He also played friendly matches for Catalonia.Īfter retiring as a player, Guardiola briefly coached Barcelona B, with whom he won a Tercera División title, and assumed control of the first-team in 2008. He was capped 47 times for the Spanish national team and appeared at the 1994 FIFA World Cup, as well as at UEFA Euro 2000. Guardiola then had stints with Brescia and Roma in Italy, Al-Ahli in Qatar, and Dorados de Sinaloa in Mexico. He later captained the team from 1997 until his departure from the club in 2001. He spent the majority of his career with Barcelona, forming a part of Johan Cruyff's Dream Team that won the club's first European Cup in 1992, and four successive Spanish league titles from 1991 to 1994. Guardiola was a defensive midfielder who usually played in a deep-lying playmaker's role. He is often considered to be one of the greatest managers of all time and holds the records for the most consecutive league games won in La Liga, the Bundesliga and the Premier League. Josep " Pep" Guardiola Sala ( Catalan pronunciation: born 18 January 1971) is a Spanish professional football manager and former player, who is the current manager of Premier League club Manchester City. * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
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