Resilience and perseverance in the journey of Pep Guardiola. A timeline of obstacles and growth.
Josep "Pep" Guardiola is a highly successful Catalan football manager, currently managing Manchester City since 2016. Previously a player, he is renowned for his tactical innovations and achievements. Guardiola is the only manager to achieve a continental treble twice. He also holds records for consecutive league wins in La Liga, Bundesliga, and the Premier League. Widely regarded as one of the greatest managers of all time, his influence on modern football is undeniable.
In 1998, Guardiola suffered a career-threatening injury that kept him out of the year's World Cup.
In 1999–2000, Guardiola missed the last three months of the season with a serious ankle injury.
In 1999–2000, Guardiola missed the last three months of the season with a serious ankle injury.
In April 2012, Barcelona was knocked out of the Champions League semi-final against Chelsea. On April 27, 2012, Guardiola announced he would step down as Barcelona's manager at the end of the 2011–12 season.
In 2012, Pep Guardiola had an account open in Andorra until 2012, exploiting the tax amnesty that Mariano Rajoy's conservative government had enacted in Spain to regularise his fiscal situation. Until that point, he had not declared the funds held in that account to the Spanish Tax Agency.
On April 28, 2015, Bayern were knocked out of the German Cup in a penalty shoot-out. Bayern had missed all four of their shots.
On August 1, 2015, Bayern lost in a shoot-out to Wolfsburg in the German Super Cup.
The first time Bayern dropped points in the league was on 30 October 2015 in a 0–0 scoreline against Eintracht Frankfurt.
Bayern's first loss in the league was on 5 December 2015 in a 3–1 scoreline to Borussia Mönchengladbach.
On January 15, 2017, Manchester City lost to Everton 0–4; this was Guardiola's biggest-ever managerial defeat in a domestic competition.
On 15 August 2020, Guardiola's Manchester City faced Lyon in the Champions League quarter-finals. City lost the match 1–3 and was eliminated at the quarter-final stage for the third season in a row.
In 2021, Guardiola won his third Premier League title on 11 May after Manchester United's defeat to Leicester City, and claimed the EFL Cup for the fourth successive time two weeks earlier. On 29 May 2021, Manchester City played in the Champions League final for the first time in their history, losing to Chelsea 0–1. Guardiola was subsequently criticised for his team selection.
In November 2024, Manchester City were beaten 2–1 by Brighton & Hove Albion, marking the first time in Guardiola's managerial career that he suffered four losses in a row. Despite speculation, on 22 November 2024, Guardiola signed a two-year contract extension with the club until 2027. However, a day later, Guardiola suffered his heaviest home defeat as Manchester City manager in a 4–0 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur.
In 2024, under Pep Guardiola, Manchester City mirrored the success of the previous campaign by winning the Community Shield and beginning the league season with an unbeaten run. However, the team's fortunes took a downturn following a 1–2 defeat to Tottenham Hotspur in the fourth round of the EFL Cup.
On 19 February 2025, Manchester City was eliminated from the 2024-25 Champions League after a 3-6 aggregate loss to Real Madrid. In February 2025, Guardiola criticised his own performance and suggested that he would leave the club if he was the problem.
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