Pep Guardiola

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Guardiola and the second or maternal family name is Sala.
Pep Guardiola
Guardiola with Manchester City in 2017
Personal information
Full name Josep Guardiola Sala[1]
Date of birth (1971-01-18) 18 January 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth Santpedor, Spain
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Manchester City (manager)
Youth career
1981–1984 Gimnàstic Manresa
1984–1990 Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1989 Barcelona C 8 (1)
1990–1992 Barcelona B 53 (5)
1990–2001 Barcelona 263 (6)
2001–2002 Brescia 11 (2)
2002–2003 Roma 4 (0)
2003 Brescia 13 (1)
2003–2005 Al-Ahli 36 (5)
2005–2006 Dorados 10 (1)
Total 398 (21)
International career
1991 Spain U21 2 (0)
1991–1992 Spain U23 12 (2)
1992–2001 Spain 47 (5)
1995–2005 Catalonia 7 (0)
Managerial career
2007–2008 Barcelona B
2008–2012 Barcelona
2013–2016 Bayern Munich
2016– Manchester City
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Spain
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Josep Guardiola Sala (born 18 January 1971), commonly known as Pep Guardiola (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈpɛb ɡwəɾðiˈɔlə][3][4][5]), is a Catalan professional football manager and former player from Spain who is the manager of Premier League club Manchester City.[6] Guardiola is the only manager to win the continental treble twice, and he holds the record for the most consecutive league games won in La Liga, the Bundesliga and the Premier League.[a] He is considered to be one of the greatest managers of all time.[8][9][10]

Guardiola was a defensive midfielder who usually played in a deep-lying playmaker's role. He spent the majority of his career with Barcelona, forming a part of Johan Cruyff's Dream Team that won the club's first European Cup in 1992, and four successive Spanish league titles from 1991 to 1994. He captained the team from 1997 until his departure from Barcelona in 2001. Guardiola then had stints with Brescia and Roma in Italy, Al-Ahli in Qatar and Dorados in Mexico. He was capped 47 times for the Spanish national team and appeared at the 1994 FIFA World Cup, as well as at UEFA Euro 2000. He also played friendly matches for Catalonia.

After retiring as a player, Guardiola briefly managed Barcelona B, with whom he won a Tercera División title. He took charge of the first team in 2008. In his first season, he led Barcelona to the continental treble of La Liga, the Copa del Rey and the UEFA Champions League, becoming the youngest manager to win the latter competition. He was named the FIFA World Coach of the Year in 2011 after leading the club to another La Liga and Champions League double in the 2010–11 season. Guardiola ended his four-year Barcelona stint in 2012 with 14 honours, a club record.

After a sabbatical period, Guardiola joined Bayern Munich in 2013 and won the Bundesliga in each of the three seasons, including two domestic doubles. He left the club for Manchester City in 2016 and guided them to the Premier League title in his second season in charge, breaking numerous domestic records as the team became the first to attain 100 points in a single season. He led City to a domestic treble in 2018–19, their first Champions League final in 2020–21, and their first Champions League title as part of another continental treble in 2022–23.

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  2. ^ "Pep Guardiola". FC Bayern Munich. Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
  3. ^ "How to pronounce 'Pep Guardiola'". Forvo. Archived from the original on 17 June 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  4. ^ Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja. "Pep". Diccionari català-valencià-balear [Catalan-Valencian-Balearic Dictionary] (in Catalan). Institute for Catalan Studies. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  5. ^ Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja. "guardiola". Diccionari català-valencià-balear [Catalan-Valencian-Balearic Dictionary] (in Catalan). Institute for Catalan Studies. Archived from the original on 6 April 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Pep Guardiola runs on Catalan independence ticket". BBC News. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  7. ^ "Man City fail to match Bayern for longest winning run in Europe's top 5 leagues". ESPN. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  8. ^ "Greatest Managers, No. 18: Pep Guardiola". 5 August 2013. Archived from the original on 23 January 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  9. ^ "Tim Sherwood: Pep Guardiola is the best manager in the history of football". 20 December 2017. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  10. ^ "Top 50 des coaches de l'historie". France Football. 19 March 2019. Archived from the original on 24 May 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2019.


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