Unai Emery Etxegoien is a Spanish football manager and former player who is the manager of the Premier League club Aston Villa. He is widely regarded as one of the best managers in the world…Unai Emery Etxegoien is a Spanish football manager and former player who is the manager of the Premier League club Aston Villa. He is widely regarded as one of the best managers in the world. After a career spent playing mostly in Spain's Segunda División, Emery transitioned into coaching after retiring in 2004. He began at Lorca Deportiva, where he achieved promotion to the Segunda División in his first season. He then joined Almería, whom he led to promotion to La Liga for the first time in the club's history. He subsequently moved to Valencia, leading the team to top-three finishes. He coached Spartak Moscow for six months, before moving to Sevilla in 2013, where he won an unprecedented three consecutive Europa Leagues.