Josep Guardiola

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Pep Guardiola
Personal information
Full name	Josep Guardiola i Sala
Date of birth	January 18, 1971 (1971-01-18) (age 37)
Place of birth	Santpedor, Catalonia, Spain
Playing position	Midfielder (retired)
Youth clubs
1984–1990	Gimnàstic de Manresa FC Barcelona B
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1990–2001 2001–2002 2002–2003 2003 2003–2005 2006	FC Barcelona Brescia Calcio AS Roma Brescia Calcio Al-Ahli (Doha) Dorados de Sinaloa	263 0(6) 011 0(2) 004 0(0) 013 0(1) 018 0(2) 010 0(1)
National team2
1992-2001 1995-2005	Spain Catalonia	047 0(5) 007 0(0)
Teams managed
2007–2008 2008–	FC Barcelona B FC Barcelona
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 22 2007. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of June 4 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Josep Guardiola i Sala, pron. IPA: [ʑu'zɛp gwəɾ'ð̞joɫə], (born January 18, 1971), also known as Pep Guardiola is a former Spanish football player and current coach. He spent the majority of his playing career at FC Barcelona, but also played for, among others, Brescia Calcio, AS Roma, Al-Ahli (Doha) and Dorados de Sinaloa. As an international Guardiola played for both Spain and Catalonia. After retiring as a player Guardiola became a coach. On May 8, 2008, FC Barcelona president Joan Laporta announced that Guardiola would succeed Frank Rijkaard as the first team manager although no contract has been signed yet.^[1]

Contents 1 Club Career 1.1 FC Barcelona 1.2 Serie A 1.3 Dorados de Sinaloa 2 International Career 2.1 Spain 2.2 Catalonia 3 Coaching Career 4 Honours 5 See also 6 References 7 External Links

[edit] Club Career

[edit] FC Barcelona

Guardiola was a product of the pedrera barcelonista, playing initially as junior with Gimnàstic de Manresa and FC Barcelona B ^[2]. Between 1990 and 2001 he made 379 appearances for FC Barcelona. This included 263 in La Liga^[3]. He made senior La Liga debut for FC Barcelona on December 16 1990 in a 2-0 win against Cádiz C.F.. Playing as a defensive midfielder, he went onto become a key member of the Dream Team put together by Johan Cruyff, providing a local presence in a team made up of mainly Basque and foreign players. During his time at FC Barcelona he became a firm favourite with fans and helped the club win an impressive array of trophies including a European Cup title in 1992 and six La Liga titles. In 1997 he succeeded José Mari Bakero as club captain. However a hamstring injury subsequently kept him out for a year. He made his final La Liga appearance for the club on June 17, 2001 in a 3-2 win against Valencia CF.

[edit] Serie A

After leaving FC Barcelona in 2001 Guardiola 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. Six years later in Octotber 23, 2007, Guardiola was cleared on appeal of all charges that had led to the ban^[4].

[edit] Dorados de Sinaloa

In 2006 when Juan Manuel Lillo was appointed manager of Mexican club Dorados de Sinaloa he recruited Guardiola to play for the club. He subsequently played for six months in Mexico. However in May 2006 Dorados was relegated to Primera División A and he retired as a player.

[edit] International Career

[edit] Spain

In 1992 Guardiola captained Spain when they won the gold medal at the Barcelona Olympic Games. Between 1992 and 2001 Guardiola also played 47 times and scored 5 goals for the senior Spain team. He made his senior debut on October 14, 1992 in 0-0 with Northern Ireland at Windsor Park in a World Cup qualifier. He was a member of the Spain team 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. He made his final appearance for Spain in 1-0 win in a friendly against Mexico on November 14, 2001^[5][6].

[edit] Catalonia

Guardiola has also played for and been a strong advocate of the Catalonia national football team ^[7]. Between 1995 and 2005 he played 7 times for Catalonia, playing in prestige friendlies against among others, Nigeria^[8].

[edit] Coaching Career

Guardiola was appointed coach of FC Barcelona B on June 21 2007. Under his guidance the team subsequently won their Tercera División group and have qualified for the 2008 Segunda División B play-offs ^[9]. Guardiola has been appointed manager of the senior FC Barcelona team for the 2008-09 season.^[10] He has signed a two year deal.

[edit] Honours

FC Barcelona

• European Cup
  • 1992: 1
• European Cup Winners Cup
  • 1997: 1
• La Liga
  • 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999: 6
• Copa del Rey
  • 1997, 1998: 2
• Spanish Super Cup
  • 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997: 4
• European Super Cup
  • 1993, 1997: 2

Spain

• Olympic Games
  • 1992: 1

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

[edit] See also

• List of doping cases in sport

[edit] References

[edit] External Links

• Interview at www.time.com
• www.josepguardiola.com
• Goal.com profile

v • d • e Spain squad - 1994 FIFA World Cup 1 Zubizarreta • 2 Ferrer • 3 Otero • 4 Camarasa • 5 Abelardo • 6 Hierro • 7 Goikoetxea • 8 Guerrero • 9 Guardiola • 10 Bakero • 11 Begiristain • 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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