Pep Guardiola

At 53 years old, Pep Guardiola has this physical status:

Josep "Pep" Guardiola Sala (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 regarded as one of the best managers of all time.

Guardiola was a defensive midfielder who played in a deep-lying playmaker's role, holding the record for the most consecutive league games won in La Liga, the Bundesliga, and the Premier League.

He spent the majority of his time in Barcelona, playing for Johan Cruyff's Dream Team, which captured the club's first European Cup in 1992 and four consecutive Spanish league titles from 1991 to 1994.

He captained the team from 1997 to 2001, before being fired in 2001.

Guardiola did stints with Brescia and Roma in Italy, Al-Ahli in Qatar, and Dorados de Sinaloa in Mexico after leaving Barcelona.

He was capped 47 times for the Spanish national team and appeared at the 1994 FIFA World Cup as well as at UEFA Euro 2000.

He has also played friendly matches for Catalonia. Guardiola briefly coached Barcelona B. with whom he gained a Tercera División crown and assumed first-team control in 2008.

In his first season as Barcelona's first team manager, he led Barcelona to the treble of La Liga, Copa del Rey, and UEFA Champions League.

Guardiola made history by winning the coveted European championship by doing so.

Guardiola was awarded the Catalan Parliament's Gold Medal in 2011, their highest award, after leading the team to another La Liga and Champions League double.

He was also named the Year's best FIFA World Coach of the Year in the same year.

He completed his four-year Barcelona service with 14 awards, a club record. Bayern Munich announced that Guardiola would join the club as manager in 2013 after a sabbatical period.

Guardiola has won the Bundesliga every season he appeared, as well as two domestic doubles.

He left the Bavarians for Manchester City in 2016 and led them to a Premier League championship in their second season as the team's first to reach 100 league points.

He won his second consecutive Premier League and EFL Cup titles as well as the FA Cup to lift an unprecedented domestic record in English men's football.

Personal life

Guardiola was born in Dolors and Valent. Pere, a football agent, has two older sisters and a younger brother. He is an atheist. Guardiola married his wife when he was 18 years old. They married on May 29, 2014, on May 29th. Maria, Màrius, and Valentina are three children of Maria, Màrius, and Valentina. Following his time as Barcelona's manager, he said he'll move to the United States to live in New York's Manhattan, New York, for a year before deciding on his future. Guardiola studied German for four to five hours a day to prepare for his role as Bayern Munich's boss. Tito Vilanova, Barcelona's former assistant manager, was in New York for the treatment of a life-threatening throat cancer. Vilanova was furious that Guardiola only saw him once in two months in the city, saying, "He's my friend and I needed him, but he wasn't there for me."

Guardiola gave the lowest paid employees at the club "envelopes full of cash" during his time with the Mexican club Dorados in Culiacán.

Guardiola favors Catalonia's political unification. He declared in 2015 that he would vote for pro-independence coalition Junts pel S in that year's provincial parliamentary election.

Dolors, Guardiola's mother, died of COVID-19-related illnesses in a Barcelona hospital on April 6, 2020.

Guardiola was positive for COVID-19 on January 6, 2022. He had completely recovered by January 2022 by January 14th.

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Club career

As Phil Ball writes in Morbo,

In the absence of the suspended Guillermo Amor, Cruyff used the young midfielder. He was a regular in the 1991–92 season, and at only 20 years old, he was a key figure in a team that captured La Liga and the European Cup. Guardiola was named by the Italian newspaper Guerin Sportivo as the best player in the world under the age of 21. In the 1992–93 and 1993–94 seasons, Cruyff's "Dream Team" won the La Liga title. The team was strengthened by Romário's latest signing and qualified in the 1994 UEFA Champions League Final, but Fabio Capello's Milan side in Athens defeated the team 4–0. Cruyff left in 1996, with Barcelona finishing fourth in the 1994-95 season and third in the 1995–96 season, but Guardiola retained his position at the heart of Barça's midfield.

