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