Iniesta is UEFA Player of the Year

Spain and Barcelona very talented midfielder , Andres Iniesta, has been voted the UEFA European Footballer of the Year, beating Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo to the coveted award. 

Iniesta, 28, polled 19 votes out of 53, while Messi and Ronaldo polled 17 votes each. The mercurial midfielder has picked up his second major individual award in 2012, after being voted the Most Valubale Player at the Euro 2012 competition.

The UEFA Footballer of the Year award is determined by a group of selected European journalists.