pep Guardiola

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pep Guardiola
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Pep Guardiola (2017)
Personalia
Surname Josep Guardiola Sala
birthday 18th January 1971
place of birth Santpedor ,  Spain
size 180 cm
position Defensive Midfield
Juniors
Years station
1981-1984 Gimnàstic de Manresa
1984-1990 FC Barcelona
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1990-1992 Barcelona Atlètic 59 (5)
1990-2001 FC Barcelona 263 (6)
2001-2002 Brescia Calcio 11 (2)
2002-2003 AS Roma 4 (0)
2003 Brescia Calcio 13 (1)
2003-2005 Al-Ahli SC 36 (7)
2005-2006 Dorados de Sinaloa 10 (1)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1992-2001 Spain 47 (5)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
2007-2008 FC Barcelona B
2008–2012 FC Barcelona
2013-2016 FC Bayern Munich
2016– Manchester City
1 Only league games are given.

Josep "Pep" Guardiola Sala [ ʒuˈzεp gwəɾðiˈɔɫə ] (born January 18, 1971 in Santpedor ) is a Spanish football coach and former player .

Guardiola was trained as a player in the youth academy of FC Barcelona and played eleven professional years for the Catalans as a defensive midfielder from 1990 to 2001. He was an integral part of the " dream team " that won the 1992 European Cup.

He began his coaching career in 2007 with the second team of FC Barcelona; a year later he took over the first team. This he led in his first season to win the Spanish championship , the Copa del Rey and the UEFA Champions League . After three more titles in the same year, Guardiola became the first coach to win six titles in one year. He won the Champions League again in 2011, as well as two other championships and a cup victory until his retirement in 2012. From 2013 to 2016 he coached the Bundesliga team of FC Bayern Munich , with which he won three German championships and two DFB Cup victories. On July 1, 2016, Guardiola took over the Premier League team from Manchester City , with whom he has won eight national titles so far.

player

society

FC Barcelona

Guardiola (right) as a player alongside Guillermo Amor , Albert Ferrer and Barça Vice-President Josep Mussons (1992)

Guardiola joined FC Barcelona's youth academy , La Masia , at the age of 13 . He had previously played for Gimnàstic de Manresa . In the youth teams, he initially acted on the right side of midfield. Only Johan Cruyff , coach of the first team at the time, gave the instruction to second team Barcelona Atlètic after a visit to the Mini Estadi , to place Guardiola in the central playmaker position.

From the 1990/91 season he was part of the professional squad. He made his debut in the Primera División on December 16, 1990 at the age of 19 . A year and a half later, on May 20, 1992, he and the team won the European Cup against Sampdoria Genoa with a goal from Ronald Koeman in extra time . Guardiola was part of what is known today as the “dream team”, which was coached by Johan Cruyff , and in which, among others, Andoni Zubizarreta , Nando , Michael Laudrup and Hristo Stoitchkov played. With Barcelona he also won the Spanish championship four times between 1991 and 1994. He had only played four league games in the first year of the championship, but was one of the most frequently used players in the following years.

Also in the following seasons he was part of the permanent staff and played at least 22 league games, except in the 1997/98 season, at the beginning of which he had taken over the captaincy of José Mari Bakero : He missed almost the entire season due to a knee injury. Guardiola played for FC Barcelona for 17 years. In his eleven years as a professional, he won 16 titles with the team.

In the 2000/01 season Guardiola decided to leave FC Barcelona at the end of the season and end his career abroad. It was primarily his then coach Louis van Gaal who pushed Guardiola out of the team in favor of the younger Xavi , and the dissatisfaction with the club management around President Joan Gaspart that caused Guardiola to leave. He declined an official farewell.

