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Josep "Pep" Guardiola Sala is a Spanish football manager and former player from Catalonia. He is the global ambassador of the City Football Group and was most recently the manager of Premier League club Manchester City. Widely regarded as one of the greatest football managers in history, Guardiola is one of two managers in history to win the continental treble twice and he holds the record for the most consecutive league games won in La Liga, Bundesliga, and the Premier League.
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Born 18 January 1971 · Q164038
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“had the feeling [...] would close the chapter, we won all the titles, there”
Mshale: Pep Guardiola Embargoed Pre-match Press Conference | Arsenal V Manchester City | Carabao Cup Final Club Brugge - Stvv (HDZJ6TmtnB)
Yahoo Sports: The image that Enzo Maresca will paint at Manchester City will be vastly different from Pep Guardiola’s vision
beIN SPORTS: Arteta Makes It Clear: Guardiola Is the Greatest Manager in History
OneFootball: Mikel Arteta dice que Pep Guardiola llevó la Premier a otro nivel
KOHA.net: Arteta: Guardiola is the best coach in history
Sport: Mikel Arteta: "Pep Guardiola es el mejor entrenador de la historia"
beIN SPORTS: Arteta lauds ‘best coach in the history of football’ Guardiola
FDP Radio: Mikel Arteta extrañará a Pep Guardiola en la Premier League
beIN SPORTS: Enzo Maresca Embraces the Challenge of Beginning the Post-Pep Guardiola Era at Manchester City
beinsports.com: Enzo Maresca acepta el desafío de comenzar la era post-Pep Guardiola en el Manchester City
El Nacional.cat: Pep Guardiola, sobre su infancia: “Éramos más pobres que ricos en un pequeño pueblo”
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Won: EFL Cup with Manchester City (2025–26).
Won award: Premier League Manager of the Month (February 2026).
Won: FA Cup with Manchester City (2025–26).
Won award: Premier League Manager of the Month (April 2026).
Public attention spiked: 70,975 Wikipedia readers in one day, 7× the usual 10,107, with 29 article edits. Editors noted: 2024–2026: Cup successes and departure leave reason (none) and quote
Public attention spiked: 77,464 Wikipedia readers in one day, 7.7× the usual 10,107, with 22 article edits. Editors noted: 2024–present: Decline and challenges "decline and challenges" renamed; he won cup finals
Public attention spiked: 111,808 Wikipedia readers in one day, 11.1× the usual 10,107, with 3 article edits. Editors noted: Wait until man city makes an official announcement
fact checker rated the claim “An AI video shows Pep Guardiola Showing Solidarity With Palestine.” correct.
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Runner-up: FA Cup with Manchester City (2024–25).
Won the English FA Community Shield with Manchester City (2024).
Won award: LMA Premier League Manager of the Year (2023–24).
Won: Premier League with Manchester City (2023–24).
Won award: Premier League Manager of the Season (2023–24).
Won: FA Community Shield with Manchester City (2024).
Runner-up: FA Cup with Manchester City (2023–24).
The Quint rated the claim “Pep Guardiola refused to shake hands with an Israeli official.” False.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Video shows Pep Guardiola refusing to shake an Israel representative's hand” False.
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fact checker rated the claim “Pep Guardiola qui refuse de donner la main à un dirigeant Israëlien. Pep Guardiola who refuses to shake hands with an Israeli leader.” misleading.
Shown as reported and rated by a fact checker, not as an established fact.
Won award: LMA Premier League Manager of the Year (2022–23).
Won: FIFA Club World Cup with Manchester City (2023).
Won: UEFA Men's Coach of the Year with League Managers Association (LMA) Hall of Fame (2022–23).
Won: The Best FIFA Football Coach with League Managers Association (LMA) Hall of Fame (2022–23).
Won: FA Cup with Manchester City (2022–23).
Won: UEFA Super Cup with Manchester City (2023).
Won award: IFFHS World's Best Club Coach (2023).
Awarded UEFA Men's Coach of the Year Award (2023).
Won: UEFA Champions League with Manchester City (2022–23).
Won award: LMA Manager of the Year (2022–23).
Won award: Premier League Manager of the Season (2022–23).
Won: Premier League with Manchester City (2022–23).
On 24 May 2023, Guardiola made a cameo appearance in Ted Lasso, in which Ted Lasso's (played by Jason Sudeikis) team, AFC Richmond, play against Manchester City and win.
Won: Premier League with Manchester City (2021–22).
fact checker rated the claim “The video depicts Pep Guardiola celebrating the Premier League title, while naked, in the Manchester City dressing room.” misleading.
