Josep "Pep" Guardiola Sala (Catalan pronunciation: ; born 18 January 1971) is a Spanish professional football coach and former player who is the current manager of the Premier League club Manchester City.
Regarded as one of the best midfielders of his generation, Guardiola was a creative and technically gifted midfielder who usually played in a deep-lying playmaking role as a defensive midfielder. 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 La Liga titles from 1991 to 1994. He later captained the team from 1997 to 2001. He then played for Brescia and Roma in Italy, Al-Ahli in Qatar, and Dorados de Sinaloa in Mexico. Guardiola 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.