Barcelona, this time led by Bobby Robson, won three cups: the Copa del Rey, the Supercopa de Espaa, and the European Cup Winners' Cup. By this time, the Dream Team had a lot to do, with new recruits like Luz Figo and Ronaldo taking over from Hristo Stoichkov and Michael Laudrup. Guardiola was named as Barcelona captain under new Barcelona coach Louis van Gaal in 1997, but Guardiola was ruled out of most of the 1997–98 season, in which Barcelona won a league and cup double. Barcelona turned down bids from Roma and Parma (of around 300 million pesetas) for Guardiola at the end of the season. He signed a new deal with the Catalan club that extended his stay until 2001 after lengthy and complicated contract talks.

Guardiola returned to action the following season, and Barcelona later won La Liga thanks in large part to Rivaldo and Luz Figo's contributions. Guardiola underwent surgery on June 8, 1998, to try to fix his lingering calf injury, which had forced him to miss the 1998 FIFA World Cup for Spain. Guardiola's season-opening 1999–2000 season came as a result of a serious ankle injury. Barcelona did not win any silverware during the 2000-2001 season and finished fourth in La Liga; still, they qualified for the Champions League.

Barcelona's captain, who served for 17 years, declared his intention to leave the club on April 11, 2001. He said that it was a personal decision and, in part, a reaction to what he perceived as football's shift in a new, more physical direction. Guardiola played his last match with Barça against Celta de Vigo on June 24, 2001. Guardiola played 479 games for the first team in 12 seasons, winning 16 trophies. "It's been a long journey," he said at the press conference after the Celta game. I'm content, proud, and content with the way people treated me, and I've met many new people. I cannot ask for more. I have served in the elite for many years. "I did not come to make history, but rather to make my own history." Xavi, Andrés Iniesta, and Cesc Fàbregas, among others, have lauded Guardiola as their role model and hero.

Guardiola began playing for Barcelona in 2001 and became Andrea Pirlo's replacement in the deep-lying playmaker role, where he worked alongside Roberto Baggio under boss Carlo Mazzone. Guardiola moved to Roma following his time at Brescia. However, his time in Italy was fruitless, with a four-month suspension for testing positive for nandrolone. Guardiola was cleared on all charges relating to the ban six years ago, on October 23, 2007. CONI reopened the case against the actor because the absolution had been considered unfair, but the player was not cleared again until September 29.

Guardiola decided to play in Qatar with Al-Ahli from Doha, where many other greats were competing, including Gabriel Batistuta, during his time with Brescia and Roma in 2003. He had turned down another Manchester United shirt because he wanted to play somewhere else. He made a name for himself in the Qatar Stars League, where he was often regarded as one of the best players in the league. Guardiola had previously competed in the 2004-05 Arab Champions League, and in the first leg of the competition's first round, he missed a penalty but converted one in the 73rd minute. He turned down offers from a number of European clubs, including Manchester City, Manchester United, and Chelsea, as he felt his playing career was coming to an end.

Juan Manuel Lillo, the Mexican football manager of Dorados de Sinaloa, was appointed in 2006. While coaching school in Axocopán, Atlixco, Puebla, Lillo recruited Guardiola to play for the club. Guardiola served with Dorados de Sinaloa for six months but was limited to ten appearances due to injuries before retiring. He scored one goal for the club.

International career

Guardiola made his senior debut in a 0–0 draw with Northern Ireland at Windsor Park on October 14th in a World Cup qualifier. Guardiola captained Spain in the 2010 Olympic Games for the first time. He received the Bravo Award in this year, which honors the best player under the age of 21 in the United States. Guardiola played more than 47 times and scored five goals for the senior Spain team between 1992 and 2001. He was a member of the Spanish team during the 1994 World Cup, where they reached the quarter-finals losing 2–1 to Italy. Due to internal differences and missing out on Euro 1996, Javier Clemente, Spain's manager, fell out of favour with him, and he was forced to withdraw from Euro 1996. He suffered from a career-threatening injury in 1998 that kept him out of the 1998 World Cup, but later that year, he led Spain to yet another quarter-final, this time losing by a narrow margin, 2–1. He was guiding the Spanish midfield until his last game for la Roja, a 1–0 victory over Mexico on November 14, 2001; he scored his last international goal against Sweden in a 1–1 draw during his 45th appearance.

