Unai Emery Etxegoien (born 3 November 1971) is a Spanish

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and former player who is the head coach of

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club

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. After a career spent playing mostly in Spain's

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, Emery transitioned into coaching after retiring in 2004. He began at

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, where he achieved promotion to the Segunda División in his first season. He then joined

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, who he led to promotion to

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for the first time in the club's history. He subsequently moved to

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, leading the team to top-three finishes. After leaving Valencia, he coached

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for six months, before moving to

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in 2013. At Sevilla, Emery won an unprecedented three consecutive

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s, and moved to French club

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in 2016. There, he won a

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title, two

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titles, two

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s, and two

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, which included a domestic quadruple in his second season. After the expiry of his contract, Emery was appointed as head coach of English club

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in 2018, succeeding

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. He finished

runner-up in his first season, before being dismissed in November 2019 after a series of poor results. He was hired by

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in July 2020, where he won the

in his first season and guided the club to a Champions League semi-final run in the following season.

Early life and playing career

His father and grandfather, named

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and

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respectively, were also footballers, both

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s. The former appeared for several clubs in the second tier, while the latter competed with

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in the top division. Emery's uncle, Román, played as a midfielder. Emery, a left-sided midfielder, was a youth graduate of

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, but never really broke into the first team (aged 24 he appeared in five

games, scoring against

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in an 8–1 home win). After that, he resumed his career mostly in the

, amassing totals of 215 matches and nine goals over seven seasons. He retired with

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at the age of 32, after one season in

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. In 2002, he signed for

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but was one of several players released before making a single competitive appearance due to lack of funds. Emery was born in

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, Basque Country. He is a native speaker of the Basque language.

Coaching career

Lorca and Almería

Emery suffered a serious knee injury while at Lorca in the 2004–05 season, and he was offered the vacant coach's position by the club president. He immediately helped the club achieve promotion to the second division for the first time in its history, as well as beating top level side

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in the

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. He was subsequently awarded the

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as coach of the season. In his second season, the Murcians' first ever in the second division, the team finished fifth with 69 points, only five points off promotion to the top flight; they suffered relegation in 2007, after Emery's departure. Emery then moved to

in division two, and again helped his squad overachieve: after guiding them to a first ever promotion in 2007, the

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n side finished eighth in La Liga in 2007–08. This prompted a move to

, where he succeeded

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as coach.

Valencia

In 2008–09, his first season with ''Los Che'', Emery led them to a sixth-place finish, with subsequent qualification to the

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, in spite of the club's serious financial problems. The team reached the Round of 32 in the

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, losing on

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after a 3–3 aggregate draw against

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, and the quarter-finals of the

, exiting against

. In 2009–10, Emery led Valencia to third place, so the club returned to the

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after two years. After dropping down to

(previously known as UEFA Cup), they lost in the quarter-finals to eventual winners

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, and exited in the round of 16 in the

against

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, losing 4–3 on aggregate. In May 2010, Emery renewed his contract for another year.

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started without

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and

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, sold to

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and

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respectively. Despite this, Valencia won five out of the first six league games (with one draw), starting the Champions League campaign with a 4–0 win in Turkey against

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, before being eliminated in the round of 16 by

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, and being knocked out in the same stage in the

. In the domestic league, the side finished third, thus again qualifying for the Champions League. In 2011–12, Emery's side entered the Champions League and were paired with

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and

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. They finished third in their group and subsequently entered the

. Valencia lost in the semi-finals to eventual winners

again. He left the club in June 2012, after again finishing third in 2011–12, ensuring Valencia's qualification for Champions League.

Spartak Moscow

On 13 May 2012,

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, owner of

, announced Emery as the Russian club's coach for the following two seasons. On 25 November he was sacked after a run of poor results, after only managing the side for six months. His last game in charge was a 5–1 home loss in the

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against

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Sevilla

Emery returned to Spanish football on 14 January 2013, replacing the sacked Míchel at the helm of Sevilla. He led the club to fifth position in 2013–14, his first full season. On 14 May 2014, he won the Europa League final, defeating Benfica on

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. After finishing the 2014–15 season in fifth place, one point behind former club Valencia, Emery again won the Europa League after defeating

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, thus qualifying for the following Champions League. The victory meant that Sevilla became the most successful club in the history of the UEFA Cup/Europa League, with four wins, and Emery signed a one-year contract extension on 5 June 2015 which would have kept him at the club until 2017, after reported interest from

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and

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. In 2015–16, Emery led Sevilla to seventh position, having played the final games of the domestic league with several reserves and youth team players after the team confirmed their place in the Europa League final. This season, Sevilla entered the

group stage as title holders of

the previous season, they were third in the group and transferred to

again. On 18 May 2016, despite trailing 1–0 at half-time, a goal from

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and two from Coke resulted in a 3–1 victory over

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in Basel. On 12 June 2016, after Emery expressed his desire to leave Sevilla, the club announced that they would be parting ways.

