Twelve years after last being recognised as the leading men\u2019s coach in the world, Pep Guardiola has regained his crown.<\/p>\n
Third in voting on four occasions (in 2010, 2012, 2021 and 2022) and second in 2015 and 2019, the Manchester City boss came out on top in the category at The Best FIFA Football Awards\u2122 \u06f2\u06f0\u06f2\u06f3\u066b<\/p>\n
The master tactician\u2019s achievements with Manchester City in the first eight months of last year were recalled at Monday evening\u2019s glittering ceremony in London. As well as lifting a fifth Premier League title with the Citizens and a third in a row, Guardiola secured the FA Cup for a second time before winning the club\u2019s first UEFA Champions League trophy, the third of his career.<\/p>\n
Before the year was out, he took home the UEFA Super Cup before adding the FIFA Club World Cup\u2122 to that prestigious collection, albeit outside the eligibility period for the 2023 award. After stepping up to collect it, having picked up more votes than Italian duo Luciano Spalletti and Simone Inzaghi, Guardiola quickly brushed off the praise coming his way.<\/p>\n
“We\u2019ve won [a lot of trophies], but I\u2019ve got to be honest and say that a lot of people have contributed to our success,\u201d he said in an exclusive interview with FIFA. \u201cI\u2019m really happy with the season we\u2019ve had. It\u2019s been an incredible adventure. I\u2019m happy we won again and I got a huge amount of pleasure out of being part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
A treble-winner with Barcelona and again with Manchester City, the coach said his ability to stay at the pinnacle of European and world football is down to a natural progression.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt goes without saying that everyone changes. I\u2019m a different person, but I\u2019m still the same. I\u2019m more mature now and I do things differently.\u201d<\/p>\n
Guardiola was still at Barcelona when he collected the FIFA World Coach of the Year award in 2011, ahead of Sir Alex Ferguson and Jose Mourinho. That accolade came after a year in which he took the Catalan club to glory in La Liga, the Supercopa de Espana, the UEFA Champions League, the UEFA Super Cup, and the FIFA Club World Cup. The only trophy to escape their grasp was the Copa del Rey.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m pretty happy in general, happy with what I\u2019ve achieved and happy to be here.\u201d<\/p>\n
Might that happiness have anything to do with the fact he has coached the best players in the world? After all, Guardiola has worked with two of the three The Best FIFA Men\u2019s Player 2023 nominees, namely Lionel Messi and Erling Haaland, with Kylian Mbappe the odd man out.<\/p>\n
\u201cErling is a great person and a wonderful player,\u201d said the coach. \u201cWe won for a lot of reasons this year, and he was one of them.\u201d<\/p>\n
As for the Argentinian, whom Guardiola coached for four years at Barcelona \u2013 between 2008 and 2012 \u2013 he was named the world\u2019s best men\u2019s player for an eighth time, an achievement that left his former boss almost lost for words.<\/p>\n
\u201cMessi is the best player I\u2019ve seen and will ever see,\u201d commented Guardiola. \u201cJust watch the videos of all the matches he\u2019s ever played, and you\u2019ll understand why. You just have to watch the kid play to understand why he\u2019s different.\u201d<\/p>\n
The same could be said of Pep Guardiola, whose quality as a coach is reflected by the football his teams play, and creaking trophy cabinet he has amassed over the previous two decades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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