The Manchester City manager learned the trade in the lower tiers of Spanish football before enjoying huge success across Europe
There is a special day in the Guardiola household.
"Valentina was born on the 6th of May [in 2008], it was also the day we played against Huddersfield to lift the title," Pep Guardiola tells Goal, converging two of the proudest moments of his life.
This year, as he sat surrounded by family and his triumphant Manchester City players at a huge end-of-season party, with Valentina, on her 10th birthday, fast asleep on his lap, Guardiola cast his mind back to yet another significant milestone in his life.