Pep Guardiola faced the media ahead of Manchester City’s Premier League derby vs Man UnitedPep Guardiola: Where is from| Champions league wins| Barcelona
Pep Guardiola: Where is from| Champions league wins| Barcelona
Josep “Pep” Guardiola Sala (Catalan pronunciation born 18 January 1971) is a Spanish professional football manager and former player, the current manager of Premier League club Manchester City. He is often regarded as one of the greatest managers of all time and holds the record for the most consecutive league games won in La Liga, Bundesliga and Premier League.
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Josep Guardiola Sala | ||
| Date of birth | 18 January 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Santpedor, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
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Current team
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Manchester City (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1981–1984 | Gimnàstic Manresa | ||
| 1984–1990 | Barcelona | ||
Where is from
Guardiola’s ascension from head coach of Barcelona B to UEFA Champions League winner took place against a football background similar to what we now find in 2016.
After an era where the moment of transition between defense and attack was marked as the most decisive action in a match, allowing practical, counter-attacking football to prosper, Guardiola showed that another was the way.
He won the La Liga title in three of his four seasons at the Camp Nou and the UEFA Champions League twice.
In addition, the Catalan giants won the Supercopa de Espaa three times, as well as the Copa del Rey twice, the UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup.
Eyebrows were raised when he decided to take over at Bayern Munich in 2013, especially after he won the Champions League and the domestic treble.
Could Pep have done this without Messi? Without Iniesta, Xavi and Busquets? Without your mother tongue? in another culture? In another league? How do you handle the treble winning Bayern Munich side at the peak of your powers?
A new manager in a new country, with an unfamiliar group of players who’ve won it all – far from the task of keeping the Bavarian juggernaut on track, Guardiola set about taking those players to the next level.
He made just one signing in his first transfer window, breaking the footballing trope that a manager should build from a position of strength. Pep absorbed Bayern’s best football organization and blended it with his own innovative strategic ideas to produce some of the best football Germany had ever seen.
He improved his players. Champions League and World Cup winning players. He taught them to play in new positions, showed them another way to win collectively and they loved him for it.
Champions league wins
How many Champions League finals has Pep Guardiola won? Top UCL Final FAQs Answered
How many Champions League finals has Pep Guardiola won? Check here the Champions League FAQs ahead of the Man City vs Chelsea final.
Written by Srihari Menon
How many Champions League finals has Pep Guardiola won?
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The biggest game of the European club football season is just hours away as Manchester City and Chelsea prepare to face off in the Champions League final. The game will be played at Estadio do Dragao and will start at 12:30 AM IST on Sunday, 30th May. On the eve of the final, we answer some of the major Champions League FAQs like – ‘How many Champions League titles have Chelsea won’ and ‘What is Manchester City Champions League history'”
Champions League FAQ: How many Champions League finals has Pep Guardiola won?
Pep Guardiola is one of the most successful managers in history and the Spaniard is widely regarded as one of the great strategists of the modern era. The 50-year-old has won the Champions League title twice, beating Sir Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United on both occasions, both with his legendary Barcelona side. The Man City vs Chelsea UCL final will be their first Champions League final match since 2011.
Barcelona
Guardiola was a defensive midfielder who usually played the role of a keen playmaker. He spent most of his career with Barcelona, becoming a part of Johan Cruyff’s dream team, which won the club’s first European Cup in 1992, and four consecutive Spanish league titles from 1991 to 1994. He later captained the team from 1997 until his departure. club in 2001. Guardiola then worked with Brescia and Roma in Italy, Al-Ahli in Qatar and Dorados de Sinaloa in Mexico. He was capped 47 times for the Spanish national team and appeared at the 1994 FIFA World Cup as well as UEFA Euro 2000. He also played friendly matches for Catalonia.
After retiring as a player, Guardiola briefly coached Barcelona B, with whom he won the Tercera División title, and took control of the first team in 2008. In his first season as first team manager, he guided Barcelona to the treble of LA. Liga, Copa del Rey and UEFA Champions League. In doing so, Guardiola became the youngest manager to win the aforementioned European competition. In 2011, after taking the club to another La Liga and Champions League double, Guardiola was awarded the Catalan Parliament’s Gold Medal, his highest honour. In the same year, he was also named FIFA World Coach of the Year. He ended his four-year Barcelona stint in 2012 with 14 honours, a club record.
After a sabbatical, Bayern Munich announced that Guardiola would join the club as manager in 2013. Guardiola won the Bundesliga every season, as well as two home doubles. He left the Bavarians for Manchester City in 2016, and guided them to the Premier League title in his second campaign in charge, breaking several domestic records as the team became the first team to score 100 league points. He won the second consecutive Premier League and EFL Cup the following season, as well as the FA Cup, winning the domestic treble in English men’s football.
