Tito Vilanova
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Vilanova in 2012
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Francesc Vilanova Bayó | ||
| Date of birth | 17 September 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Bellcaire d'Empordà, Spain | ||
| Date of death | 25 April 2014 (aged 45) | ||
| Place of death | Barcelona, Spain | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1984–1988 | Barcelona | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1990 | Barcelona B | 52 | (6) |
| 1990–1992 | Figueres | 72 | (6) |
| 1992–1995 | Celta | 26 | (1) |
| 1995–1996 | Badajoz | 33 | (2) |
| 1996–1997 | Mallorca | 10 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | Lleida | 21 | (3) |
| 1998–2000 | Elche | 63 | (6) |
| 2000–2001 | Gramenet | 28 | (2) |
| Total | 305 | (26) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2003–2004 | Palafrugell | ||
| 2007–2008 | Barcelona B (assistant) | ||
| 2008–2012 | Barcelona (assistant) | ||
| 2012–2013 | Barcelona | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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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 professional career which consisted of 26 La Liga games in three seasons combined, all with Celta, he went on to work with Barcelona as an assistant coach under Pep Guardiola, being part of the squads that won 14 titles.
In 2012 Vilanova was appointed first-team manager, winning the national championship in his first and only season. He stepped down in July 2013 due to ill health, and died the following year from cancer.
Born in Bellcaire d'Empordà, Girona, Catalonia, Vilanova emerged in the youth ranks of local FC Barcelona, but left the La Liga giants in 1990 unable to break through into the first team. His next club was also in his native region, UE Figueres, with the player helping the team to its best-ever Segunda División classification in the 1991–92 campaign (third place); the team would eventually face Cádiz CF in the promotion play-offs, losing 1–3 on aggregate.
Subsequently Vilanova moved to the top level with Celta de Vigo, but appeared rarely over the course of three full seasons, returning to division two in 1995 and representing CD Badajoz, RCD Mallorca – contributing with ten games as the Balearic Islands side promoted to the top flight – UE Lleida and Elche CF, retiring in December 2001 with lowly UDA Gramenet.
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