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Unai Emery
	Unai Emery
Personal information
Full name	Unai Emery Etxegoien
Date of birth	November 3, 1971 (age 38)
Place of birth	Hondarribia, Spain
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 111⁄2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Valencia (manager)
Senior career1
Teams managed
2004–2006; 2006–2008; 2008–	Lorca Deportiva; Almería; Valencia
	1 Senior club appearances and goals; counted for the domestic league only and; correct as of April 20, 2009.; * Appearances (Goals)

This is a Spanish name; the first family name is Emery and the second is Etxegoien.

Unai Emery Etxegoien (born November 3, 1971 in Hondarribia, Guipúzcoa) is a Spanish football manager, currently in charge of Valencia CF. During his playing days, he operated as a left midfielder.

Playing career

Emery was a youth graduate of Real Sociedad, but never really broke into the first team (aged 24, he appeared in five first division matches, scoring against Albacete Balompié) and, after that, resumed his career mostly in the second level. He retired with Lorca Deportiva CF, after one season in Segunda B.

Coaching career

As he was seriously injured in the knee while at Lorca in the season 2004–05, Emery was offered the vacant manager spot by the club president, and helped the club achieve promotion to the second division in his first season, while beating top flight's Málaga CF in the Spanish Cup. In his second season, Lorca finished fifth with 69 points as a newly-promoted, only five points off promotion to the top level.

He then moved to UD Almería, and again helped his side overachieve; after a first ever top level promotion, the Andalusians finished 8th in the following campaign. This prompted a move to Valencia CF, as he succeeded Ronald Koeman.^[1]

In his first season with the Che side, he led it to a sixth place-finish, with the subsequent Europa League qualification.

Managerial stats

(last updated 20 April 2009)

Nat	Team	From	To	Record
Nat	Team	From	To	G	W	L	D	Win %	GF	GA	+/-
	Lorca Deportiva	2004	2006	80	36	22	22	45%	117	78	+39
	UD Almería	2006	2008	80	38	18	24	47.5%	115	94	+21
	Valencia CF	2008		31	15	7	9	48.39%	58	44	+14
Total Career				191	89	47	55	46.58%	290	216	+74

Honours

Individual

Miguel Muñoz Trophy: 2005–06, 2006–07^[2]

References

^ Emery to take on Valencia challenge; UEFA.com, 22 May 2008
^ Emery, protagonista a nivel nacional (Emery, a national protagonist) (Spanish)

External links

[0] Emery to take on Valencia challenge; UEFA.com, 22 May 2008

[1] Emery, protagonista a nivel nacional (Emery, a national protagonist) (Spanish)

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