Iniesta's millionaire empire: among the 10 highest-earning footballers in
Andrés Iniesta is an iconic image for Spanish football. His career is full of great achievements with both FC Barcelona and Spain . His goal against the Netherlands in the 2010 World Cup final will forever remain in our memories. However, the man
not only stands out playing football. Since his arrival in Japan , Iniesta has become a benchmark, pushing his personal brand and business to the next level.
FORBES magazine has made an estimate of the income of the former Barcelona player and values Iniesta's fortune at almost 30 million euros . Fact that which places him in the seventh position on the list of the highest paid footballers in the world . He is the only Spaniard who is within this group.
His arrival at the Japanese Vissel Kobe is what has made this possible. The footballer has recently signed a contract extension for two more years for 25.5 million euros per year. Also, according to the magazine, this only means 90% of their income. The remaining 10% comes from their sponsorships with brands such as Asics or Nissan and from their businesses outside of football.
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Iniesta is the main image of Rakuten , a firm of which Hiroshi Mikitan i, also president of Vissel Kobe, is the founder . In addition, he is a partner of Gerard Piqué in some of his businesses and has a very interesting commercial avenue: Bodegas Iniesta . In his contract with the Japanese club Mikitani, it is established that Mikitani has to undertake to take over part of the wine production of the wineries, which is a great push for this wine to be well recognized and marketed in Japan.
Finally, the manchego also has Maresyterey , a family business that he founded at the end of 2001 to carry out real estate activities and with Mikakus , his own brand of sneakers.