Career finale in Italy, Qatar and Mexico

So he moved in September 2001 to a year earlier in the Serie A Ascended Brescia Calcio and was first worked outside Spain. In Italy, Guardiola was accused of doping from the 7th match day at Brescia , as traces of nandrolone were detected after two league games in October and November . As a result, the FIGC and FIFA banned him after five games on November 22, 2001 for four months. It was not until March 24, 2002 that he came back to play from the 28th matchday and played six games. The club managed to stay one point ahead of the league. In 2005 Guardiola became the first player to be sentenced to seven months ' imprisonment and a fine of 9,000 euros for doping . Since he appealed and had no previous convictions , he remained free until the trial. In 2009 he was finally acquitted of all doping allegations.

For the 2002/03 season Guardiola played for last year's runner-up, AS Roma . There he played only four league games and a single game in the Champions League in the first half of the year. In his 72nd and last European Cup game it was a 3-0 win against Real Madrid , the traditional rival of a Barcelona player. Coach Fabio Capello , whom Guardiola himself admired and who had coached AC Milan in the 4-0 Champions League final defeat of FC Barcelona in 1994, often put the Spaniard on the bench because he said he had deficits in terms of speed and physique . In January 2003 he returned to Brescia Calcio until the end of the season, where he was used again regularly with 13 games. In ninth place with Brescia he ended up just one place behind Roma, but was still only four points away from a relegation place in the middle of the table. His time in Italy was not as successful as that at FC Barcelona.

From the 2003/04 season he played for two years for the Qatari club Al-Ahli from Doha . In the summer of 2005 he ended his playing career, but then joined the then Mexican first division club Dorados de Sinaloa in December . When at the end of the Clausura , in which he had played 10 of 17 games again, the relegation of the team to the Primera División 'A' was determined, he finally ended his active career.

National team

Guardiola won Olympic gold with Spain in 1992 . On 14 October 1992, he was at 0: 0 in the World Cup qualifier against Northern Ireland made his debut in the senior team . He participated in the 1994 World Cup and the 2000 European Championship . He missed the 1998 and 2002 World Championships due to a knee injury. Guardiola played his last international match on November 14, 2001 against Mexico (1-0). In 47 missions he scored five goals.

Play style

Even as a player, Guardiola was characterized by a high level of game intelligence, through which he was able to compensate for physical deficits. Therefore, he was often seen on the field as the “extended arm” of coach Johan Cruyff. Apart from that, his coaches valued his leadership personality and accuracy of fit.

Trainer

FC Barcelona

Guardiola as a trainer (2009)

On May 8, 2008, Joan Laporta , President of FC Barcelona, ​​announced that Guardiola would replace Frank Rijkaard as head coach of the professional squad for the 2008/09 season . He received a two-year contract and when he took office, at 37 years of age, was the third youngest coach in the club's history. He had previously worked for the Catalans as the coach of the B-team , which he promptly led to promotion to the Segunda Division B in his 2007/08 debut season . Guardiola caused a stir when he informed the players Ronaldinho , Deco and Samuel Eto'o as soon as he took office that he was not planning with them. The first two left the club immediately, Eto'o a year later.

After winning the national championship and the Spanish Cup with FC Barcelona in 2009, the team also won the UEFA Champions League title on May 27 of the same year by beating Manchester United . It was the first time that a Spanish club won all three titles in one season. In the same year he and his team also won the Spanish Supercup final and the UEFA game against the UEFA Cup winners . With the victory over Estudiantes de La Plata on December 19, 2009 in the final of the FIFA Club World Cup , he achieved the unprecedented "sextuple" in his first year as head coach , ie all major national and international titles in one year.

Guardiola after winning the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup

After winning the Spanish championship again in the 2009/10 season , Guardiola's contract was extended for another year on July 14, 2010. In August 2010 he sorted out Zlatan Ibrahimović , who had only come a year earlier. For FC Barcelona the transfer was a big loss, the Swede was signed as the most expensive new addition in the club's history - a transfer fee of around 50 million euros plus Samuel Eto'o. The transfer was made at the request of Guardiola, who wanted to get rid of Eto'o. However, he later fell out with Ibrahimović and pushed for him to be sold again. In the 2010/11 season they defended the championship and also won the Champions League again .

