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Josep Guardiola Sala (b. Santpedor, Catalonia, January 18, 1971), also known as Pep Guardiola is a Spanish former football player. He was captain of both FC Barcelona and Spain. He also played for Brescia Calcio, AS Roma, Al-Ahli Doha and Dorados de Sinaloa. Guardiola has also played for and been a strong supporter of Catalonia.

Guardiola was a product of the pedrera barcelonista, playing initially as junior with Gimnàstic de Manresa and FC Barcelona B. He spent the majority of his career at FC Barcelona where between 1990 and 2001 he made 379 appearances. Playing as a defensive midfielder, he was a key member of the Dream Team put together by Johan Cruyff in the early 1990s, providing a local presence in a team of Basques and foreigners. During his time at FC Barcelona he became a firm favourite with fans and won an impressive array of trophies. In 1997 he succeeded José Mari Bakero as club captain. However a hamstring injury subsequently kept him out for a year.

Guardiola also played 47 times for Spain between 1992 and 2001 and was captain of the team that won the gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1992 hosted by Barcelona. Although never a noted goalscorer, Guardiola scored during the final against Poland at the Camp Nou. He was a member of the selección during the 1994 World Cup but fell out of favour with Javier Clemente and missed out on Euro 1996. Injury kept him out of the 1998 World Cup, but he later played at Euro 2000.

After leaving FC Barcelona in 2001 he played for Brescia Calcio and AS Roma in Serie A. However his time in Italy was unhappy and included a four month ban after testing positive for Nandrolone. Six years later in Oct. 23, 2007, Guardiola was cleared on all charges that brought on this ban. During his spell with Brescia Calcio, he played alongside legendary Italian football player Roberto Baggio.

On Thursday June 21, 2007 Guardiola has officially been named as the head coach of FC Barcelona B.

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