Albert Benaiges was coach at Barça academy from 1992 to 2012 Benaiges denies accusations of more than 60 witnessesAlbert Benaiges, the former head of FC Barcelona’s youth system and the man who was credited with having discovered Andrés Iniesta, has been accused of
Sexual Abuse of children in his charge over 20 years, accusations the 71-year-old strongly denies.
According to an investigation carried out by the
Catalan newspaper Ara, more than 60 witnesses have come forward to detail his actions when he was a PE teacher at a school in the Les Corts neighbourhood of
Barcelona during the 1980s and 1990s. One former student has made a formal statement to the
police and others are expected to follow.