On February 8, 2011 Guardiola extended his contract with FC Barcelona , which would have expired on June 30, 2011, for another year. Guardiola basically only signed one-year contracts during his time at Barcelona and justified them as follows: “You can't be a coach at Barça for life. I think you should sign for short periods when the coach has to earn things, [the support] from the players, the fans ”.

On April 27, 2012, Guardiola announced at a press conference that he would not renew his contract, which expired on June 30, 2012. With 14 titles (including winning the "sextuple" for the first time), he is the most successful coach in the club's history. His successor was his assistant coach Tito Vilanova .

FC Bayern Munich

Guardiola during training on the grounds of FC Bayern Munich (2015)

After a year off in New York City , Guardiola became the head coach of Bayern Munich for the 2013/14 season . In December 2012 he signed a three-year contract with FC Bayern that was valid until June 30, 2016. On June 24, 2013, he was introduced as a trainer at a press conference, which he held mostly in German, in the Allianz Arena . On August 9, 2013 he had his first Bundesliga game as a coach, which was won 3-1 against Borussia Mönchengladbach . On August 30, 2013 he won his first UEFA Super Cup title with his new team on penalties against Chelsea . On December 21, 2013, he won the FIFA Club World Cup with the team with a 2-0 final against Raja Casablanca . On the 27th matchday of the 2013/14 season , Guardiola was mathematically certain as German champions with FC Bayern Munich like no other team before. On May 17, 2014, he won the double with FC Bayern with a 2-0 win in the DFB Cup final over Borussia Dortmund . In the Champions League, however, the team failed in the semi-finals to Real Madrid, whose head coach Carlo Ancelotti was.

In the 2014/15 season, he and his team were eliminated in the semi-finals of the DFB Cup against Borussia Dortmund on penalties after all four FC Bayern shooters had awarded their penalties. Also in the Champions League, he was eliminated in the semifinals against his former club FC Barcelona. The German championship was defended in 2015. With a 2-0 win at Dinamo Zagreb on December 9, 2015 Guardiola achieved his 50th victory in the UEFA Champions League - faster than any coach before. It was also his 100th competitive win in 132 games as a coach for FC Bayern.

After Guardiola had led FC Bayern to the fifth autumn championship in a row with 15 wins and 46 points in the 2015/16 season , the club announced that Guardiola would not extend his contract, which was running out at the end of the season. In the Champions League , Guardiola reached the semi-finals again with FC Bayern, which he has always at least reached as a coach in this competition. As in the previous two years, he failed with the Munich team in this round at a Spanish club, this time against Atlético Madrid . In his third year he was able to celebrate his third German championship with FC Bayern and his second double by winning the DFB Cup.

Co-trainer Domènec Torrent worked at Guardiola's side , as he did in Barcelona from 2008 to 2012. At Bayern, in contrast to FC Barcelona, ​​the supervising team doctor Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt was not present during training because he has his practice in the city . Since FC Bayern also had the second most muscle injuries in the Bundesliga and the treatment period after injuries is longer than average in Germany compared to other European countries, Guardiola demanded that the team doctor be present every day during training. Since Müller-Wohlfahrt refused, the long-term team doctor of FC Bayern separated.

Guardiola's successor was Carlo Ancelotti .

