Josep Guardiola

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Josep "Pep" Guardiola i Sala (Catalan pronunciation: [ʑuˈzɛp ɡwəɾˈð̞jɔɫə]; born 18 January 1971 in Santpedor, Barcelona, Catalonia) is a former Spanish football midfielder and current FC Barcelona manager. He spent the majority of his playing career with Barcelona, and was the captain of Johan Cruyff's dream team that won Barcelona's first European Cup. Guardiola also played for, among others, Brescia Calcio, A.S. Roma, Al-Ahli and Dorados de Sinaloa. As an international, Guardiola played for both Spain and Catalonia. After retiring as a player, Guardiola became coach of FC Barcelona Atlètic. 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^[1]. In his first season as manager, Barcelona won the treble of La Liga, the Copa del Rey and the Champions League.

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 3.1 Coaching stats 4 Honours 4.1 Player 4.2 Manager 5 Career Statistics 6 See also 7 References 8 External links

[edit] Club career

[edit] FC Barcelona

Guardiola was a product of the planter Barcelonista (Barcelona's youth academy), playing initially as junior with Gimnàstic de Manresa and FC Barcelona B.^[2] Between 1990 and 2001, he made 379 appearances for Barça, including 263 in La Liga.^[3] He made his senior La Liga debut for Barcelona on 16 December 1990 in a 2-0 win against Cádiz. 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 Barcelona, he became a firm favourite with fans and helped the club win an array of trophies including a European Cup title in 1992 and six La Liga titles. He also won the Cup Winner's Cup under Bobby Robson as well. 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 17 June 2001 in a 3-2 win against Valencia. He is regarded as a legend at the Camp Nou.

[edit] Serie A

After leaving FC Barcelona in 2001, he was linked with several clubs such as Newcastle United, West Ham United, Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool, plus both Milanese clubs of Milan and Internazionale. But Guardiola joined first Brescia Calcio and then Roma in the Italian Serie A. However, his time in Italy was unhappy and included a four month ban after testing positive for Nandrolone. Six years later, on 23 October 2007, Guardiola was cleared on appeal of all charges that had led to the ban.^[4]

[edit] Dorados de Sinaloa

After a spell in Qatar with Al-Ahli from Doha, he turned down an offer from Manchester City because they didn't offer him a long enough deal. But, 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, Sinaloa 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 five goals for the senior Spain team. He made his senior debut on 14 October 1992 in 0-0 draw 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 14 November 2001^[5][6].

[edit] Catalonia

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

[edit] Coaching career

Guardiola was appointed coach of FC Barcelona B on 21 June 2007. Under his guidance, the team subsequently won their Tercera División group and qualified for the 2008 Segunda División B playoffs.^[9] Barcelona president Joan Laporta announced before the end of the 2007-08 season that Josep Guardiola would be appointed manager of Barcelona to replace Frank Rijkaard at the end of the season.^[10]

After leading the 'B' side to promotion to Segunda División B, Guardiola revealed that Ronaldinho, Deco, Samuel Eto'o and others were not part of his plans for next season. By the time of the announcement, Guardiola had already offloaded full back Gianluca Zambrotta to Milan, forward Giovani dos Santos to Tottenham Hotspur, and midfielder Edmílson to Villarreal.^[11] Deco went to Chelsea, while the iconic Ronaldinho was sold to Milan. Lilian Thuram was going to Paris Saint-Germain but the discovery of a heart condition put a stop to the move, and the veteran retired to tend to his health. Oleguer signed with Ajax, Santiago Ezquerro was released by Barça and Marc Crosas was sold to Celtic. The fate of Samuel Eto'o took much of the summer to unravel, with the Cameroonian linked with several clubs, but Guardiola finally declared that he would stay after his dedication in training and participation in the pre-season.^[12] More or less, the same was the case with Eiður Guðjohnsen, following talks with Guardiola.^[13]

Under Guardiola's new leadership, several new signings were made. Dani Alves and Seydou Keita arrived from Sevilla, Martín Cáceres from Villarreal by way of Recreativo, Gerard Piqué returned from Manchester United, and Aliaksandr Hleb was signed from Arsenal. Henrique was also signed from Palmeiras, but was immediately loaned out to Bayer Leverkusen.^[14]

Guardiola's first competitive game as coach was in the third qualifying round of the Champions League, in which Barça comfortably beat Polish club Wisła Kraków 4–0 at home. Barcelona was defeated 1–0 in Kraków, but progressed with a 4-1 aggregate victory. Promoted Numancia also defeated Barcelona in the opening match-day of the La Liga, but the team then went on an undefeated streak for over 20 matches to move to the top of the league. Barça would maintain their spot atop La Liga's table, securing their first league title since 2006 when Real Madrid lost at Villareal on May 16, 2009.

The league title was the second piece of silverware in Guardiola's first season at the Camp Nou. On May 13, 2009, Barcelona won the Copa del Rey, defeating Athletic Bilbao 4-1.

Guardiola finished the season by leading Barça to the final of the Champions League, where they beat Manchester United 2–0. In doing so, they became the first Spanish club to win the domestic cup, league, and European club titles in the same season. Furthermore, Guardiola became the youngest coach ever to coach a Champions League winning team.

Guardiola has shown preference to playing a 4-3-3 system, the same system used by Frank Rijkaard. In interviews with the press, his players stressed a harder work ethic than before, but also a more personal approach during training and a closer relationship with their new coach.

