Manuel Estiarte

Manel Estiarte Duocastella, known as Manuel Estiarte, is a Spanish former water polo player and football coach, born on 26 October 1961 in Manresa. He is usually considered one of the two greatest water polo players of all time. He played for the Spanish national team for 23 years, between 1977 and 2000, captaining it for 20 of them, with 580 appearances and 1,561 goals. He was the first water polo player to compete at six Olympic Games, from Moscow in 1980 to Sydney in 2000, and he holds the record for most goals at the Olympics with 127. Spain lost the 1992 Barcelona final to Italy in extra time, and four years later he helped it win gold at the Atlanta Games. He carried the Spanish flag at the opening of the 2000 Games and sat on the International Olympic Committee from 2000 to 2006. He later worked on the staff of Pep Guardiola at Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Manchester City.