Unai Emery
Spanish football manager (born 1971) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Unai Emery Etxegoien (born 3 November 1971) is a Spanish football manager and former player who is the manager of the Premier League club Aston Villa.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Unai Emery Etxegoien[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1971-11-03) 3 November 1971 (age 52)[1] | ||
Place of birth | Hondarribia, Spain | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Aston Villa (head coach) | ||
Youth career | |||
1986–1990[2] | Real Sociedad | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1990–1995 | Real Sociedad B | 89 | (8) |
1995–1996 | Real Sociedad | 5 | (1) |
1996–2000 | Toledo | 126 | (2) |
2000–2002 | Racing Ferrol | 61 | (7) |
2002–2003 | Leganés | 28 | (0) |
2003–2004 | Lorca Deportiva | 30 | (1) |
Total | 339 | (18) | |
Managerial career | |||
2004–2006 | Lorca Deportiva | ||
2006–2008 | Almería | ||
2008–2012 | Valencia | ||
2012 | Spartak Moscow | ||
2013–2016 | Sevilla | ||
2016–2018 | Paris Saint-Germain | ||
2018–2019 | Arsenal | ||
2020–2022 | Villarreal | ||
2022– | Aston Villa | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
After a career spent playing mostly in Spain's Segunda División, Emery transitioned into coaching after retiring in 2004. He began at Lorca Deportiva, where he achieved promotion to the Segunda División in his first season. He then joined Almería, whom he led to promotion to La Liga for the first time in the club's history. He subsequently moved to Valencia, leading the team to top-three finishes. After leaving Valencia, he coached Spartak Moscow for six months, before moving to Sevilla in 2013.
At Sevilla, Emery won an unprecedented three consecutive Europa Leagues, and moved to French club Paris Saint-Germain in 2016. There, he won a Ligue 1 title, two Coupe de France titles, two Coupe de la Ligues, and two Trophée des Champions, which included a domestic quadruple in his second season.[3] After the expiry of his contract, Emery was appointed as head coach of English club Arsenal in 2018, succeeding Arsène Wenger. He finished Europa League runner-up in his first season, before being dismissed in November 2019. He was hired by Villarreal in July 2020, where he won the Europa League in his first season and guided the club to a Champions League semi-final run in the following season. In October 2022, he left Villarreal and returned to the Premier League to manage Aston Villa and guided them to qualification for the UEFA Conference League.