#2 Continued association with Albacete
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Andres Iniesta is the majority shareholder in his local club Albacete where he played for two years before moving to La Masia. Wikipedia has gone so far as to list him as the owner of the side. The serial trophy winner bought shares worth €420,000 in a public offering in 2011 to stabilise the financial condition of the third division club.
In an attempt to give back to his local community he also asked his father to serve on the board. The 32-year-old helped the club out of a tough spot yet again in 2013 when it was under threat of being demoted to the fourth division for administrative reasons. Iniesta spent €240,000 of his own money for the club so that players wages could be paid and the club could work their way up to the second division and not out of the fourth.
