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Tito Vilanova
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Spanish footballer and manager (1968-2014)
Tito Vilanova was a Spanish football player and coach who lived from 1968 until his death in 2014. He is remembered primarily for his work as a manager, most notably leading FC Barcelona to success during the early 2010s.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Francesc
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Spain
- Place of birth
- Bellcaire d'Empordà
- Place of death
- Barcelona
- Child
- Adrià Vilanova
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Employer
- FC Barcelona
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- UDA Gramenet
- Position played
- midfielder
- Image
- Tito Vilanova (2012).jpg
- Height
- 178
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- Commons category
- Tito Vilanova
- date of birth
- 1968-09-17
- date of death
- 2014-04-25
- manner of death
- natural causes
- place of burial
- Spain
- cause of death
- cancer
- pseudonym
- 'Tito'
- coach of sports team
- FC Barcelona
- name in native language
- Tito Vilanova
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Encyclopedic overview
Francesc "Tito" Vilanova Bayó (17 September 1968 – 25 April 2014) was a Spanish professional football central midfielder and manager.
After a career which consisted of a total of 26 La Liga matches in three seasons, all with Celta, he went on to work with Barcelona as an assistant coach under Pep Guardiola, being part of the squad that had won 14 titles.
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