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Managerial career
Rodolfo Borrell. Professional Football Coach (UEFA PRO).

Rodolfo Borrell is a Spanish Coach & Technical Director, who is currently 1st team Assistant Coach at Manchester City Football Club.

Born in Barcelona, Rodolfo Borrell began his career as Youth Head Coach at UE Cornellà (1991-1995), one of the most prolific Youth set-ups in Spain.

He then became a Youth coach for 14 seasons at F.C. Barcelona, where he coached some of the world’s finest emerging talent at their world renowned 'La Masia' Academy. Rodolfo still possesses one of the most successful records in history of Youth Football coaching at F.C.Barcelona, winning 13 Major Youth Titles.

In July 2009, seeking a new challenge, Rodolfo left F.C. Barcelona. He was recruited by Rafael Benítez & José Segura to take charge of Liverpool FC’s U18 team in addition to help develop the Academy Technical Programme. After two successful seasons as Head Coach of the U18s, Rodolfo became Liverpool’s U23 Head Coach. In the middle of the 2012-2013 season, Rodolfo received another promotion as Brendan Rodgers appointed him as Liverpool’s Academy Technical Director, after an unbeaten 5 month run in charge of the U23s that season.

In March 2014, Rodolfo was recruited by Txiki Begiristain, Manchester City FC Director of Football, who appointed him as Manchester City FC Academy Technical Director at their prestigious Academy. In July 2016, Rodolfo continued his career progression, as Manchester City FC appointed him as 1st Team Assistant Coach to Pep Guardiola.

Borrell is often credited for his contribution in the development of players such as Gerard Piqué (FC Barcelona), Cesc Fàbregas (AS Monaco FC), Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona), Raheem Sterling (Manchester City FC), Suso (A.C. Milan), Oriol Romeu (Southampton F.C.), Conor Coady (Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.), Marc Bartra (Real Betis), Bojan Krkić (Montreal Impact), Jonathan dos Santos (LA Galaxy), Bradley Shaun Smith (Seattle Sounders), Ilie Sánchez (Sporting Kansas City) and Víctor Vázquez Solsona (Former FC Barcelona & Toronto FC), among many others...