Guardiola has competed for and argued for the Catalonia football team. He played seven friendly games for Catalonia between 1995 and 2005.

Managerial career

Guardiola was named coach of Barcelona B on June 21, 2007 with Tito Vilanova as his assistant. The team later won their Tercera División group and qualified for the 2008 Segunda División B playoffs, which the team won, thus winning promotion. Guardiola will be named head of the senior Barcelona team, replacing Frank Rijkaard in May 2008, according to FC Barcelona President Joan Laporta. Michael Laudrup's first choice, not Guardiola, was Laporta's first choice, not Guardiola, according to a 2013 biography.

Guardiola said that Ronaldinho, Deco, Samuel Eto'o, and others were not included in his coming season's plans. He had already offloaded full back Gianluca Zambrotta to Milan by the time of the letter, and midfielder Edmbrotta to Villarreal, as a result of his transfer. Deco went to Chelsea, while Ronaldinho joined Zambrotta in Milan. Lilian Thuram had intended to join Paris Saint-Germain on a free transfer but the discovery of a heart disease put a halt to the transfer, and the veteran retired to tend to his health. Oleguer has signed with Ajax, Santiago Ezquerro was released by Barca, and Marc Crosas was sold to Celtic. Eto'o's fate took a long summer, with the Cameroonian being linked to many clubs, but Guardiola soon announced that he would continue training and participation in the pre-season.

Several new signings were made by Guardiola – Dani Alves and Seydou Keita, who arrived from Sevilla; Martn Cáceres from Villarreal by way of Recreta; and Alexander Hleb was signed from Arsenal; and Txiki Begiristain. Henrique had also signed from Palmeiras, but was quickly loaned out to Bayer Leverkusen. Guardiola spoke to the media in an interview, emphasizing a more mature work ethic than ever before, but also a more personal approach during preparation and a closer relationship with his players. Guardiola also signed canteranos Sergio Busquets, Pedro, and Jeffrén to the first-team squad, along with the new signings.

Guardiola's first competitive game as coach was in the third qualifying round of the Champions League, in which Barça defeated Polish club Wis 4–0 in the first leg at home. They lost 1–0 in the second leg in the second leg, but the team advanced with a 4–1 aggregate triumph. In the first match of the La Liga, promoted Numancia defeated Barcelona, but the team later went on an undefeated run to advance to the top of the standings. Barça stayed at number one in La Liga's table, winning their first league title since 2006 after rivals Real Madrid defeated Villarreal on May 16th 2009. The most important match of all was still played at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium on May 2nd, when they beat Real Madrid 6–2 at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium. In Guardiola's first season at the Camp Nou, the league championship was the second piece of silverware. Barcelona defeated Athletic Bilbao by 4–1.

Barcelona was defeated by a late Andrés Iniesta goal in the second leg at Stamford Bridge, causing a ecstatic Guardiola to celebrate the goal by sprinting down the touchline near where his players were celebrating. Barcelona defeated Manchester United 2–0 in the Champions League's final. They became the first Spanish club to win the domestic cup, the league, and the European club championships (the treble) in the same season. The treble-winning season is regarded as one of the club's finest in history. In addition, he was the youngest man to head a Champions League winning team.

Barcelona exchanged Samuel Eto'o and €46 million for Inter Milan's Zlatan Ibrahimovi during Guardiola's second season as manager. Many players left the club during the same transfer window; Eir Guthyn was sold to Monaco; Sylvinho and Albert Jorquera's terms came; and several others were loaned out, including Alexander Hleb to VfB Stuttgart, Martn Cáceres to Juventus, Alberto Bota to Sporting de Gijón; and Vyctor Sánchez to Xerez. Barcelona began the season by defeating Athletic Bilbao in the Supercopa de Espaa and Shakhtar Donetsk in the UEFA Super Cup. Barcelona won Guardiola's 50th professional victory against Málaga on September 25, 2009, and the champions of the FIFA Club World Cup for the first time in history.

