15 Facts About Unai Emery

1. Unai Emery began at Lorca Deportiva, where he achieved promotion to the Segunda Division in his first season.

2. At Sevilla, Unai Emery won an unprecedented three consecutive Europa Leagues, and moved to French club Paris Saint-Germain in 2016.

3. Unai Emery led Arsenal to a 5th place finish in the Premier League, missing out by a single point on automatic Champion's League qualification, as well as Europa League runner-up in his first season, before being dismissed in November 2019 after an elongated series of poor results.

4. Unai Emery is a native speaker of the Basque language.

5. Unai Emery was mocked by Arsenal players for his accented and broken English, including his confusion of b and v, which is common amongst Spanish speakers; clips of him saying "good ebening" became a meme.

6. Unai Emery was awarded the Miguel Munoz Trophy as coach of the season.

7. In May 2010, Unai Emery renewed his contract for another year.

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

9. On 28 June 2016, Unai Emery signed a two-year deal, with the option of a third, to succeed Laurent Blanc at French quadruple-holders Paris Saint-Germain.

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

11. On 28 April 2018, Unai Emery announced his decision to leave the Parisian club at the end of the season with a year left on his contract.

12. On 23 May 2018, Unai Emery was appointed head coach of Arsenal.

13. Unai Emery agreed to a two-year deal, with the club having the option to extend his deal for a further year.

14. Unai Emery brought into the defence David Luiz from rivals Chelsea and Scotsman Kieran Tierney from Celtic, as well as midfielder Dani Ceballos on loan from Real Madrid.

15. On 23 July 2020, Unai Emery was announced as the new head coach of La Liga club Villarreal, succeeding Javier Calleja on a three-year deal.