Manchester City

After the expiry of his contract at Bayern Munich Guardiola took over for the season 2016/17 , the Premier League team of Manchester City by Manuel Pellegrini . He received a three-year contract valid until June 30, 2019. In his first season he finished third in the Premier League with Manchester City , losing the FA Cup quarter-finals to Chelsea and the EFL Cup round of 16 to Manchester United . He also eliminated in the second round of the Champions League against Monaco from. This was the first time Guardiola did not reach the semi-finals in this competition, and it was also his first season in a first division without a title. In the next season he led his team to the English championship and victory in the EFL Cup . In the FA Cup they were eliminated against Wigan Athletic and in the Champions League in the quarterfinals against Liverpool . In the 2018/19 season Guardiola managed to win all three national competitions, both the Premier League and the FA Cup and the EFL Cup . In the Champions League he failed against Tottenham Hotspur for the second time in the quarter-finals. In the 2019/20 season he won the EFL Cup for the third time , but failed in the FA Cup at Arsenal and finished second behind Liverpool in the league . In the Champions League , he failed against Olympique Lyon for the third time in the quarter-finals.

In November 2020 he extended his current contract until the end of the 2022/23 season. The 2-0 win against Fulham on December 5, 2020 was Guardiola's 700th coaching game, of which his teams won 507.

successes

As a player

International

National

As a trainer

International

National

Personal awards

Others

Guardiola, along with Jock Stein , Luis Enrique , Ștefan Kovács , Guus Hiddink , Alex Ferguson , José Mourinho , Jupp Heynckes and Hansi Flick, is one of nine coaches who have won the great European triple in men's football.

In addition, Guardiola is the only coach in England who has won all national titles (championship, cup, league cup) in one season.

Personal

Guardiola comes from Santpedor , where the local sports field has been named after him since 2007. After he finished school, he studied for a year Jura . He has been with Cristina Serra since he was 18; the couple is now married and has three children (* 2001, 2003 and 2008).

Guardiola is a fan of the English pop rock band Coldplay . So he motivated z. B. his players before the Champions League final 2009 with their song Viva la Vida .

His brother Pere Guardiola works as a player's agent. His clients include Thiago and Luis Suárez .

The writer David Trueba is considered a close friend of Guardiola . Guardiola gave the footballer Lionel Messi a book Truebas with the title The Art of Losing .

Guardiola was friends with the Catalan poet Miquel Martí i Pol , who died in 2003, when he was a FC Barcelona player . Ever since he lost his voice due to multiple sclerosis, Guardiola “lends” him his voice and occasionally reads his poems at public events.

Guardiola supported Qatar's application for the 2022 World Cup as ambassador .

politics

Guardiola was involved in the Catalan independence movement . He spoke out several times in public for a separation of Catalonia from Spain and called for, among other things, “the right to independence and self-determination” for the Catalan people. He ran for a seat in the Generalitat on the JxSí separatist unit list in the 2015 parliamentary elections in Catalonia . However, his candidacy was only symbolic, since he was last on the list.

