José Luis Mendilibar

Jose Luis Mendilibar is the kind of manager I have a soft spot for: a player who never rose above Spain's second division yet built a far bigger name on the touchline. As a midfielder he spent most of his career with Sestao, grinding out appearances and goals well outside the spotlight. That long apprenticeship in the lower tiers seems to feed his pragmatic, hard-working coaching style. Watching him land at a club like Olympiacos in Greece, I think there is something quietly inspiring about a Basque journeyman who turned persistence into a managerial career most flashier ex-pros never reach.

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Name (English)

José Luis Mendilibar

Name (Japanese)

ホセ・ルイス・メンディリバル

Reading

ほせ・るいす・めんでぃりばる

Born

March 14, 1961 (age 65)

Origin

Zaldibar, Biscay, Spain

Height

172 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Ox

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9%20Luis%20Mendilibar
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9B%E3%82%BB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AB%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%90%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q460576

Tags

• Biscay
• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.