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Personal information
Full name Josep Guardiola i Sala
Date of birth 18 January 1971 (1971-01-18) (age 53)
Place of birth    Santpedor, Flag of Spain Spain
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current club Flag of England Manchester City (manager)
Youth clubs
1983-1990 Flag of Spain Barcelona
Senior clubs
Years Club App (Gls)
1990–1992
1990–2001
2001–2002
2002–2003
2003–2004
2004–2005
2005–2006
Total
Flag of Spain Barcelona B
Flag of Spain Barcelona
Flag of Italy Brescia
Flag of Italy Roma
Flag of Italy Brescia
Flag of Qatar Al-Ahli
Flag of Mexico Dorados
059 00(5)
263 00(6)
011 00(2)
0000(0)
013 00(1)
018 00(2)
010 00(1)
378 0(17)   
National team
1991
1991–1992
1992–2001
1995–2005
Flag of Spain Spain U21
Flag of Spain Spain U23
Flag of Spain Spain
Flag of Catalonia Catalonia
0000(0)
012 00(2)
047 00(5)
0000(0)
Teams managed
2007–2008
2008–2012
2013–2016
2016–
Flag of Spain Barcelona B
Flag of Spain Barcelona
Flag of Germany Bayern Munich
Flag of England Manchester City

Josep "Pep" Guardiola i Sala (born 18 January 1971) is a Spanish former footballer and current manager. He is currently manager of English Premier League side Manchester City. Guardiola had played as a defensive midfielder and spent the majority of his playing career with FC Barcelona. He was part of Johan Cruyff's "dream team" that won Barcelona's first European Cup. He also played for Brescia and Roma in Italy; Al-Ahli in Qatar; and for Dorados de Sinaloa in Mexico while attending managing school. While playing in Italy, he served a four-month ban for a positive drug test, although he was cleared of wrongdoing twice on appeal in 2009 before the Courts of Justice of the Italian Football Federation and the Federal Anti-Doping Courts of the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI). As an international, he played for Spain, and in friendly matches for Catalonia.

After retiring as a player, Guardiola became coach of FC Barcelona B, and mid-2008 he succeeded Frank Rijkaard as the first team manager. In his first season as manager, Barça won the treble of La Liga, the Copa del Rey, and the Champions League. In doing so, Guardiola became the youngest UEFA Champions League-winning manager ever. The following season, Guardiola and Barcelona won the Supercopa de España, the UEFA Super Cup, and the FIFA Club World Cup, bringing the manager's tally to the maximum of six trophies in six competitions in one year, thus completing six trophies sextuple in two seasons.

On 8 September 2011, Guardiola was awarded the Catalan parliament's Gold Medal, the highest honour. On 9 January 2012, Guardiola received the 2011 FIFA World Coach of the Year award for Men's Football. On 30 June 2012, Guardiola quit as Barcelona manager, after achieving 14 titles in four years in charge of the club. On 16 January 2013, the Bayern Munich management announced that Guardiola would join the club for the 2013–14 season, after Jupp Heynckes left in July 2013.

Guardiola is known to sometimes make flippant and sarcastic replies to journalists' questions. For example, following Man City's draw to RB Leipzig in February 2023, he made a sarcastic comment when asked why he opted against making changes. [1]

Honours[]

Player[]

Barcelona B

Barcelona

Spain U23

  • Olympic gold medal: 1992

Individual

  • Bravo Award: 1992
  • Olympics – Spain Best Player: 1992
  • UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 2000

Manager[]

Barcelona B

Barcelona

Bayern Munich

Manchester City

Individual

Decorations[]

  • Gold Medal Royal Order of Sports Merit: 2010
  • Catalan of the Year Award: 2009

External links[]

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Manchester City F.C. squad - 2023–24

Walker •  Dias •  Phillips •  Stones •  Aké •  Kovačić •  Haaland •  10 Grealish •  11 Doku •  13 Steffen •  16 Rodri •  17 De Bruyne (c) •  18 Ortega •  19 Álvarez •  20 Silva •  21 Gómez •  24 Gvardiol •  25 Akanji •  27 Nunes •  31 Ederson •  33 Carson •  47 Foden •  52 Bobb •  75 O'Reilly •  82 Lewis •  96 Knight • 

Manager:  Flag of Spain Pep Guardiola
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2023–24 Premier League managers

Arteta (Arsenal) · Emery (Aston Villa) · Iraola (Bournemouth) · Frank (Brentford) · De Zerbi (Brighton & Hove Albion) · Kompany (Burnley) · Pochettino (Chelsea) · Glasner (Crystal Palace) · Dyche (Everton) · Silva (Fulham) · Klopp (Liverpool) · Edwards (Luton Town) · Guardiola (Manchester City) · Ten Hag (Manchester United) · Howe (Newcastle United) · Cooper (Nottingham Forest) · Wilder (Sheffield United) · Mason (Tottenham Hotspur) · Moyes (West Ham United) · O'Neil (Wolverhampton Wanderers)

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Spain – 1994 FIFA World Cup

1. Zubizarreta (c) 2. Ferrer 3. Otero 4. Camarasa 5. Abelardo 6. Hierro 7. Goikoetxea 8. Guerrero 9. Guardiola 10. Bakero 11. Begiristain 12. Sergi 13. Cañizares 14. Juanele 15. Caminero 16. Miñambres 17. Voro 18. Alkorta 19. Salinas 20. Nadal 21. Luis Enrique 22. Lopetegui Manager:  Flag of Spain Javier Clemente