Guardiola completed the 2009 calendar year with six trophies, the Spanish League, Copa del Rey, Champions League, Spanish Super Cup, European Super Cup, and Club World Cup, making him the first manager to do so. Guardiola became Barcelona's longest-serving Spanish coach in January 2010, beating the previous record held by Josep Samitier. He also agreed to a one-year deal extension in order to keep him with Barcelona until the end of the 2010–11 season.

Guardiola coached his 100th match for Barcelona's first team in February 2010. With 242 goals for and 76 against, he had 71 victories, 19 draws, and 10 losses. In El Clásico's first manager in Barcelona's history to defeat Real Madrid four times in a row. Barcelona qualified in the semi-finals of the 2009-10 Champions League, but Inter Milan's José Mourinho defeated them 3–2 on aggregate, but Inter Milan defeated Barcelona 3–2. Despite this, the team won their 20th La Liga title by 99 points by beating Real Valladolid 4–0 at home. This was the most points ever gained in any of Europe's major leagues at the time. Guardiola's seventh trophy as the team's boss, tied for second place behind Johan Cruyff and his 11 trophies.

Guardiola was fined €15,000 by the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) on Monday after a formal inquiry was opened by the Competition Committee into his conduct and remarks during and after a match against Almera on March 6, 2010. Guardiola came into contact with the fourth official with a slew of suspicious intent, berating the official and yelling his name, "You are calling this wrong." Guardiola accused Carlos Clos Gómez and his assistant José Luis Gallego Galdino of "lying" in their match report following the game. Barcelona had ten days to appeal the decision. Guardiola's claims were backed up by television replays. The game ended 2–2.

Dmytro Chyhrynskyi's return to Shakhtar Donetsk and Zlatan Ibrahimovii joined Milan on loan in Guardiola's third season as boss. Rafael Márquez and Thierry Henry were both suspended from their roles and migrated to the New York Red Bulls of Major League Soccer (MLS); Yaya Touré also left the team and moved to Manchester City, England's Premier League team. Adriano from Sevilla, David Villa from Valencia, and Javier Mascherano from Liverpool were all signed by the club. Guardiola signed a new deal on July 14th, 2010 with a promise to remain with Barcelona until June 2011.

Barcelona won the 2010 Supercopa de Espaa for the second time in a row on August 21-21. Barcelona defeated Real Madrid 5–0 on November 29, 2010, giving Guardiola five straight victories in El Clásico. Guardiola accepted the club's one-year deal extension on February 8, 2011, extending the club's deal until June 2012. Barcelona was defeated 2–1 at Emirates Stadium on February 16th in the first leg Champions League first knockout round. Guardiola's record of never having won the away leg of a Champions League knockout tie remained unchanged. Barcelona defeated Arsenal 3–1, winning 4–3 on aggregate, advancing to the quarter-finals on March 8th in the Champions League second knockout round second leg.

Barcelona moved eight points ahead of second-placed Real Madrid in their domestic league after a critical away victory over Villarreal on Saturday, giving the bulk of Real Madrid's home defeat against Sporting de Gijón earlier the same day. Barcelona defeated Shakhtar Donetsk 6–1 on aggregate in the Champions League for the fourth year, the fourth under Guardiola's guidance, with three of them in a row.

Barcelona stayed in La Liga for the second El Clásico in the Santiago Bernabéu, which ended 1–1. After Ral Albiol was dismissed, Lionel Messi scored for his team from the penalty spot. Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid reacted from his penalty spot in the 80th minute of the game. Guardiola lost his first final match against Real Madrid in the Copa del Rey final. During extra time, Cristiano Ronaldo scored the only goal in the 103rd minute of the game, giving the club its first title since 2008, as well as José Mourinho's first championship for his new club. Barcelona won 2–0 at the Bernabéu in the semi-final first leg of the Champions League, and the Barcelona team defeated Real Madrid 2–0 in the first leg, and after a 1–1 draw at Camp Nou, they advanced to Guardiola's second Champions League final in three years as coach for Barcelona.

After a 1–1 draw with Levante on May 11, Barcelona claimed the La Liga trophy and the club's third in a row. Barcelona defeated Manchester United 3–1 at Wembley Stadium on May 28 to win the Champions League.

