
Guardiola's trusted surgeon explains rise in ACL injuries
Dr Ramon Cugat, the surgeon who Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has trusted with treating his players since his Barcelona..
Ramon (Ramón) Cugat Bertomeu is a Spanish surgeon specializing in orthopedic surgery, orthopaedic sports medicine, and arthroscopy. Cugat's first venture into sports was as a member of the team of orthopedic surgeons during the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Since then, he has been bound to the Catalan Mutual Insurance of Football where he has operated on thousands of players from all categories most often the Association football players of FC Barcelona, among those being Pep Guardiola, Xavi, Samuel Eto'o, Andrés Iniesta, Carles Puyol, David Villa, Luis Suárez and Fernando Torres. He has also operated on multiple Manchester City players, including Benjamin Mendy, Ilkay Gundogan, David Silva, Kevin de Bruyne and Aymeric Laporte.
Dr Ramon Cugat, the surgeon who Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has trusted with treating his players since his Barcelona..