Andres Iniesta

The parents of Andres Iniesta, an attacking midfielder, didn't expect their son to become a European star – Andres' father was a bricklayer and his mother a waitress in Fuentealbilla, a small town in the Spanish province of Albacete. Andres had health problems as a child – the unnaturally pale complexion that goes back to those days and that he still has is the result of a skin-pigmentation disorder. However, this has no effect on Iniesta's play. He has excellent field vision, has mastered all forms of passes, and can bypass an opponent and make a long-range shot equally well.