Josep Guardiola

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Pep Guardiola
Personal information
Full name Josep Guardiola Sala
Date of birth January 18, 1971 (age 36)
Place of birth    Santpedor, Catalonia, Spain
Playing position Midfielder
Youth clubs
FC Barcelona
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1984-1990
1990-2001
2001-2002
2002-2003
2003
2003-2005
2006		 FC Barcelona B
FC Barcelona
Brescia Calcio
AS Roma
Brescia Calcio
Al-Ahli Doha
Dorados de Sinaloa		 263 (6)
615 (35)   
National team2
1992-2001
1995-2005		 Spain
Catalan XI		 47 (0)
7 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of June 4 2006.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of June 4 2006.
* Appearances (Goals)

Josep Guardiola Sala (b. Santpedor, Catalonia, Spain, January 18, 1971), also known as Pep Guardiola is a Spanish former football player. He was captain of both FC Barcelona and Spain. He also played for Brescia Calcio, AS Roma, Al-Ahli Doha and Dorados de Sinaloa. Guardiola has also played for and been a strong supporter of the Catalan XI.

Guardiola was a product of the cantera barcelonista, playing initially as junior with Gimnàstic de Manresa and FC Barcelona B. He spent the majority of his career at FC Barcelona where between 1990 and 2001 he made 379 appearances. Playing as a defensive midfielder, he was a key member of the Dream Team put together by Johan Cruyff in the early 1990s, providing a local presence in a team of Basques and foreigners. During his time at FC Barcelona he became a firm favourite with fans and won an impressive array of trophies. In 1997 he succeeded José Mari Bakero as club captain. However a hamstring injury subsequently kept him out for a year.

Guardiola also played 47 times for Spain between 1992 and 2001 and was captain of the team that won the gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1992 hosted by Barcelona. Although never a noted goalscorer, Guardiola scored during the final against Poland at the Camp Nou. He was a member of the selección during the 1994 World Cup but fell out of favour with Javier Clemente and missed out on Euro 1996. Injury kept him out of the 1998 World Cup, but he later played at Euro 2000.

After leaving FC Barcelona in 2001 he played for Brescia Calcio and AS Roma in Serie A. However his time in Italy was unhappy and included a four month ban after testing positive for Nandrolone. During his spell with Brescia Calcio, he played alongside legendary Italian football player Roberto Baggio. During an interview, he was asked if Baggio was one of the greatest Italian player of all-time, and he answered: "Roberto Baggio is the best player I have ever played with. It is a mistake to consider Baggio as one of the greatest football player in Italy, because he is one of the greatest in the world.".

[edit] Honours

FC Barcelona

Spain

Olympic medal record
Men's Football
Gold 1992 Barcelona Team Competition

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Flag of Spain Spain squad - 1994 FIFA World Cup Quarter-finalists Flag of Spain

1 Zubizarreta | 2 Ferrer | 3 Otero | 4 Camarasa | 5 Abelardo | 6 Hierro | 7 Goikoetxea | 8 Guerrero | 9 Guardiola | 10 Bakero | 11 Beguiristáin | 12 Sergi | 13 Cañizares | 14 Juanele | 15 Caminero | 16 Miñambres | 17 Voro | 18 Alkorta | 19 Salinas | 20 Nadal | 21 Luis Enrique | 22 Lopetegui | Coach: Clemente
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