He began the shortest managerial in May stint of his career six months with Spartak Moscow lasting only until the 25th of November.
Emery would leave the club after the completion of the 2011-2012 season. Emery would guide the club to a sixth-place finish followed by three consecutive third-place finishes, guaranteeing Europa League and Champions League berths, respectively.Įmery dealt with Valencia’s final issues and still was successful despite having to sell David Silva and David Villa. After his success as a manager at Almeria and Lorca, he was brought in to fill the Valencia managerial vacancy (previously held by Ronald Koeman) that had secured a tenth-place finish. The next season would have them finish in eighth-place place. After this success, Emery moved to Almeria where he was successful immediately guided the second-tier side to its first-ever promotion to La Liga. He led Lorca Deportiva to an immediate promotion and fell only five points short of another in the following season. However, it also gave him his first managerial opportunity at the same club from which he retired. During the final year of his career, he suffered a gruesome knee injury that forced early retirement. Most of his playing career was in the Spanish second division where he spent nearly eight years. Emery was relieved of duty on November 29th.Įmery was a graduate of Real Sociedad’s youth system but barely broke into the first team (five appearances). In Emery’s first season with the club, he guided the team to a UEFA Europa League Finals in 2019 (where they lost to Chelsea) as well as a fourth-place finish in the Premier League. Unai Emery began his Premier League tenure as the handpicked successor to one of the longest-serving Premier League managers, Arsene Wenger. His most recent spell was with Villareal where he broke the club record for matches unbeaten and the following season he would beat Manchester United for the Europa League title on penalties. Unai Emery replaced Steven Gerrard two days after Gerrard was sacked on October 20, 2022. The Spaniard is currently the youngest premier league manager at 39 years old.
After his retirement, he would link up with Pep Guardiola at Manchester City as an Assistant Manager until Arsenal decided to make him their next head coach.
His final two years with Arsenal were plagued with injuries that allowed him to make less than 10 league appearances each season. In the 2011 summer transfer window, Arsenal acquired his services for ~$13M, and he would remain with the Gunners until his eventual retirement in 2016. He would be recognized as back-to-back Everton Player of the Year (2005-2006, 2006-2007). Arteta would become a regular in the starting lineup and as a captain for the Toffees. Arteta’s time at Everton was very successful and would lead to his signing that July for ~$3.5M. His time at Real Sociedad would consist of only three starts and a handful of appearances before going on loan to Everton for the second half of the 2004-2005 season. After his second season in Scotland, he was sold to Real Sociedad for ~$5.5M. Although PSG wished to keep Arteta (and had a clause to buy the player after his loan), he would eventually move to Rangers in Scotland due to a more lucrative offer being made to Barcelona.Īrteta would play well in his first season with Rangers, but injuries would mar his second season. Towards the end of 2000, he was sent on loan to PSG, making regular appearances in both the Ligue 1 and the UEFA Champions League. Arteta made appearances for both the Barcelona B and C teams but did not make it into the first team. At 37 years of age, Arteta is the youngest manager in the Premier League.Īrteta began his career at Antiguoko, an amateur side in San Sebastian, before joining the Barcelona youth academy. Arteta has only been in the coaching ranks of the game for a few years after having linked up with Pep Guardiola as his Assistant Manager at Manchester City in 2016. Mikel Arteta was appointed as the replacement to Unai Emery on December 20, 2019.
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