Paris Saint-Germain

On 28 June 2016, Emery signed a two-year deal, with the option of a third, to succeed

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at French quadruple-holders

. In his first competitive match in charge, on 6 August, his side beat

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4–1 in Austria to lift the

. Emery led PSG to second place in their group of the Champions League, behind

. In the first knockout round they defeated

4–0 at the

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, only to historically lose 6–1 in Spain and subsequently be eliminated. In the next Champions League season, PSG finished top of their group, in which Emery led them to a 3–0 win over

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in the second match. However, they were knocked out in the round of 16, as they lost both legs by the eventual winner

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. On 1 April, he picked up his second honour with ''les Rouge-et-Bleu'' with a 4–1 win over title rivals

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of the

. On 28 April 2018, Emery announced his decision to leave the Parisian club at the end of the season with a year left on his contract. He was replaced by German coach

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at PSG following the conclusion of the 2017–18 season.

Arsenal

On 23 May 2018, Emery was appointed head coach of

. He agreed to a two-year deal, with the club having the option to extend his deal for a further year. In his first competitive game in charge, on 12 August, his side lost to

2–0 in the

. After a second consecutive loss to

on 18 August, Emery recorded his first win as Arsenal manager on 25 August, in a 3–1 home win over

. After this game, Arsenal won 11 games in a row, their best run of form since 2007. Arsenal then extended their unbeaten run to 22 games, including a 4–2 win over arch-rivals

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in Emery's first

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. Their 3–2 loss to Southampton in December was the first time they had been defeated in all competitions since August. However Arsenal capitulated towards the end of the season, only receiving 4 points in their last 5 league matches, effectively discarding any chance of qualifying for the Champions League through league position. Emery yet again reached a Europa League final, but was unsuccessful as Arsenal were beaten 4–1 by fellow English side Chelsea. Arsenal finished the season in fifth position, one place higher than the previous season, narrowly missing out on a Champions League spot. In the 2019 summer transfer window, Emery broke Arsenal's previous club record by signing Ivory Coast winger

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. He also brought into the defence

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from rivals Chelsea and Scotsman

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from

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, as well as midfielder

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on loan from Real Madrid. On 29 November 2019, following a series of poor results and a winless run of seven games, Emery was sacked by Arsenal. His final game in charge was a 2–1 home defeat to

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in the

. He was replaced on an interim basis by

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and later on a permanent basis by

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Villarreal

On 23 July 2020, Emery was announced as the new head coach of La Liga club

, succeeding Javier Calleja on a three-year deal. On 23 December, he broke the club record of 18 matches unbeaten, after a 1–1 draw at home to

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. In May 2021, he led Villarreal to their first

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, after a 2–1 win on aggregate over his former club Arsenal in the semi-finals; he was the first ex-Gunners boss to beat his former team since

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in 1999. On 26 May, Villarreal won the Europa League final against

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, 11–10 on penalties after a 1–1 draw, to give him his fourth and a record win in the competition. In November 2021, Emery was approached for the vacant managerial spot at

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following their Saudi-led takeover. He turned down the interest, saying that he was "100% committed" to Villarreal and that the English team had a "lack of a clear vision". In the

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, he led Villarreal to the semi-finals by beating

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and Bayern Munich, before being eliminated by eventual runners-up

Aston Villa

On 24 October 2022, Emery was appointed as head coach of

after the

team paid a buyout fee of a reported €6 million (£5.2 million) to Villarreal. Due to work permit formalities, the appointment did not complete until 1 November. On 6 November, Emery won his first match in charge with a 3–1 win over Manchester United, Villa's first home Premier League victory against United since August 1995.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Manager

Sevilla *

: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16 Paris Saint-Germain *

: 2017–18 *

: 2016–17, 2017–18 *

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

Arsenal *UEFA Europa League runner-up: 2018–19 Villarreal *UEFA Europa League:

2020–21 The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally longer than the hyphen b ...

Individual *

(

): 2005–06, 2006–07 *

La Liga Manager of the Month The Manager of the Month is an association football award that recognises the best La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countri ...

: March 2014, January 2015 * European Coach of the Season: 2013–14 * UNFP Manager of the Year: 2017–18 *

Globe Soccer Awards The Globe Soccer Awards aka Dubai d'Or are football awards organised by the European Club Association (ECA) in conjunction with the European Association of Player's Agents (EFAA) and delivered by the organisation Globe Soccer. The award ceremony ...

Coach Career Award: 2022

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