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 50)
Place of birth	Santpedor, Spain
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team	Manchester City (manager)
Youth career
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)
National team
1991	Spain U21	2	(0)
1991–1992	Spain U23	12	(2)
1992–2001	Spain	47	(5)
1995–2005	Catalonia	7	(0)
Teams managed
2007–2008	Barcelona B
2008–2012	Barcelona
2013–2016	Bayern Munich
2016–	Manchester City
Honours Representing Spain Men's football Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Josep "Pep" Guardiola Sala (Catalan pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛb ɡwəɾðiˈɔlə]; born 18 January 1971) is a Spanish professional football manager and former player, who is the current manager of Premier League club Manchester City. He is considered to be one of the greatest managers of all time^[3][4] and holds the record for the most consecutive league games won in La Liga, the Bundesliga and the Premier League.^{[note 1]}

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 later captained the team from 1997 until his departure from the club in 2001. After leaving Barcelona, Guardiola had stints with Brescia and Roma in Italy, Al-Ahli in Qatar, and Dorados de Sinaloa 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 coached Barcelona B, with whom he won a Tercera División title, and assumed control of the first-team in 2008. In his first season as the first team manager, he guided Barcelona to the treble of La Liga, Copa del Rey and UEFA Champions League. In doing so, Guardiola became the youngest manager to win the aforementioned European competition. In 2011, after leading the club to another La Liga and Champions League double, Guardiola was awarded the Catalan Parliament's Gold Medal, their highest honour.^[6] The same year, he was also named the FIFA World Coach of the Year. He ended his four-year Barcelona stint in 2012 with 14 honours, a club record.

After a sabbatical period, Bayern Munich announced Guardiola would join the club as manager in 2013. Guardiola won the Bundesliga every season he was there, as well as two domestic doubles. He left the Bavarians for Manchester City in 2016, and guided them to a Premier League title in his second campaign in charge, breaking numerous domestic records as the team became the first to attain 100 league points. He won a second consecutive Premier League and EFL Cup the following season, as well as the FA Cup, becoming the first manager to win the domestic treble in English men's football.

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