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Pep Guardiola

1971 - Today

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Josep "Pep" Guardiola Sala (Catalan pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛb ɡwəɾðiˈɔlə]; born 18 January 1971) is a Spanish professional football manager and former player, who is the current manager of Premier League club Manchester City. He is considered 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.Guardiola was a defensive midfielder who usually played in a deep-lying playmaker's role. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pep Guardiola has received more than 18,201,127 page views. His biography is available in 72 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 69 in 2019). Pep Guardiola is the 23rd most popular coach (down from 22nd in 2019), the 147th most popular biography from Spain (up from 150th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Spanish Coach.

Pep Guardiola is most famous for being the manager of Manchester City Football Club. He is also the most successful manager in the history of FC Barcelona, with 14 titles.

Memorability Metrics

  • 18M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 72

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Independent
Pep Guardiola says Arsenal ‘took us to our limits’ and targets Champions League
The Premier League champions can win two further trophies this season.
Andy Hampson
Sunday, May 21, 2023
CBS Sports
Manchester City lift the Premier League trophy: Erling Haaland, Kevin de Bruyne, Pep Guardiola get silverware
After hosting Chelsea City received their third PL trophy in a row
Chuck Booth
Sunday, May 21, 2023
Daily Mail
Pep Guardiola claims Manchester City have done something 'exceptional' and 'extraordinary'
City, who won the title after Arsenal were beaten by Nottingham Forest on Saturday, were presented with the trophy at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday following a 1-0 victory over Chelsea.
Pa Sport Staff
Sunday, May 21, 2023
FourFourTwo
'Absolute nonsense' – Gary Neville trashes Pep Guardiola myth as Man City win title
City could do the treble, but critics have questioned how much of the Premier League champions' dominance is down to their boss
Tom Hancock
Sunday, May 21, 2023

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Among COACHES

Among coaches, Pep Guardiola ranks 23 out of 328. Before him are Luiz Felipe Scolari, Frank Rijkaard, Marcello Lippi, Ronald Koeman, Carlos Alberto Parreira, and Dick Advocaat. After him are Claudio Ranieri, Arrigo Sacchi, Valeriy Lobanovskyi, Otto Rehhagel, Jürgen Klopp, and Ernst Happel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Pep Guardiola ranks 6. Before him are Elon Musk, Tupac Shakur, Justin Trudeau, Jared Leto, and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. After him are Julian Assange, Jada Pinkett Smith, Mark Wahlberg, Winona Ryder, Jeremy Renner, and Anna Netrebko.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Pep Guardiola ranks 147 out of 2,932. Before him are Mariana Victoria of Spain (1718), Peter IV of Aragon (1319), Inês de Castro (1325), Antipope Benedict XIII (1328), Queen Fabiola of Belgium (1928), and John II of Aragon (1398). After him are Urraca of León (1081), Vincent Ferrer (1350), Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona (1913), Peter II of Aragon (1174), Ricardo Zamora (1901), and Pedro de Valdivia (1497).

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Among COACHES In Spain

Among coaches born in Spain, Pep Guardiola ranks 3. Before him are Luis Aragonés (1938) and Vicente del Bosque (1950). After him are César Rodríguez Álvarez (1920), Unai Emery (1971), Tito Vilanova (1968), Rafael Benítez (1960), Juande Ramos (1954), Benito Floro (1952), Ramón Encinas (1893), Amadeo García (1887), and José Juncosa (1922).

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