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Pep Guardiola

By JCM10

  • Birth

    Birth
    Samtpedor, Barcelona, ​​Catalonia, Spain
    January 18, 1971 (53 years old). His parents were Valentí Guardiola and Dolors Sala Carrió.

  • Home in Barcelona

    Home in Barcelona
    He joined the Barcelona Football Club team on June 28, 1984, from Gimnàstic de Manresa. He played in the club's lower categories until 1990, confessing in later years that Diego Armando Maradona was one of the idols of his childhood, and until then he was only a ball catcher for the club.

  • Debut with the first team

    Debut with the first team
    He made his debut in the First Division on December 16, 1990 against Cádiz at the Camp Nou.14 Starting in 1991, Johan Cruyff selected him as a central defender for the first team. He immediately adapted to that role despite his youth and for several years was the "conductor" of the team popularly known as the Dream Team. After the retirement of José Mari Bakero, Guardiola took over the team captaincy. From that moment on, he was a symbol and football reference for Barcelona.

  • Best year

    Best year
    On May 20, 1992, together with players like Hristo Stoichkov, José Mari Bakero, Albert Ferrer, Ronald Koeman, Andoni Zubizarreta and Michael Laudrup, he won Barça's first European Cup.15 A few days later, he added a new title to the team. win a Spanish league that seemed lost thanks to the victory. Just a month later, he won the gold medal at the Barcelona Olympic Games. He was also recognized with the Bravo Trophy for the best European football promise of 1992.

  • Titles as a player

    Titles as a player
    6x Spanish Leagues
    4x Spanish Super Cup
    2x King's Cup
    2x European Super Cup
    1x UEFA Champions League
    1x European Cup Winners' Cup

  • Wedding

    Wedding
    The wedding of Pep Guardiola and Cristina Serra
    The couple got married in 2014, when Guardiola was not only already a coach, but his time at Barcelona had ended. At that time, the couple lived in Germany because Pep was Bayer's coach. Despite this, the wedding was held in Barcelona

  • Coaching titles

    Coaching titles
    5x Premier League 4x League Cups 4x European Super Cups 4x Club World Cups 3x Spanish Leagues 3x Spanish Super Cups 3x Bundesliga 3x Champions Leagues 2x King's Cups 2x German Cups 2x Community Shield 2x FA Cup

  • Children

    Children
    These are the children that Guardiola currently has with her 53 years old, María Guardiola, Valentina Guardiola and Marius Guardiola.