16 Facts About Manuel Estiarte

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Manel Estiarte Duocastella was born on October 26,1961 in Manresa and is a Spanish former water polo player born in Manresa, a municipality in Barcelona, Spain.

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Manuel Estiarte is currently a member of Pep Guardiola's technical staff at Manchester City FC.

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Manuel Estiarte is usually considered one of the two greatest water poloists of all time.

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Manuel Estiarte played for the national team for 23 years and captained the side for 20 years.

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Manuel Estiarte holds the record for the most goals scored by a water polo player in Olympic history, with 127 goals.

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Manuel Estiarte has participated in six Olympic Games, all consecutively.

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Manuel Estiarte is the second Spaniard to compete at six Olympic Games, after equestrian Luis Alvarez de Cervera.

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Manuel Estiarte is the first water polo player to compete at six Olympic Games.

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Manuel Estiarte won the World Championship at Perth 1998 after finishing in second place at Perth 1991 and Rome 1994.

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Manuel Estiarte was a member of the International Olympics Committee from 2000 to 2006.

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11.

Manuel Estiarte was Pep Guardiola's personal assistant at Bayern Munich from 2013 to 2016, and holds the same position with Guardiola at Manchester City FC.

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Manuel Estiarte was one of three born to parents in Manresa, Spain, with a brother named Albert and a sister named Rosa.

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Rosa Manuel Estiarte committed suicide in 1985 by jumping out of a window in their fourth-floor family home, which Manel witnessed.

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In 2009, Manuel Estiarte released his autobiography, entitled All My Siblings, in which he recounts his personal and professional life, including the death of his sister Rosa.

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Two have been close friends and colleagues since, with Manuel Estiarte working with Guardiola for the entirety of his career in management, even assisting Guardiola in obtaining a lawyer when he was accused of doping in 2001.

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Manel Manuel Estiarte was awarded with the Gold Medal of the Royal Order of Sports Merit in 1993, and the Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Sports Merit in 1996, the highest distinction of sporting merit in Spain.

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