Manchester City staff profiles

Written by Simon Austin — March 31, 2018
Pen pics of Manchester City's coaching, science, medicine and analytics staff. To see the staff profiles for other clubs, click here.
FOOTBALL EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF FOOTBALL
Txiki Begiristain

Nationality: Spanish
A fine player, who was capped 22 times by Spain. Worked as technical director at Barcelona from 2008 to 2010. Brought to City by his old boss Ferran Soriano, who is now CEO at the club.
COACHING
MANAGER
Pep Guardiola

Nationality: Spanish
A disciple of Johan Cruyff and a linchpin of the Barcelona's first European Cup winning side. Graduated from La Masia to manage Barca, leading them to unprecedented levels of success, with three La Ligas, three Copa del Reys and two Champion League titles. Won three league titles with Bayern Munich, though not the Champions League. Arrived at City in the summer of 2016.
ASSISTANT
Rodolfo Borrell

Nationality: Spanish
Promoted from Academy Technical Director, a role he had held since 2014, by Guardiola last summer. Previously Technical Director and Head of Coaching at Liverpool's Academy.
ASSISTANT
Brian Kidd

Nationality: English
A European Cup winner with Manchester United, who was assistant manager of the Reds for seven years. Joined City in the same role in 2009. Guardiola kept him on to "help me to get to know the players."
GOALKEEPING COACH
Xabier Mancisidor

Nationality: Spanish
Brought to City by Manuel Pellegrini, with whom he had worked at Malaga. Former Majorca goalkeeper kept on at Etihad by Guardiola.
PERFORMANCE ANALYST
Carles Planchart

Nationality: Spanish
Analyst worked with Guardiola at Barca B, Barcelona and Bayern Munich. Says Guardiola likes to sit down with him as soon as he can after a match to analyse it on his laptop.
HEAD OF PLAYER SUPPORT & PROTOCOL
Manel Estiarte

Nationality: Spanish
An unusual job title but a crucial role: Estiarte is Guardiola's mentor and sounding board. Guardiola once said: "Managers are very, very alone. It is good for me to have him here." The Catalan was once Spain's finest water polo player and won gold at the 1996 Olympics.
ASSISTANT
Juan Manuel Lillo

Nationality: Spanish
Appointed in June 2020, replacing Mikel Arteta, who had left the previous December to manage Arsenal. His long and varied coaching career may not appear that auspicious, but he has been a major influence on Guardiola. Managed him at Dorados de Sinaloa in Mexico in 2005.
FITNESS COACH
Lorenzo Buenaventura

Nationality: Spanish
Worked with Guardiola at Barcelona and Bayern. Oversees the team and individual fitness programmes. Regarded as crucial to the high-energy, fast-pressing style of the manager.
SET PIECE COACH
Nicolas Jover

Nationality: French
Joined at the start of 2019/20 as the club's first set piece coach. Previously worked at Brentford for three seasons and, before that, Montpellier.
PERFORMANCE
HEAD OF HUMAN PERFORMANCE
Sam Erith

Nationality: English
Joined City in summer of 2011 as Head of Sports Science after seven years in the same role with Spurs. Went on to become Global Lead for Human Performance with City, overseeing their network of clubs. Worked with England at Euro 2016.
HEAD S&C
Simon Bitcon

Nationality: English
A prominent practitioner who has been with City for a decade. Has also worked with world champion boxer Carl Frampton (above, right). His brother Mark is Head of Performance Services at the City's Academy.
SPORTS SCIENTIST/ S&C
Donough Holohan

Nationality: Irish
Joined in July 2012. Was Head of Sports Science at Charlton before that.
SPORTS SCIENTIST
Barry Hamilton

Nationality: Irish
Hails from Blackrock in Dublin, where he played at a semi-pro level. Joined City from STATSports. Worked for Croatia at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
NUTRITIONIST
Silvia Tremoleda

Nationality: Spanish
Worked with Guardiola at Barcelona, where she spent four seasons. Left in 2012 but continued to work with Lionel Messi afterwards. Personal friend of Chief Executive Ferran Soriano and Director of Football Txiqui Begiristain
NUTRITIONIST
Tom Parry

