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Josep Guardiola

Josep Guardiola
Personal information
Full nameJosep Guardiola i Sala
Date of birth18 January 1971(age 42)
Place of birthSantpedor, Spain
Height1.82 m
Playing positionDefensive midfielder
Club information
Current clubBarcelona (Manager)

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Josep "Pep" Guardiola i Sala (-caʒuˈzɛb ɡwəɾðiˈɔɫə; born 18 January 1971 in Santpedor, Barcelona, Catalonia), 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 and A.S. 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 on appeal by Michel Platini as President of UEFA. As an international, he played for Spain and Catalonia.

After retiring as a player, Guardiola became coach of FC Barcelona B. On 8 May 2008, Barcelona president Joan Laporta announced that Guardiola would succeed Frank Rijkaard as the first team manager. He signed his contract on 5 June 2008. In his first season as manager, Barcelona 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 against Athletic Club Bilbao, the UEFA Super Cup against Shakhtar Donetsk, and the FIFA Club World Cup against Estudiantes, bringing the manager's tally to the maximum of six trophies in six competitions in one year, thus completing the first ever sextuple.

On 8 September 2011, Guardiola was awarded the Catalan Parliament parliament's Gold Medal, its highest honor.

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Barcelona coach Josep Guardiola after 1-1 draw with Copenhagen - “I am satisfied” - bettor.com (blog) Tweet this news
bettor.com (blog)--Barcelona coach -Pep Guardiola- gave out a press conference soon after the 1-1 Champions League draw against Copenhagen. Guardiola said that he was happy how ... - Date : Thu, 04 Nov 2010 04:49:14 GMT+00:00
Football Special Report: Barcelona - Six years of winning starts in the Copa ... - bettor.com (blog) Tweet this news
bettor.com (blog)--Last year, Josep -Pep Guardiola- took charge and played the perfect men to help his team win the game. When the team had to travel to Cultural Leonesa to play ... - Date : Thu, 04 Nov 2010 09:15:59 GMT+00:00
Pep Guardiola talk before Zaragoza encounter - bettor.com (blog) Tweet this news
bettor.com (blog)--The Barcelona manager, Josep -Pep Guardiola- had a press conference before the match against Real Zaragoza, and the Spaniard frankly told the press that he is ... - Date : Sat, 23 Oct 2010 17:14:24 GMT+00:00
Xavi: “No one in operations” - My Fresh Informations Tweet this news
My Fresh Informations--On the discussion of Barca coach -Josep Guardiola- at the end of the match against the Danes, with his colleague Stale Solbakken said he spoke Santpedor than ... - Date : Thu, 04 Nov 2010 18:23:29 GMT+00:00
Barcelona Coach Josep Guardiola Happy with Valencia Win - Inside Futbol Tweet this news
Inside Futbol--Barcelona coach -Josep Guardiola- was happy to see his side defeat Valencia at the Camp Nou last night. The champions won 2-1 in what was a keenly contested ... - Date : Sun, 17 Oct 2010 09:37:07 GMT+00:00
Barca manager reveals Messi won't play - The Korea Herald Tweet this news
The Korea Herald--FC Barcelona's manager -Josep Guardiola- reveals that Lionel Messi will not join the friendly match with the K-league All-Star team scheduled for Wednesday at ... - Date : Tue, 03 Aug 2010 12:35:43 GMT+00:00
Hodgson reveals Torres plans to stay at Liverpool - ESPN.co.uk Tweet this news
ESPN.co.uk--With Rafael Benitez a keen admirer at Inter Milan and -Josep Guardiola- also interested in bringing Mascherano to Barcelona, the writing was always on the ... - Date : Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:39:41 GMT+00:00
Barcelona: Efforts to sign Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas exhausted - IMScouting Tweet this news
IMScouting--"[Director Andoni] Zubizarreta and [manager Pep] -Guardiola- would like to sign the player as soon as possible, but no more effort can be made. ... - Date : Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:08:39 GMT+00:00
Henry poised to leave Barca for US - Independent Online Tweet this news
Independent Online--Henry, 32, is under contract at Barca until 2011 but coach -Josep Guardiola- hardly fielded him last season and has made it clear that he no longer needs him ... - Date : Tue, 29 Jun 2010 07:51:34 GMT+00:00
Rosell wins Barcelona presidential election - UEFA.com Tweet this news
UEFA.com--The club's 39th president elect has already spoken to Barcelona coach -Josep Guardiola- as the Spanish champions begin to plan for the 2010/11 season. ... - Date : Mon, 14 Jun 2010 15:18:41 GMT+00:00

Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Alex Ferguson		UEFA Champions League Winning Coach
2008-2009		Succeeded by
José Mourinho
Preceded by
José Mourinho		UEFA Champions League Winning Coach
2010-2011		Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by
Scotland Alex Ferguson
England Manchester United		European Treble Winning Coach
Spain Barcelona
2008-2009		Succeeded by
Portugal José Mourinho
Italy Internazionale
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Romania Gheorghe Popescu		FC Barcelona captain
1997-2001		Succeeded by
Spain Sergi Barjuán

Medal Record
Men's Football
Competitor for Spain
Gold1992 BarcelonaTeam Competition

Coaching stats :
Team Season League Cup Europe Other Total
W D L W D L W D L W D L GP W D L Win % GF GA GD
Barcelona 2008 � 09 27 6 5 7 2 0 7 5 1 1 0 1 62 42 13 7 67.74% 158 55 +103
2009 � 10 31 6 1 3 0 1 6 4 2 5 0 0 59 45 10 4 76.27% 138 39 +99
2010 � 11 30 6 2 5 2 2 9 3 1 1 0 1 62 45 11 6 72.58% 152 39 +113
2011 � 12 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 11 7 4 0 63.63% 37 10 +27
Career totals 92 20 8 15 4 3 23 13 4 9 1 2 194 139 38 17 71.65% 485 143 +342

Manager : Individual
Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Spain League Copa del Rey Europe Total
1990 � 91 Barcelona La Liga 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
1991 � 92 26 0 3 0 11 0 40 0
1992 � 93 28 0 5 1 6 0 39 1
1993 � 94 34 0 5 0 9 0 48 0
1994 � 95 24 2 4 0 6 0 34 2
1995 � 96 32 1 7 0 7 1 46 2
1996 � 97 38 0 8 0 7 1 53 1
1997 � 98 6 0 3 0 5 0 14 0
1998 � 99 22 1 3 0 1 0 26 1
1999 � 00 25 0 0 0 0 0 25 0
2000 � 01 28 2 4 3 8 0 40 4
Italy League Coppa Italia Europe Total
2001 � 02 Brescia Serie A 11 2 2 0   -   - 13 2
2002 � 03 Roma 4 0 3 1 1 0 8 1
Brescia 13 1 3 1   -   - 16 2
Qatar League Emir of Qatar Cup Asia Total
2003 � 05 Al-Ahli Qatar Stars League 18 2 9 3 9 2 36 7
Mexico League Cup North America Total
2005 � 06 Sinaloa Primera División 10 1 6 1 4 0 20 2
Total Spain 263 6 43 4 71 2 384 11
Italy 28 3 8 2 1 0 37 5
Qatar 18 2 9 3 9 2 36 7
Mexico 10 1 6 1 4 0 20 2
Career Total 319 12 66 10 85 4 470 26
1992 2 1
1993 5 0
1994 7 1
1995 0 0
1996 5 1
1997 4 1
1998 0 0
1999 9 0
2000 8 1
2001 7 0
Total 47 5

La Liga Coach of the Year - Don Balón Award

1976: Miljanić * 1977: Aragonés * 1978: Molowny * 1979: Molowny * 1980: Molowny * 1981: Ormaetxea * 1982: Ormaetxea * 1983: Clemente * 1984: Clemente * 1985: Venables * 1986: Molowny * 1987: Clemente * 1988: Beenhakker * 1989: Toshack * 1990: Toshack * 1991: Cruyff * 1992: Cruyff * 1993: Iglesias * 1994: Fernández * 1995: Iglesias * 1996: Antić * 1997: Cantatore * 1998: Irureta * 1999: Cúper * 2000: Irureta * 2001: Mané * 2002: Benítez * 2003: Denoueix * 2004: Irureta * 2005: Rijkaard * 2006: Rijkaard * 2007: Ramos * 2008: Manzano * 2009: Guardiola * 2010: Guardiola |

