Unai Emery Etxegoien (born 3 November 1971) is a Spanish football manager and former player who is the manager of Premier League club Aston Villa. He is widely considered one of the best managers in the world and holds the record for the most UEFA Europa League titles, with five.

Emery spent his playing career as a midfielder, mostly in Spain’s Segunda División, and retired in 2004 before moving into coaching. He began at Lorca Deportiva, where he achieved promotion to the Segunda División in his first season, then guided Almería to promotion to La Liga for the first time in the club’s history. At Valencia, he led the team to top-three finishes. After a six-month spell at Spartak Moscow, he joined Sevilla in 2013 and won three consecutive Europa Leagues.

He moved to Paris Saint-Germain in 2016, where he won a Ligue 1 title. Since 2021, he has been the majority shareholder of fourth-tier Spanish club Real Unión. As Aston Villa manager, his team secured his 100th Premier League victory.