Unai Emery

Emery with Sevilla in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Unai Emery Etxegoien[1]
Date of birth	(1971-11-03) 3 November 1971 (age 54)[1]
Place of birth	Hondarribia, Spain
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Aston Villa (Manager)
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	(19)
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

Unai Emery Etxegoien (born 3 November 1971) is a Spanish football manager and former player who is the manager of Premier League club Aston Villa. Since 2021, he has been the majority shareholder of fourth-tier Spanish club Real Unión. One of the most successful managers in the history of European continental competitions, Emery holds the record for the most UEFA Europa League titles with five,^[3][4] and is widely considered one of the best managers in the world.^[5][6][7]

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 his contract was not renewed at Valencia, he moved to Spartak Moscow for six months but was sacked due to poor performance, before moving to Sevilla in 2013, where he won an unprecedented three consecutive Europa Leagues.

Emery 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, including a domestic quadruple in his second season.^[8] 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 returned to the Premier League to manage Aston Villa and guided them to a UEFA Conference League semi-final in 2024, the Champions League quarter-finals in 2025 as well as finishing in the top four of the Premier League. In 2026, he won his fifth Europa League title.