death_date manageryears birth_date years death_place youthyears caps goals image_size image name caption fullname birth_place height totalcaps totalgoals youthclubs clubs position managerclubs article_title
25 april 2014 2003 2012 -- 2013 -- 2004 2007 -- 2008 2008 -- 2012 17 september 1968 1984 1995 -- 1996 1996 -- 1997 1997 -- 1998 1998 -- -- 2000 2000 -- 2001 1988 1990 -- 1992 1992 -- 1995 barcelona , spain 1984 -- 1988 52 72 26 33 10 21 63 28 6 6 1 2 0 3 6 2 200px tito vilanova -lrb- 2012 -rrb- . jpg tito vilanova vilanova in 2012 francesc vilanova bayó bellcaire d'empordà , spain 1.82 305 26 barcelona barcelona figueres celta badajoz mallorca lleida elche gramenet midfielder palafrugell -rrb- barcelona barcelona b -lrb- assistant -rrb- barcelona -lrb- assistant tito vilanova

tito vilanova

francesc `` tito '' vilanova bayó -lrb- 17 september 1968 -- 25 april 2014 -rrb- 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 .
