José Luis Mendilibar

José Luis Mendilibar Etxebarria (born 14 March 1961) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a midfielder, and is the current manager of SD Eibar.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Mendilibar and the second or maternal family name is Etxebarria.

José Luis Mendilibar
Mendilibar as manager of Valladolid in 2010
Personal information
Full name José Luis Mendilibar Etxebarria
Date of birth (1961-03-14) 14 March 1961
Place of birth Zaldibar, Spain
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Eibar (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1982 Bilbao Athletic 106 (14)
1982–1985 Logroñés 88 (11)
1985–1993 Sestao 275 (34)
1993–1994 Lemona 28 (4)
Total 497 (63)
Teams managed
1994–1996 Arratia
1996–1997 Athletic Bilbao (youth)
1997–1999 Basconia
1999–2000 Bilbao Athletic
2000–2001 Basconia
2001–2002 Aurrerá
2002–2004 Lanzarote
2004–2005 Eibar
2005 Athletic Bilbao
2006–2010 Valladolid
2011–2013 Osasuna
2014 Levante
2015– Eibar
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Mendilibar was born in Zaldibar, Basque Country. He enjoyed an average career as a player, never appearing for a club in La Liga and successively representing Bilbao Athletic, CD Logroñés, Sestao Sport Club and SD Lemona.[1]

Mendilibar was a key player in midfield for Sestao during the side's second division years – playing eight seasons with them in that level and appearing in nearly 300 competitive matches – narrowly missing out on promotion in 1986–87 under Javier Irureta.[2][3][4]

Coaching career

After retiring in 1994, Mendilibar worked in the youth categories of Athletic Bilbao before being appointed head coach of UD Lanzarote and then SD Eibar.[5] His success with the latter in the second division, on a very limited budget, translated into a narrow miss on promotion in 2005.[6]

Mendilibar then returned to Athletic,[7] the club he supported as a child. He was sacked after a few months, as the Lions were eliminated from the Intertoto Cup in the opening round[8][9] and were bottom of the league with just one win in nine matches.[10]

For the 2006–07 season, Mendilibar moved to Real Valladolid, achieving top-flight promotion (with 88 points)[11] and retaining league status from 2007 to 2009. On 1 February 2010, after a 1–1 home draw against UD Almería, he was dismissed.[12]

Slightly less than one year later, Mendilibar returned to active, replacing the fired José Antonio Camacho at CA Osasuna.[13] His first game in charge was a 4–0 home win against RCD Espanyol, on 20 February 2011.[14] On 3 September 2013, he was relieved of his duties after three losses in as many matches to kickstart the new season.[15]

On 29 May 2014, Mendilibar was appointed at Levante UD, signing a one-year contract with an option for a second season.[16] On 20 October, after only one win in eight games, and no goals scored and 14 conceded from four home fixtures, he was dismissed.[17]

Mendilibar returned to Eibar on 30 June 2015, replacing Gaizka Garitano.[18] In 2016–17, he led the team to a best-ever quarter-final finish in the Copa del Rey before an injury-stripped squad lost 5–2 on aggregate to Atlético Madrid.[19] The following year they came ninth in the league, again a club record.[20]

Managerial statistics
As of match played 30 January 2021
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Arratia 1 July 1994 30 June 1996 76 41 14 21 126 67 +59 053.95 [21]
Basconia 30 June 1997 31 May 1999 82 39 27 16 123 79 +44 047.56 [22]
Bilbao Athletic 31 May 1999 1 July 2000 38 15 10 13 45 35 +10 039.47 [23]
Basconia 1 July 2000 30 June 2001 38 16 8 14 65 59 +6 042.11 [24]
Aurrerá 30 June 2001 1 July 2002 38 12 18 8 38 33 +5 031.58 [25]
Lanzarote 1 July 2002 1 July 2004 95 40 25 30 145 110 +35 042.11 [26]
Eibar 1 July 2004 21 June 2005 43 20 14 9 53 39 +14 046.51 [27]
Athletic Bilbao 21 June 2005 31 October 2005 13 3 3 7 12 16 −4 023.08 [28]
Valladolid 20 June 2006 1 February 2010 156 62 43 51 210 206 +4 039.74 [29]
Osasuna 14 February 2011 3 September 2013 102 33 26 43 110 147 −37 032.35 [30]
Levante 29 May 2014 20 October 2014 8 1 2 5 4 20 −16 012.50 [31]
Eibar 30 June 2015 Present 231 74 62 95 287 324 −37 032.03 [32]
Total 920 356 252 312 1,218 1,135 +83 038.70 —

References
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  3. Soler, Jaume (22 October 1990). "Palamós dió por bueno el punto" [Palamós happy with point]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 February 2021.
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