Guardiola's fourth season in charge began with the departure of three long-serving Barça players: Gabriel Milito, Jeffrén, and Bonito were sold to Sporting CP and Bojan was sold to Roma. Two high-profile signings were made: Alexis Sánchez joined Udinese for €26 million in addition, and Cesc Fàbregas, a former La Masia graduate, returned from Arsenal for €29 million in bonuses. Two players were promoted from the youth system to complete the squad: Thiago and Andra Fontàs. Real Madrid defeated Real Madrid 5–4 aggregate for the Supercopa de Espaa, kicking off the season on the track.

Barcelona lifted their second trophy of the season on Sunday by defeating Porto 21-0 in the UEFA Super Cup final 2–0. He became the first coach at Barcelona with the trophy winning over Porto. In fewer than three years, he has won 12 trophies in a row. Guardiola's 200th match for Barça's first team was played in November of this year. With 500 goals for and 143 against, he held 144 victories, 39 draws, and 17 losses.

Barcelona ended the 2011 calendar year by winning the Club World Cup, defeating Brazilian club Santos 4–0, the most close margin in an Intercontinental Cup/Club World Cup final since switching to a single match format. Guardiola's 13th title out of a total of only 16 tournaments played. He was named FIFA World Coach of the Year on January 9, 2012. He led his team to a 2–1 win over Real Madrid in El Clásico on his 41st birthday, ensuring that he had remained unbeaten against Real Madrid in regular time as a boss. Guardiola withdrew the league title to leaders Real Madrid after beating Barcelona 2–1 and extending their lead in the table to seven points with four matches remaining. After his team's first loss at home all season, Guardiola said, "We need to thank Madrid for their victory and the title that they also won tonight."

Barcelona lost 2–3 aggregate points in the second leg of the Champions League semi-finals on April 24. Since the Copa del Rey was only good enough to play for, the team was effectively left with just the Copa del Rey. Guardiola's most recent tactics and squad picks had been chastised. He revealed on April 27, 2012, that he would step down as Barcelona's coach after the 2011–12 season. He had been working on a revolving basis since being promoted year after year as boss. He cited exhaustion as the main reason for his decision, but also noted that four years at a Barça club felt like an eternity.

Guardiola continued to lead Barcelona to victories in the remaining La Liga games of the season, as well as a 3–0 triumph in the Copa del Rey final. With his four-year success, he has been named Barcelona's most influential coach ever. Barcelona has confirmed that Tito Vilanova, the first team's captain, will be recalled.

Guardiola took a year of sabbatical in New York City after his time in Barcelona came to an end. He came in third place for the 2012 FIFA World Coach of the Year, behind champion Vicente del Bosque and runner José Mourinho on January 7, 2013. Guardiola said at a news conference at the 2012 FIFA Ballon d'Or gala in Zürich, "I have made a decision to return to coaching but no decision has been reached," Guardiola said. I don't have a squad to go to, but I would like to go back to coaching."

Guardiola will take over as the head of Bundesliga club Bayern Munich after the 2012-13 season, replacing Jupp Heynckes for the upcoming season. On June 24, 2013, he attended his first press conference as Bayern boss, and then had his first training session two days later. Bayern lost 4–2. This was his first official match against Borussia Dortmund, with Borussia Dortmund losing 4–2. José Mourinho, his longtime adversary who had just returned to Chelsea to coach at Chelsea, was his first trophy with Bayern in the 2013 UEFA Super Cup. After Manuel Neuer saved Romelu Lukaku's kick, Bayern defeated ten-man Chelsea in a shoot-out.

Guardiola won his third Club World Cup in December 2013 after beating Raja Casablanca in Morocco. He led Bayern to their 23rd Bundesliga title by defeating Hertha BSC 3-1 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin on March 25. With seven matches remaining in Bundesliga history, it was the first time the championship had been contested in Bundesliga history, beating the previous record of Heynckes' Bayern during the campaign. Guardiola broke Karl-Heinz Feldkamp's record for the longest winning streak to begin his time at a Bundesliga club. Feldkamp was undefeated in his first 14 matches with a score of 1. In the 1978-79 season, FC Kaiserslautern was active. On matchday 29, FC Augsburg defeated Bayern 1–0, snapping the streak ended at 28. Bayern's 53-match undefeated streak was also snapped off by the streak.

