Josep Guardiola

Josep Guardiola Sala (born 18 January 1971), more commonly known as Pep Guardiola, is a Spanish football player turned manager. He has played for Spain national team. He is the current manager of Manchester City.

Pep Guardiola

Guardiola with Manchester City in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Josep Guardiola Sala[1]
Date of birth	(1971-01-18) 18 January 1971 (age 54)
Place of birth	Santpedor, Spain
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Manchester City (manager)
Youth career
1981–1984	Gimnàstic Manresa
1984–1990	Barcelona
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–1989	Barcelona C	8	(1)
1990–1992	Barcelona B	53	(5)
1990–2001	Barcelona	263	(6)
2001–2002	Brescia	11	(2)
2002–2003	Roma	4	(0)
2003	Brescia	13	(1)
2003–2005	Al-Ahli	36	(5)
2005–2006	Dorados	10	(1)
Total		398	(21)
International career
1991	Spain U21	2	(0)
1991–1992	Spain U23	12	(2)
1992–2001	Spain	47	(5)
1995–2005	Catalonia	7	(0)
Managerial career
2007–2008	Barcelona B
2008–2012	Barcelona
2013–2016	Bayern Munich
2016–	Manchester City
Medal record Men's football Representing  Spain Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup[a]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Barcelona C	1988–89[3]	Segunda División B	8	1	0	0	—		—		8	1
Barcelona B	1989–90[4]	Segunda División B	11	0	0	0	—		—		11	0
	1990–91[5]	Segunda División B	33	3	—		—		6[b]	0	39	3
	1991–92[6]	Segunda División	9	2	—		—		—		9	2
	Total		53	5	0	0	—		6	0	59	5
Barcelona	1990–91[5]	La Liga	4	0	0	0	—		—		4	0
	1991–92[6]	La Liga	26	0	0	0	11[c]	0	2[d]	0	39	0
	1992–93[7]	La Liga	28	0	3	1	5[e]	0	3[f]	0	39	1
	1993–94[8]	La Liga	34	0	3	0	9[g]	0	2[d]	0	48	0
	1994–95[9]	La Liga	24	2	2	0	6[g]	0	2[d]	0	34	2
	1995–96[10]	La Liga	32	1	7	0	8[h]	1	—		47	2
	1996–97[11]	La Liga	38	0	6	0	7[i]	1	2[d]	0	53	1
	1997–98[12]	La Liga	6	0	1	0	5[g]	0	2[d]	0	14	0
	1998–99[13]	La Liga	22	1	3	0	1[g]	0	0	0	26	1
	1999–2000[14]	La Liga	25	0	2	0	12[g]	1	2[d]	0	41	1
	2000–01[15]	La Liga	24	2	6	1	7[h]	0	—		37	3
	Total		263	6	33	2	71	3	15	0	382	11
Brescia	2001–02[16]	Serie A	11	2	0	0	—		—		11	2
Roma	2002–03[17]	Serie A	4	0	0	0	1[g]	0	—		5	0
Brescia	2002–03[17]	Serie A	13	1	0	0	—		—		13	1
Al-Ahli[18]	2003–04[19]	Qatar Stars League	18	2	?	0	—		?	?	18+	2
	2004–05[19]	Qatar Stars League	18	3	?	1	?[j]	1	?	?	18+	5
	Total		36	5	?	1	?	1	?	?	36+	7
Dorados	2005–06[19]	Mexican Primera División	10	1	?	?	—		—		10+	1+
Career total			398	21	33+	3+	72+	4	21+	0	524+	28+

1. Includes Copa del Rey, Coppa Italia, Qatar Emir Cup
2. Appearances in Segunda División B promotion playoffs
3. Appearances in European Cup
4. Appearances in Supercopa de España
5. Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in European Super Cup
6. Two appearances in Supercopa de España, one appearance in Intercontinental Cup
7. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
8. Appearances in UEFA Cup
9. Appearances in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
10. Appearance(s) in Arab Champions League

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Spain[20]	1992	2	1
	1993	5	0
	1994	7	1
	1995	0	0
	1996	5	1
	1997	4	1
	1998	0	0
	1999	9	0
	2000	8	1
	2001	7	0
Total		47	5

Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Guardiola goal^[20][19]