Bravo Award|titlestyle=background:gold;|1978: Case * 1979: Birtles * 1980: Müller * 1981: Wark * 1982: Shaw * 1983: Bonini * 1984: Righetti * 1985: Butragueño * 1986: Butragueño * 1987: van Basten * 1988: Ohana * 1989: Maldini * 1990: Baggio * 1991: Prosinečki * 1992: Guardiola * 1993: Giggs * 1994: Panucci * 1995: Kluivert * 1996: Del Piero * 1997: Ronaldo * 1998: Ronaldo * 1999: Buffon * 2000: Casillas * 2001: Hargreaves * 2002: Metzelder * 2003: Rooney * 2004: C.Ronaldo * 2005: Robben * 2006: Fàbregas * 2007: Messi * 2008: Benzema * 2009: Agüero

1978: Case * 1979: Birtles * 1980: Müller * 1981: Wark * 1982: Shaw * 1983: Bonini * 1984: Righetti * 1985: Butragueño * 1986: Butragueño * 1987: van Basten * 1988: Ohana * 1989: Maldini * 1990: Baggio * 1991: Prosinečki * 1992: Guardiola * 1993: Giggs * 1994: Panucci * 1995: Kluivert * 1996: Del Piero * 1997: Ronaldo * 1998: Ronaldo * 1999: Buffon * 2000: Casillas * 2001: Hargreaves * 2002: Metzelder * 2003: Rooney * 2004: C.Ronaldo * 2005: Robben * 2006: Fàbregas * 2007: Messi * 2008: Benzema * 2009: Agüero

Spain squad 1992 Summer Olympics Gold Medalists

Cañizares, Ferrer, Lasa, Solozábal, López, Villabona, Amavisca, Luis Enrique, Guardiola, Abelardo, Manjarín, Paqui, Toni, Vidal, Soler, Miguel, Berges, Pinilla, Kiko, Alfonso
Coach : Miera

Spain squad 1994 FIFA World Cup

Zubizarreta, Ferrer, Otero, J. Camarasa, Abelardo, F. Hierro, Goikoetxea, Guerrero, P. Guardiola, Bakero, Begiristain, Sergi, Cañizares, Juanele, Caminero, Miñambres, Voro, Alkorta, J. Salinas, Nadal, Luis Enrique, Lopetegui
Coach : Clemente

Spain squad UEFA Euro 2000

Cañizares, M. Salgado, Aranzábal, P. Guardiola, Abelardo, F. Hierro (c), I. Helguera, Fran, Munitis, Raúl, Alfonso, Sergi, Casillas, Gerard, Engonga, Mendieta, Etxeberria, Paco, Velasco, Urzaiz, Valerón, Molina
Coach : Camacho

FC Barcelona

1 . Valdés 2 . Alves 3 . Piqué 4 . Márquez 5 . Puyol (c) 6 . Xavi 7 . Villa 8 . Iniesta 9 . Ibrahimović 10 . Messi 11 . Bojan 13 . Pinto 15 . Keita 16 . Busquets 17 . Pedro 18 . Milito 19 . Maxwell 20 . Jeffrén 22 . Abidal
. Guardiola

La Liga Managers

Álvarez (Sevilla) * Camacho (Osasuna) * Caparrós (Athletic) * Emery (Valencia) * Esteban (Hércules) * García Plaza (Levante) * Garrido (Villarreal) * Gay (Zaragoza) * Mourinho (Real Madrid) * Guardiola (FC Barcelona) * Lasarte (Real Sociedad) * Lillo (Almería) * Ferreira (Malaga) * Lotina (Deportivo) * Manzano (Mallorca) * Míchel (Getafe) * Pochettino (Espanyol) * Portugal (Racing) * Preciado (Sporting) * Sánchez Flores (Atlético)



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