In the semifinals of Champions League, Bayern was drawn against Real Madrid. Bayern lost the first leg 1–0 and the second leg 4–0. Guardiola had been chastised for his tactics in the first leg. Nevertheless, he defended them. Guardiola's first loss at the Santiago Bernabéu was also the first leg. In his first seven games in the stadium, he was undefeated. Guardiola accepted responsibility for the crash. "It was a collective failure, not the fault of coach Guardiola," Philipp Lahm said. Guardiola is "the answer to the crisis," a kicker Sportsmagazin "singled out" him as "the answer to the crisis." He ended the 2013-14 season by winning the DFB-Pokal 2–0 in extra time.

The first friendly match of the Pre-season started on September 9, 2014, the first friendly match since 18 July 2014. Mario Manduki was sold to Atlético Madrid because he felt that Pep Guardiola's "playing style somehow doesn't suit him." Bayern played in the 2014 MLS All-Star Game in Portland, Oregon, on August 6, 2014. Timbers Coach Caleb Porter led the all-star team. Bayern lost 2–1 to the All-Star squad in the match, bringing the match to an end. Separate incidents involving "harsh challenges" by Osvaldo Alonso and Will Johnson clearly angered Guardiola, and after the match, he refused to shake Porter's hand. Bastian Schweinsteiger, one of the tackles, was injured.

Bayern lost the German Super Cup 2–0 to Borussia Dortmund. "Every final is important, especially in Dortmund, a bit more." In the match, Guardiola used a 3–4–2–1 strategy. Guardiola gave Gianluca Gaudino his first appearance in the Super Cup and made him part of the first team permanently due to "strong preparation" during pre-season. Bayern beat Roma 7-1 in a Champions League match, defeating them in their first away win in Champions League history. In a 4–1 loss to VfL Wolfsburg, Bayern suffered their first league loss of the season. Bayern defeated Shakhtar Donetsk 7–0 on March 11, 2015, tying their first victory in Champions League history. Bayern defeated Bayer Leverkusen in a shootout in the DFB-Pokal quarterfinals. Bayern stopped an 11-match undefeated streak after losing 3–1 to Porto in Portugal on April 15th. Bayern defeated Porto 6–1 in Guardiola's 100th match as head coach. Bayern won their fourth-straight Champions League semi-finals, beating them. Bayern was knocked out of the German Cup in a penalty shoot-out on April 28, 2015. Bayern had missed all four of their shots. Bayern lost 3–0 in his first competitive match against Barcelona. Bayern failed to get a shot on target in the game. He lost four in a row, including the shoot-out loss), for the first time in his career (including the shoot-out loss).

Pre-season began on July 1, 2015. Bayern finished fourth in the Telekom Cup after losing to Augsburg in the semi-finals and losing in a shootout to Borussia Mönchengladbach. Bayern lost in a shoot-out to Wolfsburg in the German Super Cup on August 1, 2015. In the Audi Cup final four days after Bayern defeated Real Madrid, Bayern defeated Real Madrid. Bayern defeated Bayern in the first round of the German Cup on September 9, 2015, then. Bayern won their first ten matches in the league. In a 0–0 scoreline against Eintracht Frankfurt on October 30, 2015, the first time they dropped points in the league, and their first loss in the league was on December 5th, 2015, in a 3–1 scoreline to Borussia Mönchengladbach. Bayern defeated Group F in the Champions League group stage, winning five out of six matches. Bayern's only loss in the Champions League group stage came against Arsenal on October 20. This was Bayern's first defeat in all competitions since the 2015–16 season.

Guardiola was released by Bayern on December 20th after his deal came to an end, with Carlo Ancelotti as his replacement for the 2016–17 season.

