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Tito Vilanova

1968 - 2014

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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. Vilanova was appointed as first-team manager in 2012, winning La Liga in his only season. He stepped down in July 2013 due to ill health, and died the next year from throat cancer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tito Vilanova is the 41st most popular coach (up from 66th in 2019), the 272nd most popular biography from Spain (up from 420th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Spanish Coach.

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Among COACHES

Among coaches, Tito Vilanova ranks 41 out of 471. Before him are Michael Laudrup, Dick Advocaat, Valeriy Lobanovskyi, Otto Rehhagel, Bernd Schuster, and Miroslav Blažević. After him are Marcelo Bielsa, Luis de la Fuente, Héctor Cúper, Luciano Spalletti, Jean-Pierre Papin, and Hugo Sánchez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Tito Vilanova ranks 18. Before him are Timothy McVeigh, Hugh Jackman, Davor Šuker, Lisa Marie Presley, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, and Kyriakos Mitsotakis. After him are Brendan Fraser, Mika Häkkinen, Susan Wojcicki, Mohamed Atta, Kylie Minogue, and Robert Rodriguez. Among people deceased in 2014, Tito Vilanova ranks 41. Before him are Adolfo Suárez, H. R. Giger, Richard Kiel, Masaru Emoto, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., and Gerald Edelman. After him are William R. Pogue, Mickey Rooney, Dobrica Ćosić, Luise Rainer, Karlheinz Böhm, and Daniel Keyes.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Tito Vilanova ranks 272 out of 3,355. Before him are Liuvigild (525), Felipe González (1942), Andrés Segovia (1893), Huneric (450), Francisco de Vitoria (1483), and Alfonso I of Asturias (693). After him are John of Ávila (1500), Telmo Zarra (1921), Joan Laporta (1962), Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona (1114), Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira (1542), and Brunhilda of Austrasia (543).

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Among COACHES In Spain

Among coaches born in Spain, Tito Vilanova ranks 5. Before him are Pep Guardiola (1971), Rafael Benítez (1960), Vicente del Bosque (1950), and Luis Aragonés (1938). After him are Luis de la Fuente (1961), César Rodríguez Álvarez (1920), Unai Emery (1971), José Villalonga (1919), Juande Ramos (1954), Ramón Encinas (1893), and Benito Floro (1952).

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