Barcelona midfielder Andres Iniesta is delighted to be leading the club in his first official season as captain and says he is hoping for more success.
Iniesta, 31, is the oldest player in the Barcelona squad after the departure of Xavi Hernandez to Qatari club Al Sadd SC this summer and has inherited the armband after a Treble winning season.
The 2015-16 campaign will be the Spain international's 13th with the Blaugrana first team and he is pleased to have been given the chance to lead his teammates forward.
"It's a very special responsibility as you are not only representing the team but many more things like the image of the club, the changing room," he told El Mundo Deportivo.
"It's very beautiful, especially for those of us that have been at Barca for so long. To be captain of the first team is something truly special."
Asked which captain during his time at the clubwould be the one he would try to emulate, Iniesta said: "Just as people are different, I believe there is no exact model of a captain. Each one transmits things in a different way.
"I've been lucky enough to have had captains like [Carles] Puyol, Xavi and our current coach [Luis Enrique] at one point. They all love this club. They think about the group ahead of themselves... that is what a captain is."
The Albacete-born midfielder has been at the club since the age of 12 and broke into the first team six years later. He has made 361 appearances and netted 33 goals.
"I am the most veteran player in the team," he said. "I don't consider it strange but rather beautiful. It means that I continue to be here and that is the aim and the motivation.
"It's true that you look at our squad and you compare ages. But I'm really happy, I feel better. I am really determined to have a perfect season personally and collectively. I have the same hope now as I had as a boy."
Barca head into the new campaign on the back of a Primera Division, Copa del Rey and Champions League Treble-winning year.
The Catalan giants can add three more titles in 2015 by winning the UEFA Super Cup, Spanish Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup under first-year coach Luis Enrique.
"I feel really proud, happiness and responsibility," Iniesta said. "I don't think we realise what we have achieved. It's incredible and now we have the opportunity to continue to make history. In the past 15 years this club has been a reference in terms of play and titles.
"You can only imagine what it means to have taken an active part in what has been the greatest thing for your club."
Iniesta was a member of the Barca side that won six titles in a given year -- in 2009 under then coach Pep Guardiola.
"It was great but at the same time it was bitter for me because the European Super Cup, the Spanish Super Cup and the final of the FIFA Club World Cup I missed through injury," he added. "I'm really motivated not to miss out this time around."