Bayern Munich lost in the Champions League semi-finals to Atlético Madrid on May 3, putting him out of a Champions League spot with the Bavarian club. Guardiola's last match was played on May 21, 2016. Bayern won in a shootout over Borussia Dortmund. He finished with 82 victories, 11 draws, and nine losses in the Bundesliga, a run-up to 14 victories, three draws, and no losses; a record of 23 victories, five draws, and eight losses in the UEFA Champions League; In addition, he won two games, two draws, and two losses in the FIFA Club World Cup, UEFA Super Cup, and the German Super Cup. He won six games, one draw, and one loss in non-official competitions.

Guardiola was signed to a three-year deal by Manchester City on February 1, 2016, the 2016–17 season. Guardiola made several key signings this summer, including midfielder lkay Gündo of Borussia Dortmund and Nomendo from Celta Vigo, winger Leroy Sané of Schalke 04, and defender John Stones from Everton. Joe Hart, the long-serving City starting goalkeeper, was also loaned to Torino after Hart failed to impress Guardiola in pre-season, and he would not make another appearance for the club.

Guardiola's first pre-season match 1–0 to his former club Bayern Munich lost to Manchester City. City defeated Sunderland 2–1 on August 13, 2016, Guardiola's first match of the Premier League season. Guardiola won his first Manchester derby as a boss on September 11 in a 2–1 victory at Old Trafford; this was also his sixth victory over his "rival" José Mourinho. Guardiola had won all of his first ten games in charge of Manchester City, with his team having a four-point advantage over second-placed Tottenham Hotspur by the end of September 2016. Despite losing his first match as City boss in a 2–0 loss to Tottenham, his team remained one point clear in the league table ahead of the international break.

Following the international break, City's form dropped; Guardiola's home draw to Southampton on October 23rd brought him right to his managerial record of going five games without a win. Following a 1–0 loss to Manchester United, City's poor run in the EFL Cup was salvaged. Guardiola's sixth match in no. 4 in all tournaments, making it the worst run of form in his managerial career. Guardiola's biggest managerial loss in domestic competition would be Manchester City's 4–0 loss to Everton on January 15, 2017. After a 6–6 aggregate draw, City was disqualified in the last 16 of the Champions League by Monaco on away goals. This was his 100th game as a manager in European competition, with 61 victories and 23 draws (one draw higher than Guardiola's former manager at Barcelona, Louis van Gaal), and he finished in second place, his 100th game as a boss.

Guardiola did not win in the FA Cup's semi-finals, the first time this had happened in his managerial career. He said that the coaching position at City "could be his last team" as boss, despite foul cries of being branded "a fraud, a fraudiola," and that not winning a trophy, out of the four readily available to City, was a "failure." However, he expressed his desire to improve the following season.

Guardiola identified the defensive areas that needed to be addressed by the city in the summer transfer window in order to contend for the league's title, particularly in the goalkeeper and full back positions. Ederson was brought in as the new first-choice goalkeeper following Bravo's struggles in the previous season. Benjamin Mendy and Kyle Walker were both signed, while the club's dispensing of all of the new senior full-backs in Aleksandar Kolarov, Ga., Bacary Sagna, Pablo Zabaleta. Bernardo Silva and Danilo were also acquired from Monaco and Real Madrid respectively.

City defeated Arsenal 3–0 to win the EFL Cup, Guardiola's first trophy with the club. Following Manchester United's 0–1 loss at home to West Bromwich Albion, City was named Premier League champions on April 15th. Guardiola agreed to a new deal with City until 2021 after ending the season with a record-breaking 100 points.

City obtained Riyad Mahrez from Leicester City for £60 million during Guardiola's third season as manager. City opened the 2018 FA Community Shield with a 2–0 victory over FA Cup holders Chelsea on August 5th.

Chelsea defeated Chelsea in the EFL Cup Final held at Wembley Stadium on February 24, 2019. The game came to a close after extra time, but Manchester City took the trophy on penalties for the second year in a row. City met Tottenham Hotspur for the first leg of their Champions League quarter-finals on April 9th at Tottenham's new stadium. The game ended in a 1–0 loss for City. On Saturday, Guardiola's side defeated Tottenham 4–3 in the second leg, with City's last-minute third goal being postponed. Tottenham went through the semi-finals on away goals thanks to the aggregate score being a 4–4 draw. Guardiola won his second straight Premier League title on May 12th. After defeating 4–1 away against Brighton & Hove Albion in the final game of the season, his team finished on 98 points, one point above Liverpool. City beat Watford 6–0 in the FA Cup final on May 18th, becoming the first ever men's team to win a domestic treble in England.

