Minggu, 06 Mei 2012

PEP GUARDIOLA


PEP GUARDIOLA

Josep Guardiola i Sala was born in Santpedor on 18 January 1971. After a highly successful career as a Barça player and then gaining promotion as manager of Barça Atlètic, he won the treble in his debut season on the first team bench and has, to date, won thirteen out of a possible sixteen major titles.
Josep Guardiola, one of the most important players in Barcelona's history, took over as first team manager on 17 June 2008 after a brilliant season as coach of Barça Atlètic with whom he won promotion to Second Division B. "I can't promise you silverware, but I can say that we'll keep on battling to the end and you'll be proud of us," he said on the day of his first Gamper Trophy. And he was right.
The fifteenth Catalan manager in the history of the club arrived with the mission to end a two-season long trophy drought. To do that he used the same 4-3-3 system he had experienced as a Barça player and which had brought him success at Barça Atlètic.
Guardiola only understands one way of playing football, which is to attack, keep possession and move the ball around so that the other team has to run after it. That's the way his Barça side plays, as did his Barça Atlètic, and they have had more possession and more shots on goal than virtually every team they have played. He appreciates the talent of his players but he puts hard work and individual sacrifice for the common cause first. He sees football as a squad sport in which he has ultimate responsibility for results and is therefore also the leader of the squad.
Guardiola is a meticulous manager who sees to the tiniest of details. He gets ready for every game with videos of the opposition and never thinks beyond the next match. He is a brilliant motivator who brings the best out of each player in his squad. This philosophy brought him success with the first-team in his first campaign in charge as Barça lifted the Spanish Cup and League and the Champions League in the best season in the club's history, the 2008/09 treble season.
That excellent campaign meant that Guardiola became the third manager after Cruyff and Samitier to pick up the League title after having also won it as a Barça player. He also become the sixth man to win the Champions League as a manager having previously done so as a player, and the first manager to win the treble in the 21st century.
There was no limit to his successes, for the 2009/10 season started with wins in the Spanish and European Supercup, and in December 2009 he led the club to its first ever Clubs World Cup title. That incredible 2009 went down in history as the year of the Six Cups: Copa del Rey, Liga, Champions League, Spanish Supercup, European Supercup and Clubs World Cup. Things didn’t stop there, for in 2009/10 Barcelona retained the Liga, and the year after won the Spanish Supercup, Liga and yet another Champions league. In the current 2011/12 season, Barça have already won the Spanish Supercup, the European Supercup and the second Clubs World Cup. Under Guardiola, Barça have not only been winning, but have been winning in emphatic fashion. In these few years, they have managed to smash more than thirty Spanish, European and World records.
Legendary footballer
Before going into management, Guardiola was a class footballer who played almost all his career at FC Barcelona before going on to spells in Italy, Qatar and Mexico. He was at the Catalan club from when he joined its youth academy in 1984 until he left for Italy in 2001.
Barça honours
Among the trophies he won at Barça are six leagues (1990-91, 91-92, 92-93, 93-94, 97-98 and 98-99), a European Cup (91-92), a Cup Winners' Cup (96-97) and two King's Cups (96-97 and 97-98). During all this time Guardiola was the team's organiser in his traditional number 4 shirt.
Other teams
In Italy's Serie A he made his debut with Brescia in the 2001-02 season, followed by a year with Roma before going back to Lombardy. Later on he went further afield to Al-Ahly in Qatar for two seasons (2003-04 and 2004-05) and Dorados de Sinaloa (Mexico), where he hung up his boots for the final time in 2006.


response :
first time come a lot doubt of him because training a world class team like barcelona. but in first year all changing because barcelona reach for 6 title. a very difficult achievement imitating by other team. game of barcelona very atractive and get best team title in the world. but 2012 becoming his the last year in barcelona because he wish to rest a moment. sorrowful sure fans, but having to remain to respect that decision and remain to compliment to him.come back anytime you want, because door always open everytime for you.



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