PEP GUARDIULA PROFILE

This is Josep “Pep” Guardiola i Sala Profile. He was born on 18 January 1971 in Santpedor, Barcelona, Catalonia. He is a Spanish football manager and former player. Guardiola played as a defensive midfielder and spent the majority of his playing career with FC Barcelona, whom he currently manages. He was part of Johan Cruyff’s dream team that won Barcelona’s first European Cup. Guardiola also played for Brescia Calcio, A.S. Roma, Al-Ahli and Dorados de Sinaloa. As an international, he played for Spain and Catalonia. On 2009 he won six trophies in six competitions in one year, thus completing the first ever sextuple. He is widely considered one of the world’s best football managers. Guardiola became the youngest UEFA Champions League winning manager ever.
Famous as : Coach
Birth Name : Josep Guardiola i Sala
Popular Name : Pep Guardiola
Nickname : Pep
Born : 18 January 1971
Place of birth : Santpedor, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
Height : 180 cm
Weight : 76 Kg
Nationality : Spanish
Current Club : FC Barcelona (Manager)
Pep Guardiola Family
Father : Valentí
Mother : Dolors
Spouse : Cristina Serra
Children : Maria, Màrius, and Valentina.
Pep Guardiola Career
Occupations : Football Manager/Coach
Active : 2008-present
Playing position : Defensive midfielder
Youth career
Gimnàstic Manresa
1983–1990 Barcelona
Senior career*
1990–1992 Barcelona B
1990–2001 Barcelona
2001–2002 Brescia
2002–2003 Roma
2003     Brescia
2003–2005 Al-Ahli
2005–2006 Dorados
*only on domestic league
National team
1991–1992 Spain U21 2 (0)
1992–2001 Spain 47 (5)
1995–2005 Catalonia 7 (0)
Teams Managed
2007–2008 Barcelona B
2008 – present Barcelona
Titles and Honours
Player
Barcelona
La Liga (6): 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1997–98, 1998–99
Copa del Rey (2): 1996–97, 1997–98
Supercopa de España (4): 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996
European Cup (1): 1991–92
UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup (1): 1996–97  UEFA Super Cup (2): 1992, 1997
Spain
Olympic Gold Medal: 1992
Individual
Bravo Award: 1992
UEFA Euro Team of the Tournament: 1992, 2000
Olympics Spain Best Player: 1992
Manager
Barcelona B
Tercera División: 2008
Barcelona
La Liga (2): 2009, 2010
Copa del Rey (1): 2009
Supercopa de España (2): 2009, 2010
UEFA Champions League (1): 2009
UEFA Super Cup (1): 2009
FIFA Club World Cup (1): 2009
Individual
IFFHS World’s Best Club Coach of the Year (1): 2009
Don Balon Award for Best Coach of the Year (2): 2009, 2010
Onze d’Or for Best European Coach (1): 2009
Miguel Muñoz Trophy for Best Coach of the Year (2): 2009, 2010
World Soccer Magazine World Manager of the Year (1): 2009
UEFA Team of the Year Best Coach (1): 2009
LFP Coach of the Year (1): 2009
Catalan of the Year Award (1): 2009

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