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José Luis Mendilibar

1961 - Today

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José Luis Mendilibar Etxebarria (born 14 March 1961) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder, currently manager of Super League Greece club Olympiacos. He played no higher than Segunda División, making 290 appearances and scoring 34 goals mainly for Sestao. He also represented Logroñés in that league. Mendilibar managed for over 15 years in La Liga for Athletic Bilbao, Valladolid, Osasuna, Levante, Eibar, Alavés and Sevilla, winning the second division with Valladolid in 2006–07, the Europa League in 2023 with Sevilla and the Conference League in 2024 with Olympiacos. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. José Luis Mendilibar is the 902nd most popular soccer player (up from 1,257th in 2019), the 774th most popular biography from Spain (up from 1,011th in 2019) and the 68th most popular Spanish Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, José Luis Mendilibar ranks 902 out of 21,273. Before him are Alf Ramsey, Lionel Scaloni, Søren Lerby, James Rodríguez, Tsutomu Sonobe, and Lamine Yamal. After him are Sergio Goycochea, Ernst Ocwirk, Bernard Voorhoof, Alfred Pfaff, Ramón de la Fuente Leal, and Gabriel Hanot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, José Luis Mendilibar ranks 98. Before him are Billy Ray Cyrus, Guido Buchwald, Rafael Grossi, Steve Holmes, Joan Chen, and Élisabeth Borne. After him are Steven Weber, Joanne Whalley, Jared Harris, Aleksandr Dvornikov, Danny Blind, and Kalpana Chawla.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, José Luis Mendilibar ranks 774 out of 3,355. Before him are Néstor Almendros (1930), José Miaja (1878), Lluís Martínez Sistach (1937), Fernando de Rojas (1470), Manuel Valls (1962), and Lamine Yamal (2007). After him are Aznar Galíndez I (800), Luis de Milán (1500), Ramón de la Fuente Leal (1907), Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo (1926), Eduardo Mendoza Garriga (1943), and Pedro Cieza de León (1520).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Spain

Among soccer players born in Spain, José Luis Mendilibar ranks 68. Before him are Miguel Reina (1946), Víctor Muñoz (1957), Luis García (1978), Adelardo Rodríguez (1939), Manuel Sanchís Martínez (1938), and Lamine Yamal (2007). After him are Ramón de la Fuente Leal (1907), Javier Irureta (1948), Juan Alonso (1927), Achraf Hakimi (1998), Joaquín Peiró (1936), and Edmundo Suárez (1916).

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