literature

Web links

Commons : Pep Guardiola  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Josep Guardiola Sala - International Matches. In: rsssf.com. Retrieved on August 29, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Phil Ball: Morbo. The Story of Spanish Football . WSC Books, London 2003, ISBN 0-9540134-6-8 , pp. 106 .
  3. ↑ a b c Dietrich Schulze-Marmeling: Barça or: The art of beautiful play . Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2010, ISBN 978-3-89533-720-8 , p. 189-190 .
  4. ↑ BDFutbol: Guardiola
  5. ^ A b independent.co.uk: Josep Guardiola - Defensive midfielder Barcelona 1990–2001
  6. ^ FC Barcelona: Josep Guardiola
  7. ↑ FC Bayern Munich: Introducing Josep 'Pep' Guardiola
  8. ↑ Manuel Vázquez Montalbán : Guardiola deja el Barça para acabar su carrera en el extranjero. In: El País . April 12, 2001 (Spanish)
  9. ↑ a b Guillem Balague: Pep Guardiola: Another Way of Winning: The Biography . Hachette UK, 2012, ISBN 978-1-4091-4376-5 .
  10. ↑ Doping bans extended for Stam and Guardiola. In: Rheinische Post . February 6, 2002.
  11. ↑ Guardiola's imprisonment. In: Kicker-Sportmagazin online , May 12, 2005.
  12. ↑ The acquittal against Guardiola remains valid. In: Focus . September 29, 2009.
  13. ↑ Autologous blood is rarely good. In: The time . October 31, 2013.
  14. ↑ a b Michael Walker: Pep Guardiola was the boy born to lead Barcelona; an in-depth look at the Nou Camp sensation. In: Daily Mail . April 20, 2010 (English).
  15. ↑ telegraph.co.uk: Barcelona drop Frank Rijkaard for Guardiola
  16. ↑ Lucas Brown: Star trio set for Barca exit. In: Sky Sports . June 17, 2008 (English).
  17. ↑ FCBarcelona.com: Guardiola signs for another year ( Memento of July 18, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  18. ↑ FCbarcelona.com: Guardiola new contract until 2012 ( Memento of February 12, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  19. ^ ESPN: Guardiola signs new deal
  20. ^ ESPN: Pep Guardiola agrees new Barcelona deal
  21. ↑ Guardiola to leave Barça on June 30. fcbarcelona.com, April 27, 2012
  22. ^ Pep Guardiola, the most successful manager in Barça history. fcbarcelona.com, April 27, 2012.
  23. ^ Tito Vilanova to be the new manager. fcbarcelona.com, April 27, 2012.
  24. ↑ a b Guardiola takes over the record champions. FAZ , January 16, 2013, accessed on January 21, 2013 .
  25. ↑ Bayern Munich structure will have impressed Pep Guardiola says Owen Hargreaves. The Independent , January 17, 2013, accessed January 21, 2013 .
  26. ↑ FC Bayern Munich: Guardiola does not extend - Ancelotti is the new FCB coach. December 20, 2015, accessed December 20, 2015.
  27. ^ A. Hallén & J. Ekstrand (2014): Return to play follow ing muscle injuries in professional footballers. In: Journal of Sports Sci. , 32 (13), 1229-1236.
  28. ^ Arnd Krüger : Pep Guardiola. Competitive sport. 46 (2016) 4, pp. 27-28.
  29. ↑ Club Statement on the Manchester City website, February 1, 2016, accessed February 2, 2016.
  30. ↑ Andrey Raychtock: Los partidos 700 Pep Guardiola. In: es.mancity.com. Retrieved December 7, 2020 (Spanish).
  31. ↑ santpedor.cat: website of the municipality of Santpedor ( Memento of May 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (Catalan, accessed January 30, 2013)
  32. ^ Pep Guardiola, profeta en su tierra. Mundo Deportivo , July 18, 2007, accessed January 30, 2013 (Spanish).
  33. ↑ Guardiola: Wife more difficult to convince than Robben. arcor.de, March 19, 2014.
  34. ↑ 20 minutes: El Barcelona de Guardiola se motiva con el 'Viva la vida' de Coldplay
  35. ^ Metro: Top 10 influential football agents - from Pere Guardiola to Jorge Mendes, June 21, 2013.
  36. ^ Roland Reng: Pep Guardiola - The Upper Bavarian. In: the time . June 24, 2013 (No. 26/2013).
  37. ↑ "Lust is a broad horizon". Süddeutsche.de, July 1, 2015.
  38. ↑ Pep Guardiola's Poetic Secrets. Zeit Online, July 1, 2015.
  39. ↑ Pep Guardiola and his controversial friends in Qatar. WAZ, January 4, 2014, accessed November 27, 2015.
  40. ^ Action in Berlin: Guardiola demonstrates for independent Catalonia. Spiegel Online, June 8, 2014, accessed August 11, 2014.
  41. ↑ Guardiola calls on Catalans to disobey. Spiegel Online, June 1, 2017, accessed October 26, 2017.
  42. ↑ Thomas Urban : Pep, der Politische , in: Süddeutsche Zeitung , July 21, 2015, p. 1.
personal data
SURNAME Guardiola, Pep
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Guardiola Sala, Josep (full name)
SHORT DESCRIPTION Spanish soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH 18th January 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Santpedor , Catalonia , Spain