Josep "Pep" Guardiola Sala (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. He holds the record for the most consecutive league games won in La Liga, the Bundesliga and the Premier League.
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. 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.<\/P>","F4AE865DDB6B58D9":"Josep Guardiola i Sala","DC9241C78561BCD0":"Josep Guardiola i Sala","3D0CAED1D8820318D15DE014CB00C4C7":"Spain","2B1A74B80063A830":"1","C377723034B3384C":"240","5E5612EA3A8A833D":"180cm","C497EA9EA23AEEDCAF9AD5DB76B19323":"
PLAYER<\/U><\/STRONG>
Barcelona B<\/STRONG>
Segunda Division B: 1990–91
Barcelona<\/STRONG>
La Liga: 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1997–98, 1998–99
Copa del Rey: 1996–97
Supercopa de España: 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996
European Cup: 1991–92
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1996–97
European\/UEFA Super Cup: 1992, 1997
Spain U23<\/STRONG>
Olympic Gold Medal: 1992
INDIVIDUAL<\/U><\/STRONG>
Bravo Award:
<\/STRONG>1992
Olympics – Spain Best Player:
<\/STRONG>1992
UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament:
<\/STRONG>2000
MANAGER<\/U><\/STRONG>
Barcelona B<\/STRONG>
Tercera Division: 2007–08
Barcelona<\/STRONG>
La Liga: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11
Copa del Rey: 2008–09, 2011–12
Supercopa de España: 2009, 2010, 2011
UEFA Champions League: 2008–09, 2010–11
UEFA Super Cup: 2009, 2011
FIFA Club World Cup: 2009, 2011
Bayern Munich<\/STRONG>
Bundesliga: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16
DFB-Pokal: 2013–14, 2015–16
UEFA Super Cup: 2013
FIFA Club World Cup: 2013
Manchester City<\/STRONG>
Premier League: 2017–18, 2018–19
FA Cup: 2018–19
EFL Cup: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
FA Community Shield: 2018, 2019
INDIVIDUAL<\/U><\/STRONG>
Don Balon Award:<\/STRONG>
2009, 2010
Miguel Muñoz Trophy:<\/STRONG>
2008–09, 2009–10
Onze d'Or Coach of the Year:<\/STRONG>
2009, 2011, 2012
World Soccer Magazine World Manager of the Year:<\/STRONG>
2009, 2011
World Soccer Magazine 5th Greatest Manager of All Time:
<\/STRONG>2013
France Football 5th Greatest Manager of All Time:<\/STRONG>
2019
ESPN 18th Greatest Manager of All Time:<\/STRONG>
2013
IFFHS World's Best Club Coach:<\/STRONG>
2009, 2011
European Coach of the Year—Alf Ramsey Award:<\/STRONG>
2011
European Coach of the Season:<\/STRONG>
2008–09
UEFA Team of the Year Best Coach:
<\/STRONG>2008–09, 2010–11
La Liga Coach of the Year:
<\/STRONG>2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
FIFA World Coach of the Year:<\/STRONG>
2011
Globe Soccer Awards Coach Career Award:<\/STRONG>
2013
Premier League Manager of the Month:<\/STRONG>
February 2017, September 2017, October 2017, November 2017, December 2017, February 2019, April 2019
Premier League Manager of the Season:<\/STRONG>
2017–18, 2018–19
LMA Manager of the Year:<\/STRONG>
2017–18
League Managers Association (LMA) Hall of Fame<\/STRONG><\/P>","9085EF0B5B518612":"70kg","e_index":6};