MEET ARSENAL NEW COACH - UNAI EMERY

Unai Emery’s full name is Unai Emery Etxegoien. He was born in the year 1971 and he is a retired footballer of Spanish origins. He played in the position of left midfielder and now he is a manager of Paris Saint-Germain FC which is a French club. He competed mostly in Segunda Division and was able to play 215 matches and got nine goals during his five seasons. He embarked on the managerial career after spending some years in Valencia and La Liga. He led the team to three third-place finishes. During the year 2013, he signed under Sevilla and he took the club to Europa League victories three times before joining Paris Saint Germain

From his biography, he was born in the city of Handaribia in the Basque country. He graduated from Real Sociedad and he never attended the first team. When he was 24 years, he played in five games of La Liga games and he scored when they played against Albacete Balompie with 8-1 home win. He continued to play mostly within Segunda Division. He retired from Lorca Deportiva CF when he was 32 years old and he had only one season with Segunda Division B.

His father and grandfather were footballers and they were playing in goalkeeper position. His uncle called Roman played as a midfielder. He is married to Louisa Fernandez since 2005. With his wife, they are parents to a son born in 2003, in Madrid. His philosophy and tactics had contributed a great deal to his successful career. His net worth is 13 million dollars.

Since he was injured seriously when he was playing in the 2004-2005 season with Lorca, he was given a vacant for the manager position from the club president and this helped the club to achieve promotion at the second division and it was the first time in the entire history of the club when they won against top-level side of Malaga CF for Copa Del Rey. In the second season, the Murcain club has been able to reach on 69 points and they finished at the fifth position. This was the five points off the promotion of top flight. The club had relegation for the campaign that followed and this was because of the departure of the manager.

Unai Emery moved to play with UD Almeria in division two and he helped the squad to overachieve and helped them achieve their first ever promotion of 2007. An Andalusia side finished at the eighth position after the campaign. This helped him to be promoted to go to Valencia CF after succeeding Ronald Koeman. In the first season together with Che, Unai Emery led the club to reach to the sixth place to the final and qualification to UEFA Europa League even when the club had financial problems.

STATISTICS:

The trophies:

3 x Europa League (2013/14, 14/15, 15/16)
Ligue 1 (2017/18)
2 x Coupe de France (2016/17, 17/18)
Coupe de la Ligue (2016/17)
2 x Trophée des Champions (2016/17, 17/18)

The matches:

Games in charge: 719
Wins: 385
Draws: 155
Defeats: 179
Win percentage: 53.5%
La Liga (Valencia & Sevilla): P:323 W:154 D:74 L:95 – Points: 536 Points per match: 1.66
Ligue 1 (PSG): P:75 W:56 D:11 L:8 – Points: 179 Points per match: 2.39
Premier Liga (Spartak Moscow): P:17 W:9 D:2 L:6 – Points: 29 Points per match: 1.71
Champions League: P:41 W:17 D:8 L:16 – Points per match: 1.44
Europa League: P:61 W:34 D:18 L:9 – Points per match: 1.97

The rivals

Managers

Emery has never beaten Pep Guardiola (P10 L6 D4) or Jose Mourinho (P5 L4 D1).

Emery has suffered most defeats against Luis Enrique (P10 W2 D1 L7) and Diego Simeone (P12 W0, D5 L7).

As PSG manager, Emery has faced Arsenal under Arsene Wenger twice, with both games in the Champions League group stage in 16/17 ending in draws – 1-1 in Paris, 2-2 at the Emirates.

Emery has faced 18 managers on more than three occasions without losing.

Emery has faced five managers on more than three occasions and won every time. They are Stephane Moulin (Angers), Olivier Dall’Oglio (Dijon), Philippe Hinschberger (Metz), Jocelyn Gourvennec (Bordeaux), Christian Gourcuff (Rennes).

Record versus Premier League managers:
Pep Guardiola: P10 W0 L6 D4 – PPG: 0.4
Jose Mourinho: P5 W0 L4 D1 – PPG: 0.2
Manuel Pellegrini: P12 W3 L6 D3 – PPG: 1
Arsene Wenger: P2 W0 L0 D2 – PPG: 1
Mauricio Pochettino: P7 W4 L2 D1 – PPG: 1.86
Javi Gracia: P6 W5 L0 D1 – PPG: 2.67
Rafael Benitez: P1 W1 L0 D0 – PPG: 3
Jurgen Klopp: P1 W1 L0 D0 – PPG: 3

Record against other notable coaches:

Luis Enrique: P10 W2 L7 D1 – PPG: 0.7
Diego Simeone: P12 W0 L7 D5 – PPG: 0.42
Carlo Ancelotti: P6 W2 L4 D0 – PPG: 1
Ernesto Valverde: P12 W7 L3 D2 – PPG: 1.92
Zinedine Zidane: P3 W0 L3 D0 – PPG: 0
Leonardo Jardim: P8 W6 L1 D1 – PPG: 2.38
Massimiliano Allegri: P2 W1 L1 D0 – PPG: 1.5
Sir Alex Ferguson: P2 W0 L1 D1 – PPG: 0.5

 Clubs

Emery has faced Barcelona more often than any other opponent, winning only twice in 25 matches.

Emery has beaten Real Madrid five times in 22 meetings.

Emery has lost 10 and drawn 10 of his 23 meetings with Atletico Madrid.

Emery has beaten Espanyol more often than any other opponent, winning 14 of 19 meetings.

Record against English clubs:

Arsenal (P2, D2)
Man Utd (P2, L1, D1)
Man City (P2, L2)
Stoke (P2, W2)
Chelsea (P2, L1, D1)
Liverpool (P1, W1)
Overall record versus British clubs: P11, W3, L4, D4

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