Shown as reported and rated by a fact checker, not as an established fact.
Won award: Premier League Manager of the Month (January 2021).
Won award: Premier League Manager of the Season (2020–21).
Won award: Premier League Manager of the Month (November 2021).
Won: Premier League with Manchester City (2020–21).
Won award: Premier League Manager of the Month (February 2021).
Won award: Premier League Manager of the Month (December 2021).
Won award: LMA Premier League Manager of the Year (2020–21).
Won award: LMA Manager of the Year (2020–21).
Runner-up: UEFA Champions League with Manchester City (2020–21).
Won: EFL Cup with Manchester City (2020–21).
Won award: Globe Soccer Awards Coach of the Century (2020).
Won: EFL Cup with Manchester City (2019–20).
Won the English FA Community Shield with Manchester City (2019).
Won the English FA Cup with Manchester City (2018-2019).
Won: FA Community Shield with Manchester City (2019).
Won: FA Cup with Manchester City (2018–19).
Won award: Premier League Manager of the Season (2018–19).
Won award: Premier League Manager of the Month (February 2019).
Won: EFL Cup with Manchester City (2018–19).
Won: Premier League with Manchester City (2018–19).
Won award: Premier League Manager of the Month (April 2019).
Won the English FA Community Shield with Manchester City (2018).
Won award: LMA Premier League Manager of the Year (2017–18).
Won: FA Community Shield with Manchester City (2018).
Won award: Premier League Manager of the Season (2017–18).
Won award: LMA Manager of the Year (2017–18).
Won: EFL Cup with Manchester City (2017–18).
Won: Premier League with Manchester City (2017–18).
Won award: Premier League Manager of the Month (December 2017).
Won award: Premier League Manager of the Month (February 2017).
Won award: Premier League Manager of the Month (September 2017).
Won award: Premier League Manager of the Month (November 2017).
Won award: Premier League Manager of the Month (October 2017).
Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini was critical of Guardiola's philosophy, however, and expressed his belief that the popularisation of possession-based playing styles, associated with Barcelona under Guardiola, and the
Won: DFB-Pokal with Bayern Munich (2015–16).
Won: Bundesliga with Bayern Munich (2015–16).
And won six Premier League titles, including four successive wins from 2021 to 2024, marking the first time in the history of the English top flight that a team has done so
Won: Bundesliga with Bayern Munich (2014–15).
Confirmed that he would participate in the pro-independence coalition, Junts pel Sí, in that year's regional parliamentary election
Won: DFB-Pokal with Bayern Munich (2013–14).
Won: Bundesliga with Bayern Munich (2013–14).
Won: UEFA Super Cup with Bayern Munich (2013).
Won award: Globe Soccer Awards Coach Career Award (2013).
Won: FIFA Club World Cup with Bayern Munich (2013).
And won the Bundesliga in each of the three seasons, including two domestic doubles
Won: Copa del Rey with Barcelona (2011–12).
Won award: La Liga Coach of the Year (2012).
Won award: Onze d'Or Coach of the Year (2012).
“I have taken a decision to return to coaching but beyond that no decision has been taken. I don”
He had an account open in the principality of Andorra until 2012, exploiting the tax amnesty that Mariano Rajoy's conservative government had enacted in Spain to regularise his fiscal situation.
Won Medal of Honor of the Parliament of Catalonia (2011).
Won: Supercopa de España with Barcelona (2011).
Won award: IFFHS World's Best Club Coach (2011).
Won award: World Soccer magazine World Manager of the Year (2011).
Won award: Onze d'Or Coach of the Year (2011).
Won award: FIFA World Coach of the Year (2011).
Won: UEFA Super Cup with Barcelona (2011).
Won: FIFA Club World Cup with Barcelona (2011).
Won award: La Liga Coach of the Year (2011).
Won award: UEFA Team of the Year Best Coach (2010–11).
Won: La Liga with Barcelona (2010–11).
Runner-up: Copa del Rey with Barcelona (2010–11).
Won: UEFA Champions League with Barcelona (2010–11).
After leading the club to another La Liga and Champions League double in the 2010–11 season
“Many memories - forget the titles, it's the memories. All of us. All the people here are extraordinary. Life is made of periods, we lived an incredible period. If I had energy I would stay here. A new person has to do this job.”
“Ten years is a lot of time and I think the club needs a new manager, new energy, these incredible players we have right now and start to write another chapter”
Won award: Miguel Muñoz Trophy (2009–10).
