The best ever Spain players

Spain's squad celebrates their 2010 World Cup win as Iker Casillas lifts the trophy in South Africa in July 2010.
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Spanish football enjoyed its best ever era between 2008 and 2012, with back-to-back European Championship titles and a historic World Cup win in the middle.

Apart from a continental crown on home soil back in 1964, major tournaments had previously been a disappointment for La Roja. Always among the favourites, the Spanish seemed to fluff their lines on the biggest stage.

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Ben Hayward
Weekend editor

Ben Hayward is a European football writer and Tottenham Hotspur fan with over 15 years’ experience, he has covered games all over the world - including three World Cups, several Champions League finals, Euros, Copa America - and has spent much of that time in Spain. Ben speaks English and Spanish, currently dividing his time between Barcelona and London, covering all the big talking points of the weekend on FFT: he’s also written several list features and interviewed Guglielmo Vicario for the magazine.