{"id":52560,"date":"2026-05-22T15:50:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T10:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=52560"},"modified":"2026-05-22T15:52:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T10:22:35","slug":"official-pep-guardiola-appointed-global-ambassador-for-city-football-group-after-leaving-manchester-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/official-pep-guardiola-appointed-global-ambassador-for-city-football-group-after-leaving-manchester-city\/","title":{"rendered":"OFFICIAL: Pep Guardiola appointed Global Ambassador for City Football Group after leaving Manchester City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"auto\"><strong>Manchester City<\/strong> and <strong>City Football Group<\/strong> have announced that <strong>Pep Guardiola<\/strong> will take on a new high-profile role as <strong>Global Ambassador<\/strong> following his departure from Manchester City at the end of the 2025\/26 season.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">In his new position, the 55-year-old Spaniard will provide <strong>technical advice<\/strong> across the City Football Group\u2019s global network of clubs. He will work on special projects, coaching collaborations, and strategic football development initiatives.<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"auto\">A New Chapter with City Football Group<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"auto\">After 10 hugely successful years as Manchester City manager \u2014 during which he delivered <strong>20 major trophies<\/strong> \u2014 Guardiola will not be stepping away from the CFG family entirely. Instead, he will continue contributing his football expertise on a global scale.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">The City Football Group owns multiple clubs worldwide, including:<\/p>\n<ul dir=\"auto\">\n<li>Manchester City (England)<\/li>\n<li>New York City FC (USA)<\/li>\n<li>Melbourne City (Australia)<\/li>\n<li>Girona FC (Spain)<\/li>\n<li>Yokohama F. Marinos (Japan)<\/li>\n<li>And several others<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Guardiola\u2019s role will involve mentoring coaches, supporting talent development, and assisting with football strategy across these clubs.<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"auto\">Emotional Transition<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"auto\">The news comes shortly after the confirmation that Guardiola will leave his managerial position at Manchester City this summer. While fans were preparing for a full farewell, this new ambassadorial role offers a sense of continuity with the organisation that transformed both his and the club\u2019s legacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City and City Football Group have announced that Pep Guardiola will take on a new high-profile role as Global\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":52564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[359],"class_list":["post-52560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-pep-guardiola"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52560"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52565,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52560\/revisions\/52565"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}