Won award: Don Balón Award (2010).
Won award: La Liga Coach of the Year (2010).
Won award: Gold Medal Royal Order of Sports Merit (2010).
Won: La Liga with Barcelona (2009–10).
Won: Supercopa de España with Barcelona (2010).
Won award: La Liga Coach of the Year (2009).
Won award: IFFHS World's Best Club Coach (2009).
Won: Supercopa de España with Barcelona (2009).
Won award: Catalan of the Year Award (2009).
Won award: Miguel Muñoz Trophy (2008–09).
Won: La Liga with Barcelona (2008–09).
Won: Copa del Rey with Barcelona (2008–09).
Won award: World Soccer magazine World Manager of the Year (2009).
Won award: Don Balón Award (2009).
Awarded Catalan of the year Award (2009).
Won: FIFA Club World Cup with Barcelona (2009).
Won: UEFA Champions League with Barcelona (2008–09).
Won: UEFA Super Cup with Barcelona (2009).
Won award: UEFA Team of the Year Best Coach (2008–09).
Won award: Onze d'Or Coach of the Year (2009).
Won: Tercera División with Barcelona B (2007–08).
Juan Manuel Lillo was appointed the manager of Mexican club Dorados
Played for Dorados de Sinaloa (2005–2006) — 10 appearances, 1 goals.
Played for Al Ahli SC (2003–2005) — 36 appearances, 5 goals.
Played for Brescia Calcio (2003–2003) — 13 appearances, 1 goals.
Guardiola played in Qatar with Al-Ahli from Doha in the Qatar Stars League
Joined Brescia in 2003.
Played for AS Roma (2002–2003) — 4 appearances, 0 goals.
Joined Roma in 2002.
Joined Brescia in 2001.
His agent Josè Maria Orobitg described him as the best in the world at dictating the tempo and rhythm of his team's play
At age 30, Guardiola joined Serie A side Brescia as Andrea Pirlo's replacement in the deep-lying playmaker role, where he played alongside Roberto Baggio under manager Carlo Mazzone
Played for Brescia Calcio (2001–2002) — 11 appearances, 2 goals.
Won: La Liga with Barcelona (1998–99).
Won: La Liga with Barcelona (1997–98).
Won: Copa del Rey with Barcelona (1997–98).
Which kept him out of the year's World Cup, but later played at Euro 2000, where Spain reached another quarter-final, this time losing to France, 2–1
Won: Copa del Rey with Barcelona (1996–97).
Won: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup with Barcelona (1996–97).
Guardiola was named as Barcelona captain under new manager Louis van Gaal, but a calf muscle injury ruled Guardiola out of most of the 1997–98 season, in which Barcelona won a league and cup double
Won: Supercopa de España with Barcelona (1996).
With Barcelona finishing fourth in the 1994–95 season and third in the 1995–96 season, but Guardiola retained his position at the centre of Barcelona's midfield
Played for Catalonia national football team (1995–2005) — 9 appearances, 0 goals.
Won: La Liga with Barcelona (1993–94).
Won: Supercopa de España with Barcelona (1994).
Won: La Liga with Barcelona (1992–93).
Won the Bravo Award with Barcelona (1992).
Won: Supercopa de España with Barcelona (1992).
Won award: Olympics – Spain Best Player (1992).
Won: European Cup with Barcelona (1991–92).
Won: Olympic Games gold medal with Spain U23 (1992).
Won: La Liga with Barcelona (1991–92).
Won: European Super Cup with Barcelona (1992).
Won award: Bravo Award (1992).
Played for Spain men's national football team (1992–2001) — 47 appearances, 5 goals.
And four successive Spanish league titles from 1991 to 1994
Joined Spain in 1992.
Won: Segunda División B with Barcelona B (1990–91).
Won: Supercopa de España with Barcelona (1991).
Won: La Liga with Barcelona (1990–91).
Played for Spain national under-23 football team (1991–1992) — 12 appearances, 2 goals.
Played for Spain national under-21 association football team (1991–1991) — 2 appearances, 0 goals.
Joined Barcelona in 1990.
Played for FC Barcelona (1990–2001) — 263 appearances, 6 goals.
Played for FC Barcelona Atlètic (1984–1990) — 59 appearances, 5 goals.
Born 1971-01-18.
Won Gold Medal of the Royal Order of Sports Merit.
Career landmark: Participated in 1994 FIFA World Cup (tournament / event).
Career landmark: Participated in 1992 Summer Olympics (tournament / event).
Career landmark: Participated in UEFA Euro 2000 (tournament / event).