Guardiola made two major moves during the summer transfer window in defender Joo Cancelo from Juventus, who was reportedly paid £27.4 million to Danilo and midfielder Rodri from Atlético Madrid for a £62.8 million fee, a club record. These signings increased the value of the City squad's financial contract by more than €1 billion, making it the first football club in the world to have a squad with such value. City opened the season on August 4th by defeating Liverpool 5–4 on penalties to win the Community Shield for the second year in a row. Guardiola was also the first Premier League manager to receive a yellow card from the referee during the game. Manchester City defeated Aston Villa 2–1 in the EFL Cup Final on March 1, 2020, wining Guardiola and City their third consecutive league title. Manchester City finished second in the 2019-20 Premier League after falling 18 points behind champions Liverpool. Guardiola's side defeated Real Madrid in the round of 16 of the 2019-20 Champions League's 2019–20 Champions League, beating Lyon in the single-elimination quarter-finals on August 15, 2020. City lost the match 3–1, resulting in the expulsion of the match from the quarter-finals of the third season in a row.

Guardiola improved his defense with the signings of Rben Dias from Benfica and Nathan Aké from Bournemouth; he also added to the attacking line-up with the signing of Ferran Torres from Valencia ahead of the 2020-21 season. Guardiola completed a new two-year deal with Manchester City on November 19, 2020, until the summer 2023.

City's defense had greatly improved from last season, with Rben Dias and John Stones joining a centre-back team that lost only one goal in 12 games played together.

Guardiola won his 500th game as boss on January 31, 2021, when City defeated Sheffield United 1–0 at home in the Premier League. City won all nine games in January and became the team with the most wins (9) in a single month in the top four tiers of English football since the Football League was established in 1888. Guardiola won his first game as manager at Anfield on February 8, beating defending champions Liverpool 4–1 and going five points clear at the top of the Premier League table with a game in hand. Guardiola's side set the record for the longest winning streak in English top-flight football history with 15 straight victories for City following a 3–1 victory over Swansea City in the FA Cup on February 10th. Guardiola lifted his fourth successive EFL Cup on April 25th as City defeated Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 in the final on Saturday. After defeating Paris Saint-Germain 4–1 on aggregate in the semi-finals on May 4, Guardiola guided City to their first Champions League final. Guardiola claimed his third Premier League title on May 11 after Manchester United lost at home to Leicester City.

Guardiola's City was defeated 1–0 by Chelsea in the Champions League final on May 29th. He was chastised for his team's pick for not starting a defensive midfielder, but opposition boss Thomas Tuchel later revealed he was dissatisfied not to see Fernandinho in the City's starting lineup. Guardiola justified starting Gündo'an in a defensive capacity by citing his time in the sport and his ability to locate midfield runners within narrow defensive lines. Overall, Guardiola advanced City to a Champions League final for the first time in 2021, after three straight quarter-final exits (2018, 2019, 2020) and the round of 16 elimination in 2017.

Guardiola called for more supporters to attend the home games after defeating RB Leipzig 6–3 in the Champions League season opener on September 14th, which saw poor attendance. "Guardiola] doesn't know the challenges" supporters are facing amid the pandemic, according to City's official support group. Following their 1–0 away victory over Chelsea in the Premier League on September 25, Guardiola defeated Les McDowall as the manager with the most victories in Manchester City history. Guardiola has now been City's most popular manager in the club's history, winning ten major English league and cup titles to date, while keeping a winning percentage above 70%, which is at least 10% higher than any proceeding manager.

Manchester City defeated Aston Villa 32-0 on May 22, 2022, defeating them 2021–22 Premier League. Guardiola's fourth title at the club, placing him second on the list of managers with the most Premier League championship titles.

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