4 footballers who made their professional and managerial debut with the same club

#2 Pep Guardiola

Pep Guardiola Press Conference

The Catalan connection of Josep Guardiola is no secret. He was born in central Catalonia and joined La Masia when he was 13 years old.

He progressed through the ranks of Barcelona academy, having played for the C and B teams before making it into the main team to play under the legendary Johan Cruyff.

He left his childhood club after 15 years as a captain in 2001. But he would soon return to the Camp Nou, making his managerial debut as the manager of the Barcelona B team in 2007.

Within a year he had proved himself to be the perfect replacement for the departing Frank Rijkaard and was appointed as the head coach of Barcelona first team in 2008.

And the full circle of football was complete when he won the La Liga title in his first season in-charge at the helm of his childhood club.