List of international goals scored by Pep Guardiola

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	16 December 1992	Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville, Spain	2	Latvia	2–0	5–0	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	27 June 1994	Soldier Field, Chicago, United States	12	Bolivia	1–0	3–1	1994 FIFA World Cup
3	14 December 1996	Mestalla, Valencia, Spain	18	Yugoslavia	1–0	2–0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
4	12 February 1997	José Rico Pérez, Alicante, Spain	20	Malta	1–0	4–0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
5	3 June 2000	Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden	35	Sweden	1–0	1–1	Friendly

Managerial

As of match played 9 November 2025

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record					Ref.
			P	W	D	L	Win %
Barcelona B	21 June 2007	30 June 2008	42	28	9	5	066.67	[21][22]
Barcelona	1 July 2008	30 June 2012	247	179	47	21	072.47	[23][24][25][26]
Bayern Munich	26 June 2013	30 June 2016	161	121	21	19	075.16	[27][28]
Manchester City	1 July 2016	Present	550	388	79	83	070.55	[29][30][31][32][33]
Total			1,000	716	156	128	071.60

Honours

Player

Barcelona B

• Segunda División B: 1990–91^[source?]

Barcelona^[34]

• La Liga: 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1997–98, 1998–99
• Copa del Rey: 1996–97,^[35] 1997–98
• Supercopa de España: 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996
• European Cup: 1991–92
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup: 1996–97
• European Super Cup: 1992

Spain U23

• Olympic Games Gold Medal: 1992^[36]

Individual

• Bravo Award: 1992^[37]
• Olympics – Spain Best Player: 1992^[source?]

Manager

Barcelona B

• Tercera División: 2007–08^[38]

Barcelona^[39]

• La Liga: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11
• Copa del Rey: 2008–09, 2011–12; runner-up: 2010-11
• Supercopa de España: 2009, 2010, 2011
• UEFA Champions League: 2008–09, 2010–11
• UEFA Super Cup: 2009, 2011
• FIFA Club World Cup: 2009, 2011

Bayern Munich

• Bundesliga: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16^[40]
• DFB-Pokal: 2013–14,^[41] 2015–16^[42]
• UEFA Super Cup: 2013^[43]
• FIFA Club World Cup: 2013^[44]

Manchester City

• Premier League: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24^[45]
• FA Cup: 2018–19,^[46] 2022–23;^[47] runner-up: 2023–24,^[48] 2024–25^[49]
• EFL Cup: 2017–18,^[50] 2018–19,^[51] 2019–20,^[52] 2020–21^[53]
• FA Community Shield: 2018,^[54] 2019,^[55] 2024^[56]
• UEFA Champions League: 2022–23;^[57] runner-up: 2020–21^[58]
• UEFA Super Cup: 2023^[59]
• FIFA Club World Cup: 2023^[60]

Individual

• Don Balón Award: 2009, 2010^[source?]
• Miguel Muñoz Trophy: 2008–09, 2009–10^[source?]
• Onze d'Or Coach of the Year: 2009, 2011, 2012^[source?]
• World Soccer magazine World Manager of the Year: 2009, 2011^[source?]
• IFFHS World's Best Club Coach: 2009, 2011,^[61] 2023^[62]
• UEFA Team of the Year Best Coach: 2008–09, 2010–11^[source?]
• La Liga Coach of the Year: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012^[source?]
• FIFA World Coach of the Year: 2011^[63]
• Globe Soccer Awards Coach Career Award: 2013^[64]
• Globe Soccer Awards Coach of the Century: 2020^[65]
• Premier League Manager of the Month: February 2017, September 2017, October 2017, November 2017, December 2017, February 2019, April 2019, January 2021, February 2021, November 2021, December 2021^[45]
• Premier League Manager of the Season: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2022–23, 2023–24^[45]
• LMA Manager of the Year: 2017–18,^[66] 2020–21,^[67] 2022–23^[68]
• LMA Premier League Manager of the Year: 2017–18,^[69] 2020–21,^[70] 2022–23,^[68] 2023–24^[71]
• League Managers Association (LMA) Hall of Fame^[72]
• UEFA Men's Coach of the Year: 2022–23^[73]
• The Best FIFA Football Coach: 2022–23^[74]

Decorations

• Gold Medal Royal Order of Sports Merit: 2010^[75]
• Catalan of the Year Award: 2009^[76]