Nationality: English
Long-standing member of staff who has worked under managers going back to Roberto Mancini.
CONSULTANT PSYCHOLOGIST
David Young

Nationality: English
Has been working with City's first team since July 2019. Also lead performance psychologist with the England and Wales Cricket Board - and worked for Wolves for four years.
MEDICAL
HEAD OF SPORTS MEDICINE
Max Sala

Nationality: Italian
City's long-standing team doctor. Despite the recruitment of Eduardo Mauri (below) and regular rumours about his future following Guardiola's arrival, Sala remains. A graduate of the University of Ferrara in Italy.
DOCTOR
Eduardo Mauri

Nationality: Spanish
Joined City last summer. Played for Espanyol before qualifying as a doctor and working for them in that capacity. Went on to Qatar national team and AS Eupen in Belgium. Another Catalan on the staff.
HEAD PHYSIO
James Baldwin

Nationality: English
Joined the club from Middlesbrough in March 2009, initially with the reserves. Promoted to first team in November 2010 and then took the top job in February 2019, replacing Lee Nobes.
PHYSIO
Anthony Greenhouse

Nationality: English
Joined City in February 2008 from nearby Oldham. Promoted from Academy to first team in February 2019.
PHYSIO
Federico Genovesi

Nationality: Italian
Qualified osteopath who previously worked at Lazio and Palermo in Italy.
PHYSIO/ SPORTS THERAPIST
Mario Pafundi

Nationality: Italian
Joined City in October 2016, having previously worked as a sports therapist for Team Sky and British Cycling.
PHYSIO
Steve Sparks

Nationality: English
Joined from Southampton, where he had worked for the previous decade, in December 2020.
SOFT TISSUE THERAPIST
Mark Sertori

Nationality: English
Played in the lower leagues as a striker and centre half. Retrained as a sports therapist with the PFA and has previously worked with Bolton and Newcastle.
PERFORMANCE THERAPIST
Ben Thompson

Nationality: Welsh
Joined City in 2007 and also worked for the Wales national team for three years.
SPORTS THERAPIST
Eduardo Alvarez Gil

Nationality: Spanish
Spaniard joined the club in July 2016.
ANALYSTS
PERFORMANCE ANALYST
Harry Dunn

Nationality: English
Succeeded Rands as Head of Performance Analysis at Scunthorpe, then joined him at City in September 2014.
VIDEO ANALYST
Piet Cremers

Nationality: Dutch
Hired from sister club NAC Breda in January 2018. Worked for Brentford for a year and is an expert in the expected goals model.
SET PIECE ANALYST
Dylan Jones
Nationality: English
Joined in September 2019, having been a performance analyst at Derby for 11 months.
DATA SCIENCE
DIRECTOR OF INSIGHTS AND DECISION TECHNOLOGY
Brian Prestidge

Nationality: Scottish
Heads up data science across the nine teams in the City Football Group, including Manchester City. Was promoted from Data Scientist in January 2020, replacing Lee Mooney.
LEAD AI SCIENTIST
Laurie Shaw
Nationality: Scottish
Has a formidable CV, having worked as a Research Scientist and Lecturer at Harvard University, for a £30bn hedge fund and as a policy advisor to the British government. Joined City in January 2021 as the club looked to bridge the data science gap with market leaders Liverpool.
FOOTBALL INTELLIGENCE OFFICER
Ravi Mistry
Nationality: English
Appointed in June 2020 and will be "leading the analytical development of our practitioners and advancing our football intelligence capabilities," in the words of Prestidge.
Previously worked for The Information Lab in London for five years.
PERFORMANCE PHYSICIST
John-Mark Sisman
Nationality: English
Appointed in July 2020. Role is to "accelerate the application of physics-based concepts that have been developed at City Football Group over the last four years in order to solve football-focused performance challenges.”
TALENT ID CO-ORDINATOR
Chris Baker
Nationality: English
Hired from Huddersfield Town in August 2020.Responsible for co-ordinating scouting operations and integrating data into the process.