Meet Former Barcelona Now Bayern Munich Coach "Guadiola"

Picture of him and family above, Guardiola was born on 18 January 1971 in the small village of Santpedor (6,500 inhabitants), just 45 miles north of Barcelona, to a bricklayer Valentini and housewife Dolor. He has two older sisters and a younger brother. His passion for football developed at an early age and as soon as he began to spend every given hour kicking a ball around the central village square, the whole village knew him. The village's sports field has since been named after him.

Guardiola has been married to his wife Cristina Serra since the age of 18. The pair got to know each other in Cristina's parents' clothes shop in Manresa, the neighbouring town, just five miles from Santpedor. They have now been married for 24 years and have three children: Maria was born in 2001, Marius in 2003 and Valentina in 2008.