Unai Emery Etxegoien (born 3 November 1971 in Hondarribia, Gipuzkoa) is a Spanish football manager, currently in charge of Valencia CF.

During his playing days, spent almost exclusively in Segunda División – 215 matches in seven years – he operated as a left midfielder. He subsequently embarked on a managerial career.

Playing career
Emery was a youth graduate of Real Sociedad, but never really broke into the first team (aged 24, he appeared in five La Liga matches, scoring against Albacete Balompié) and, after that, resumed his career mostly in the second level.

He retired with Lorca Deportiva CF at the age of 32, after one season in Segunda División B.

Coaching career
Lorca and Almería
As he was seriously injured in the knee while at Lorca in the 2004–05 season, Emery was offered the vacant manager spot by the club president, and immediately helped the club achieve promotion to the second division for the first time in its history, while beating top level side Málaga CF in the Spanish Cup.

Valencia
Beginnings
In his first season with the Che side, Emery led it to a sixth place-finish, with the subsequent UEFA Europa League qualification, in spite of the club's serious financial problems. He led his team to the round of 32 in the UEFA Cup.

After Villa and Silva
The 2010–11 season started without David Villa and David Silva, sold to FC Barcelona and Manchester City respectively. Still, Emery managed to win five out of the first six league games (one draw), starting the Champions League campaign with a 4–0 win in Turkey, against Bursaspor, a competition in which Valencia was eliminated in the round of 16 by FC Schalke 04, being ousted in the same stage in the Spanish Cup, by Villarreal CF.

In the domestic league, Valencia finished third, thus again qualifying to the Champions League.