tokyo. (Photo by Handout / VISSEL KOBE / AFP) / -----EDITORS NOTE --- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / VISSEL KOBE" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Spain legend Iniesta to stay with Japan’s Kobe for two more years

Spanish football legend Andres Iniesta celebrated his 37th birthday on Tuesday by signing a contract extension that will keep him at J-League side, Vissel Kobe, for two more years.
3 years ago
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Kobe's midfielder Andres Iniesta is marked by Guangzhou's forward Ai Kesen (L) and midfielder Zhang Xiuwei (R) during the AFC Champions League group G football match between Japan's Vissel Kobe and China's Guangzhou Evergrande on November 28, 2020 at the al-Janoub Stadium in the Qatari city of Al Wakrah. (Photo by KARIM JAAFAR / AFP)

Guangzhou break jinx to put campaign back on track

Chinese giants Guangzhou Evergrande snapped a seven-game winless streak in the Asian Champions League with a 2-0 victory over Japan’s Vissel Kobe on Saturday.
4 years ago
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FC Barcelona's forward Carles Perez celebrates his second goal during the Rakuten Cup football match between Vissel Kobe and FC Barcelona, in Kobe on July 27, 2019. Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP

Perez double as Barcelona beat Iniesta’s Kobe 2-0

Carles Perez scored his first two goals for Barcelona as the Spanish giants won 2-0 against a Vissel Kobe side featuring Andres Iniesta, a legend of the Catalan club.
5 years ago
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Spanish football star Andres Iniesta (L) is greeted by Vissel Kobe supporters upon his arrival at the Kansai International airport in Osaka on July 18, 2018. Iniesta's transfer to J-League team Vissel Kobe before the World Cup arguably represented Japanese football's biggest transfer coup, with many top players instead now moving to cash-rich Chinese clubs in the twilight of their careers. / AFP PHOTO / JIJI PRESS / JIJI PRESS / Japan OUT

Fans cheer as Iniesta lands in Japan to join Vissel Kobe

Hundreds of football fans flocked to cheer Barcelona legend Andres Iniesta when he arrived in Japan on Wednesday to join his new club Vissel Kobe.
6 years ago
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Spain midfielder Andres Iniesta and Hiroshi Mikitani, Chairman and CEO of Rakuten Inc and the owner of Vissel Kobe, attend a news conference to announce signing for J-League side Vissel Kobe in Tokyo, Japan May 24, 2018. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

Iniesta coup puts J-League on the map, says Perryman

Barcelona legend Andres Iniesta's decision to join Japan's Vissel Kobe could make the J-League a serious option for the world's top footballers, former Shimizu S-Pulse manager Steve Perryman said.
6 years ago
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Spain midfielder Andres Iniesta poses with Hiroshi Mikitani, Chairman and CEO of Rakuten Inc and the owner of Vissel Kobe, at a news conference to announce signing for J-League side Vissel Kobe in Tokyo, Japan May 24, 2018. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

Barcelona and Spain legend Iniesta signs for Japan’s Vissel Kobe

Barcelona legend Andres Iniesta joined Japan's Vissel Kobe on Thursday, the club's owner Hiroshi Mikitani said, describing him as a "world-class" player.
6 years ago
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