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Unai Emery

ウナイ・エメリ　/　うない・えめり

Association football player from Spain

November 3, 1971 (age 54)　・　Hondarribia, Gipuzkoa, Spain

Gipuzkoa
association football player
association football coach

My Take

Unai Emery is my favorite kind of football manager: the obsessive craftsman. He was a modest player, and perhaps that is exactly why he built a career on preparation rather than aura — endless video sessions, tailored game plans, and a knack for making good squads punch above their weight. His Aston Villa tenure confirms the pattern: give him a club with structure and he will drag it toward Europe. The detail I love most is his majority stake in Real Unión, the club of his home region; it tells you the man simply cannot stop investing himself in the game. Meticulousness as identity. I find that quietly heroic.

Overview

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.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Unai Emery
Name (Japanese): ウナイ・エメリ
Reading: うない・えめり
Born: November 3, 1971 (age 54)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Scorpio / Boar
Origin: Hondarribia, Gipuzkoa, Spain
Blood type: Private
Height: 180 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: association football player / association football coach

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Official sitehttp://unai-emery.com/
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%83%8A%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AA

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