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#4 Enrique Peña Nieto and Pep Guardiola

Pep Guardiola and Mexico President, Enrique Peña Nieto

The Mexican President and the Spanish manager share a lot of similarities although they belong in different fields. Firstly both personalities have started their careers while they were just teenagers, Nieto was just 18 when he joined the Institutional Revolutionary Party which has ruled Mexico for 71 years. Even Guardiola was in his teens when he first got into the world of football.

Guardiola also has a connection with Mexico having started his coaching career in the Latin country. Pep was part of Mexican football club Dorados de Sinaloa where he played under Juanma Lillo but also took coaching lessons from his mentor. He was asked on many occasions to study the team's opponents by Lilo and would often help team-mates with tactical and technical ideas.

Both Guardiola and Nieto have a great taste in fashion and can pull off any kind of look. In fact, Guardiola also donned the cover of Spain’s GQ magazine in the past for his eccentric dressing sense – especially his suits. Enrique Peña Nieto has also been in the lists of best-dressed and most stylish world leaders in the past.

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