Fernando Torres retires: Best XI to have played with the Spaniard

Attacking midfielder

Andreas Iniesta

Andreas Iniesta

The man who scored the most important goal ever in the history of Spanish football at the FNB Stadium in South Africa. Andreas Iniesta is perhaps the only name that could be added in place of any one of the midfield trio mentioned before.

Andreas Iniesta and Fernando Torres played together for a very long time. The duo was part of the Spain side that won the U-16 European Championship in 2001. Torres and Iniesta played with alongside each other for 13 years across various age groups before joining the senior team.

Andreas Iniesta and Fernando Torres won the U-16 Euro Championship, U-19 European Championship, 2 European Championships and the World Cup.

Strikers

Raul

Raul

Arguably the greatest striker to have come out of Spain, Raul Gonzalez and Fernando Torres played alongside each other for 4 years before the new Real Madrid Castilla manager decided to call it a day in international football in 2007.

One of the leading figures in Spanish football, Raul is perhaps one of the unluckiest players not to have been part of the Golden Generation. The duo never managed to win any titles together.

David Villa

The most deadliest duo in Spanish history

David Villa is one of the very few players to have won every major title in the world of football. The 37-year old and Fernando Torres joined the national team in almost the same time and formed one of the greatest ever striking partnership the world has ever seen in international football.

The duo player 10 years together in the Spanish national colours and guided the La Roja to a European Championship and a World Cup. The Vissel Kobe man was unlucky to not have been part of the 2012 European Championship winning team after failing to recover from injury.