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⚡ Playing Style
The Ballon d'Or holder and the single most important cog in Spanish football.
📋 Career
Villarreal and Atletico raised him; Manchester City crowned him — the axis of the treble era, scorer of a Champions League final winner, and in 2024 the first holding midfielder ever to win the Ballon d'Or.
💡 Fun Fact
He finished a business degree mid-career, carrying textbooks on away trips. On his final-winning goal: 'I've practised that exact angle ten thousand times.'