[edit] Coaching stats

As of 28 May 2009.

Club	Season	League			Cup			Europe			Total
		W	D	L	W	D	L	W	D	L	GP	W	D	L	%
FC Barcelona B	2007-08	25	8	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	38	25	8	5	65.79
FC Barcelona	2008-09	27	6	5	7	2	0	7	5	1	60	41	13	6	72.41
Career totals		52	13	10	7	2	0	8	2	2	93	67	17	12	72.04

[edit] Honours

[edit] Player

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
  • 1992, 1997: 2

Spain

• Olympic Games
  • 1992: 1

[edit] Manager

FC Barcelona

• La Liga
  • 2009: 1
• Copa del Rey
  • 2009: 1
• UEFA Champions League
  • 2009: 1

[edit] Career Statistics

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	FC Barcelona	Primera División	4	0	-	-	-		4	0
1991-92			26	0	-	-	-	-	26	0
1992-93			28	0	-	-	-		28	0
1993-94			34	0	-	-	-	-	34	0
1994-95			24	2	-	-	-	-	24	2
1995-96			32	1	-	-	-	-	32	1
1996-97			38	0	-	-	-	-	38	0
1997-98			6	0	-	-	-	-	6	0
1998-99			22	1	-	-	-	-	22	1
1999-00			25	0	-	-	-	-	25	0
2000-01			24	2	-	-	-	-	24	2
Italy			League		Coppa Italia		Europe		Total
2001-02	Brescia	Serie A	11	2	-	-	-	-	11	2
2002-03	Roma		4	0	-	-	-	-	4	0
	Brescia		13	1	-	-	-	-	13	1
Total	Spain		263	6	-	-	-	-	263	6
	Italy		28	3	-	-	-	-	28	3
Career Total			291	9	-	-	-	-	291	9

[edit] See also

• List of sportspeople cleared of doping charges

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Josep Guardiola

• Interview at www.time.com

Josep Guardiola - International tournaments v • d • e Spain squad – 1992 Summer Olympics Gold Medalists 1 Cañizares • 2 Ferrer • 3 Lasa • 4 Solozábal • 5 López • 6 Villabona • 7 Amavisca • 8 Luis Enrique • 9 Guardiola • 10 Abelardo • 11 Manjarín • 12 Paqui • 13 Toni • 14 Vidal • 15 Soler • 16 Miguel • 17 Berges • 18 Pinilla • 19 Kiko • 20 Alfonso • Coach: Miera 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 v • d • e Spain squad – UEFA Euro 2000 1 Cañizares • 2 Salgado • 3 Aranzábal • 4 Guardiola • 5 Abelardo • 6 Hierro (c) • 7 Helguera • 8 Fran • 9 Munitis • 10 Raúl • 11 Alfonso • 12 Sergi • 13 Casillas • 14 Gerard • 15 Engonga • 16 Mendieta • 17 Etxeberria • 18 Paco • 19 Velasco • 20 Urzaiz • 21 Valerón • 22 Molina • Coach: Camacho v • d • e FC Barcelona – Managers Barrow (1917) · Greenwell (1917–24) · Poszony (1924–25) · Kirby (1925–26) · Demby (1926–27) · Forns (1927–29) · Bellamy (1929–31) · Greenwell (1931–33) · Demby (1933–34) · Platko (1934–35) · O'Connell (1935–1937) · Planas (1939–41) · Guzmán (1941) · Nogués (1941–44) · Samitier (1944–47) · Fernández (1947–50) · Daučík (1950–54) · Puppo (1954–55) · Platko (1955–56) · Balmanya (1956–58) · Herrera (1958–60) · Broćić (1960–61) · Orizaola (1961) · Miró (1961) · Kubala (1961–63) · Gonzalvo (1963) · C.Rodríguez (1963–64) · Sasot (1964–65) · Olsen (1965–67) · Artigas (1967–69) · Seguer (1969) · Buckingham (1969–71) · Michels (1971–75) · Weisweiler (1975–76) · Ruiz (1976) · Michels (1976–78) · Muller (1978–79) · Rifé (1979–80) · Herrera (1980) · Kubala (1980) · Herrera (1980–81) · Lattek (1981–83) · Romero (1983) · Menotti (1983–84) · Venables (1984–87) · Aragonés (1987–88) · Cruijff (1988–91) · Rexach (1991) · Cruijff (1991–96) · Robson (1996–97) · van Gaal (1997–2000) · Serra Ferrer (2000–01) · Rexach (2001–02) · van Gaal (2002–03) · De la Cruz (2003) · Antić (2003) · Rijkaard (2003–08) · Guardiola (2008–) Sporting positions Preceded by José Mari Bakero FC Barcelona captain 1997-2001 Succeeded by Sergi Barjuán

v • d • e FC Barcelona – current squad 1 V. Valdés · 2 Cáceres · 3 Piqué · 4 Márquez · 5 Puyol (c) · 6 Xavi · 7 Guðjohnsen · 8 A. Iniesta · 9 Eto'o · 10 Messi · 11 Bojan · 13 Pinto · 14 Henry · 15 Keita · 18 Milito · 20 Dani Alves · 21 Hleb · 22 Abidal · 24 Touré Yaya · 25 Jorquera · 27 Pedro · 28 Sergio B. · 29 V. Sánchez · -- Henrique · -- Maxwell · Coach: Guardiola