Pep Guardiola Net Worth – How Much Does The Manchester City Manager Make?

• Pep Guardiola was a hugely influential midfielder at Barcelona for over a decade

• After retiring as a player, he quickly developed into one of the world’s greatest managers

• Despite few commercial deals, his huge success in football has ensured a large net worth

Born on January 18, 1971, in Santpedor, Spain, Josep “Pep” Guardiola joined Barcelona’s academy at the age of 13 and having made his senior debut in 1990, played for over a decade at the club as a defensive midfielder.

While he was a hugely accomplished player, winning 47 caps for Spain and a wealth of domestic honours, he has gained even larger acclaim as one of the greatest managers of his generation, bringing huge success to not only his beloved Barcelona, but also Bayern Munich and Manchester City.

Such considerable achievements have seen him amass considerable wealth, a trend we can expect to continue for many years.

How Much Is Pep Guardiola Worth?

Though well remunerated as a player, Guardiola missed out on the remarkable financial boon that football has enjoyed in recent years, meaning that midfielders these days with half his ability are earning twice as much he would have acquired during his playing days.

It’s also worth remembering that coaches don’t tend to earn as much as players.

Before we get the violins out however and assume the Catalan is scraping by let it be said that Pep Guardiola has a net worth in excess of £35m.

The bulk of this enormous fortune derives from salaries and bonuses, working wonders for three of the wealthiest football clubs on the planet and being extremely well rewarded for it.

But the 53-year-old genius is also not averse to agreeing to sponsorship deals, while other business opportunities have been pursued.

Previously he has worked with Nissan and Gore-Tex, the outdoor clothing company. There is also a long-standing collaboration with Puma, the global sports brand who are manufacturers of Manchester City’s kit.

Additionally, there is an impressive property portfolio to factor in, as well as co-ownership of Tast Catala, a three-storey tapas restaurant in the heart of Manchester. 

When all of these lucrative income streams are combined, and when it is acknowledged that Guardiola is the second highest paid coach in the world – surprisingly lagging behind Diego Simeone at Atletico Madrid – then even the most conservative football prediction anticipates the figure above to be dwarfed by the time the great man hangs up his tactics board. 

Pep Guardiola Salary

Most coaches earn less than the players they preside over. But Pep Guardiola is not most coaches. 

The virtual guarantee of success that his unique skill-set provides resulted in Manchester City offering a whopping £15m a year deal to initially lure the trophy-magnet to the North-West, a sum that has subsequently risen to £20m a year as Guardiola continues to stamp his authority, and sumptuous football, on the Premier League.

That equates to £385,000 a week, and only Kevin De Bruyne can top that, if marginally. 

Then there are his numerous performance-related bonuses on top of his basic salary, many of which will have been triggered given the substantial trophy haul he has engineered since arriving at the club.

The current Premier League betting odds suggest that he may be in line for another bonus this coming May.

Pep Guardiola Teams Coached

Guardiola has enjoyed stellar success at three different football clubs around Europe, not only bringing each club silverware in abundance but transforming them from the bottom up. 

He began his coaching career with Barcelona’s B team, gaining them promotion in his single season as manager.

He then moved to the senior team, who under his guidance became one of the greatest ever teams in Europe, winning two Champions League titles during his four-year tenure, as he created a team that reimagined football infinitely for the better. 

Pep then decided to take a sabbatical for a short period before taking on the role of Bayern Munich coach for a further three highly successful seasons. 

His arrival in Manchester in the summer of 2016 was accompanied by enormous interest, as well as a certain amount of scepticism that his possession-based fare could prove successful amidst the frenetic environs of English football.

After winning five Premier League titles and averaging 89.2 points per season it’s fair to say those doubters have been silenced since. 

Online betting odds suggest that Guardiola’s next challenge may lie in international football but, as things stand, Guardiola remains committed to Manchester City. 

A recently signed contract extension keeps him at the club until at least 2025, with those in the know confident he will stay for at least another year beyond that. 

Pep Guardiola Wife

Pep Guardiola and his wife Cristina Serra have been together since they were teenagers. They first met at the clothes store Serra Claret owned by Cristina’s parents, where she was working at the time.

The couple started to date, though it was not until 2014 that they would marry, in a low-key ceremony that mirrors their personal lives. Both Pep and Cristina like to keep their lives private, and rarely court any publicity.

Cristina has excelled as a journalist, writer and in the fashion world, but has dedicated much of her time to her family life and bringing up the couple’s children.

The nature of Pep’s career has made it difficult at times, with Cristina returning to Spain in 2019 with one of their children, to manage her fashion business. 

Pep Guardiola Children

Pep and Cristina have three children – Maria, Marius and Valentina, born in 2000, 2003 and 2008.

The eldest, Maria, is the most prominent on social media channels. Residing in London, she has over 120,000 followers on Instagram where she chronicles her travels and experiences. Like her mother, she is considered a fashion icon in her native Spain. 

The couple’s youngest two children are protected by their parents, and understandably little is known about them or their passions in life. 

An incidental aside has the youngest, Valentina, born on the same day, in May 2008, that Pep discovered he would be the new coach of Barcelona.

Pep Guardiola Trophies

Pep Guardiola has hoovered up trophies both as a player and manager. 

His success began at Barcelona, as part of the team that won the club’s first European Cup in 1992, the same year he won an Olympic gold medal, in addition to four successive La Liga titles from 1991 to 1994.

Two more domestic league titles followed, along with the Cup Winners’ Cup and two UEFA Super Cups. 

As a manager, his haul has increased further, reigning supreme in Spain with his boyhood club as they placed La Liga in a stranglehold. 

As well as three La Liga titles, the Copa Del Rey, the FIFA Club World Cup, UEFA Super Cup and the Champions League were secured, the latter twice. On the first occasion, Guardiola was just 38, making him the youngest coach to lift the coveted jug-eared trophy. 

Not surprisingly, at Bayern Munich he continued to sweep up honours, but his stint at the club was tarnished by a failure to win the Champions League. That has since been rectified at Manchester City, the last jewel to elude the Blues attained in Istanbul in 2023.

Domestically meanwhile, City have held sway throughout Guardiola’s time in charge, winning multiple FA Cup and League Cups and triumphing in the league in five of the last six seasons. 

Is it any wonder our Premier League predictions page routinely backs the Blues to succeed each and every August?

*Credit for all of the photos in this article belongs to Alamy*