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Spain – UEFA Euro 2000

1. Cañizares 2. Salgado 3. Aranzábal 4. Guardiola 5. Abelardo 6. Hierro (c) 7. Helguera 8. Fran 9. Munitis 10. Raúl 11. Alfonso 12. Sergi 13. Casillas 14. Gerard 15. Engonga 16. Mendieta 17. Etxeberria 18. Paco 19. Velasco 20. Urzaiz 21. Valerón 22. Molina Manager:  Flag of Spain Camacho

Futbol Club Barcelona - Managers

Barrow (1917) • Greenwell (1917–23) • Spouncer (1923–24) • Poszony (1924) • Kirby (1924–26) • Domby (1926–27) • Forns (1927–29) • Bellamy (1929–31) • Greenwell (1931–33) • Domby (1933–34) • Plattkó (1934–35) • O'Connell (1935–40) • Planas (1940–41) • Guzmán (1941–42) • Nogués (1942–44) • Samitier (1944–47) • Fernández (1947–50) • Daučík (1950–54) • Puppo (1954–55) • Plattkó (1955–56) • Balmanya (1956–58) • Herrera (1958–60) • Broćić (1960–61) • Orizaola (1961) • Miró (1961) • Kubala (1961–63) • Gonzalvo (1963) • C.Rodríguez (1963–64) • Sasot (1964–65) • Olsen (1965–67) • Artigas (1967–69) • Seguer (1969c) • Buckingham (1969–71) • Michels (1971–75) • Weisweiler (1975–76) • Ruiz (1976c) • Michels (1976–78) • Muller (1978–79) • Rifé (1979–80) • Herrera (1980) • Kubala (1980) • Herrera (1980–81) • Lattek (1981–83) • Menotti (1983–84) • Venables (1984–87) • Aragonés (1987–88) • Cruijff (1988–91) • Rexach (1991c) • Cruijff (1991–96) • Robson (1996–97) • Van Gaal (1997–2000) • Serra Ferrer (2000–01) • Rexach (2001–02) • Van Gaal (2002–03) • Antić (2003) • Rijkaard (2003–08) • Guardiola (2008–12) • Vilanova (2012–13) • Martino (2013–14) • Enrique (2014–17) • Valverde (2017–20) • Quique Setién (2020) • Koeman (2020–21) • Xavi (2021–)

FC Bayern München - Managers

Hesselink (1903–?) • Taylor (1907–?) • Hoer (1909–11) • Taylor (1911) • Griffiths (1911–12) • Townley (1914) • Kreisel (1915) • Baumann (1916–17) • Kirstner (1917–18) • Storch (1918–(19) • Townley (19(19–21) • Schmid (1921–24) • McPherson (1924–27) • Weisz (1927–28) • Konrád (1928–30) • Kohn (1931–33) • Tauchert (1933–34) • Hofmann (1934–35) • Michalke (1935–37) • Körner (1937–38) • Goldbrunner (1938–43) • Heidkamp (1943–45) • Högg (1945–46) • Pöttinger (1946–47) • Riemke (1947) • Dietl (1947–48) • Riemke (1948–50) • Davison (1950–51) • Riemke (1951) • Schäfer (1951–53) • Bayerer (1953–54) • Knöpfle (1954) • Streitle (1954–55) • Moll (1955–56) • Hahn (1956–58) • Moll (1958) • Patek (1958–61) • Schneider (1961–63) • Čajkovski (1963–68) • Zebec (1968–70) • Lattek (1970–75) • Cramer (1975–77) • Lóránt (1977–79) • Csernai (1979–83) • Saftig (1983) • Lattek (1983–87) • Heynckes (1987–91) • Lerby (1991–92) • Ribbeck (1992–93) • Beckenbauer (1994) • Trapattoni (1994–95) • Rehhagel (1995–96) • Beckenbauerc (1996) • Trapattoni (1996–98) • Hitzfeld (1998–(2004) • Magath (2004–07) • Hitzfeld (2007–08) • Klinsmann (2008–09) • Heynckesc (2009) • Van Gaal (2009–11) • Jonkerc (2011) • Heynckes (2011–13) • Guardiola (2013–16) • Ancelotti (2016– 17) • Sagnolc (2017) • Heynckes (2017–18) • Kovač (2018–19) • Flick (2019–21) • Nagelsmann (2021–23) • Thomas Tuchel (2023–)

Manchester City Football Club - Managers

Furniss (1889–93) • Parlby (1893–95) • Ormerod (1895–1902) • Maley (1902–06) • Newbould (1906–12) • Committee (1912) • Mangnall (1912–24) • Ashworth (1924–25) • Alexander/Committee (1925–26) • Hodge (1926–32) • Wild (1932–46) • Cowan (1946–47) • Wild (1947) • Thomson (1947–50) • McDowall (1950–63) • Poyser (1963–65) • Mercer (1965–71) • Committee (1965) • Allison (1971–73) • Hart (1973) • Book (1973) • Saunders (1973–74) • Book (1974–79) • Allison (1979–80) • Book (1980) • Bond (1980–83) • Benson (1983) • McNeill (1983–86) • Frizzell (1986–87) • Machin (1987–89) • Book (1989) • Kendall (1989–90) • Reid (1990–93) • Book (1993) • Horton (1993–95) • Hartford (1996) • Ball (1995–96) • Coppell (1996) • Neal (1996) • Clark (1996–98) • Royle (1998–2001) • Keegan (2001–05) • Pearce (2005–07) • Eriksson (2007–08) • Hughes (2008–09) • Mancini (2009–13) • Kidd (2013) • Pellegrini (2013–16) • Guardiola (2016–)

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