5 players who you didn't know played under Pep Guardiola

#3 Eidur Gudjohnsen

Iceland v Austria - Group F: UEFA Euro 2016

The Icelandic striker is renowned for his exploits at Chelsea, where he played over 260 games and won five trophies over six years. Gudjohnsen joined Barcelona in 2006 for a reported €9.3 million joining the Blaugrana to replace the departing Henrik Larsson.

Two years after Gudjohnsen's arrival, Pep Guardiola became manager of Barcelona. He announced that certain senior figures in the squad would be allowed to leave the club. Gudjohnsen was widely expected to be among the players set to be released as the striker was in his thirties.

Gudjohnsen, however, remained in the side and went on to make 34 appearances in all competitions. He ended up playing a decent role in Barcelona's historic treble that campaign. The ex-Iceland international started 17 of the games and scored four times.

The Icelandic striker left Barcelona the following season and joined Ligue 1 side Monaco. Gudjohnsen went on to play for nine more clubs over the next eight years before retiring from the game in 2017.

#2 Martin Caceres

ACF Fiorentina v SS Lazio - Serie A

The veteran defender has played for numerous clubs in his career. Thus it is easy to forget that Caceres was one of the first players Guardiola signed in his managerial career. The Uruguayan was brought in to replace one of the five defenders released by Barcelona in Guardiola's debut campaign.

The Spanish manager signed Caceres from Villarreal for €16.5 million. The defender however went on to make just 23 appearances in all competitions with 16 of them being starts. His limited playing time was largely attributed to numerous injuries alongside Guardiola's tactical choices.

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Caceres was sent out on loan the following season to Juventus with the Italian side having the option of signing him permanently. Despite his loan spell starting out well, injuries once again hampered his involvement in the side and he returned to Barcelona at the end of the season.

The Uruguay international was once again sent out on loan, this time to Sevilla, where he made 37 appearances in all competitions. The Spanish side opted to sign Caceres permanently at the end of his encouraging loan spell paying €3 million to Barcelona for the services of the defender.

Caceres returned to Juventus on loan and finally signed for the Italian outfit permanently. He joined Premier League side Southampton in 2017 and had spells at Hellas Verona, Lazio and Juventus before joining Fiorentina in 2019.

#1 Oriol Romeu

Southampton v Aston Villa - Premier League

Romeu has been a Southampton player since 2015 and his Premier League sojourn began further back in 2011. The 29-year-old however began his career at Barcelona, graduating from the famous La Masia academy in 2008. He was a regular for Barcelona B for the next two years before he was handed his first-team debut by Guardiola in 2010.

Guardiola had previously included the Spanish midfielder in the squad for the 2009 Club World Cup, although he was unused. He finally made his debut in August 2010 starting in the first leg of Barcelona's Super Cup game against Sevilla. Romeu played the full 90 minutes of the game as Barcelona lost 3-1.

Romeu, however, had to wait nine months before featuring again for the first team. He came off the bench to make his La Liga debut in Barcelona's penultimate league game against Deportivo de La Coruna in May 2011.

The midfielder was sold to Chelsea the following season for €5 million and went on to make 33 appearances for the Blues across two seasons. He then had loan spells at Valencia and Stuttgart before moving to Southampton in 2015.