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José Luis Mendilibar Etxebarria (born 14 March 1961 in Zaldibar, Basque Country) is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a midfielder, and a current coach.

Playing career
<\/STRONG>Mendilibar enjoyed an average career as a player, never representing a club in La Liga; successively, he played for Bilbao Athletic, CD Logroñés, Sestao Sport Club and SD Lemona.

He was a key player in midfield for Sestao during the club's second division years - playing eight years with the Basque club in that level, and overall appearing in nearly 300 matches - narrowly missing out on promotion in 1987 under Javier Irureta.

Coaching career
<\/STRONG>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. His success with the latter in the second division, on a very limited budget, translated into a narrow miss on promotion in 2005.

In 2006–07, Mendilibar moved to Real Valladolid, achieving top flight promotion in his debut campaign (with 88 points), and retaining division status from 2007–09.

On 1 February 2010, after a 1–1 home draw against UD Almería, Mendilibar was sacked from his post. Slightly less than one year later he returned to active, replacing sacked José Antonio Camacho at CA Osasuna. His first game in charge was a 4–0 home win against RCD Espanyol.<\/P>","F7CA086F6FC0A17A":"1","90024ADA60E09BCFED2A04F0D0E07833":"78kg","9754084DD0876A005F0B42622346E4ED":"33,334","986B9FBD3D7404D8":"Jose Luis Mendilibar Etxeberria","5F0187DA2A4C44A3E04ED039BC0E27BC":"Greece","7B2FB0A19094014E3FAA823110629AB9":"Jose Luis Mendilibar Etxeberria","031D6804B38B16BF":"770","4103BB3BEF554F537F90B3CA00615F62":"Karaiskaki Stadium","06E668E1105E4EF9":"info@olympiakos.gr","114ACB0A71E2DA7D":"","4DCB67625701BF17":"http:\/\/www.olympiacos.org\/","4D3C7A28520A4F75446344604C77A51F":"","6CBD8279C339CCCF54A0D29E3D6C8EB5FF3529A25124E9FE":"1","7EF75D1E4642E3E6135A1C322CA1E1B9":"Sevilla","E17A5F6F92350E090E8BE67DDCE16BA0":"","7B89756F852CAAC9B0BFFB251E59B5BA":"181cm","A09213A762233EEF":"Piraeus","225C92AE74DAA9E1":"","B3A1095C9EE738B3CCDF37762874FE45":"Spain","F606F62A92BA396C":"27.44","76A6191E4A1B10776555B78F436CE4D1":"","897935219FCA7602F9B43DB32E1C5172":"44","51AE3EEB542020D34C08128CD3C01E6B88EB69E1589159EB":"1925-3-10","DC9241C78561BCD0":"Olympiacos Piraeus","8C128606F1271EBD3FC32654DF08FF79":"Alexandra's Square GR - 18534","2B4ACB3EB27556A3FE660F17C4669146":"Olympiacos Piraeus","938F319A1A9FBD67080C39FAAF431E58":"2024-2-11","3FFCEA12D25AA01C8516DF9EE5709D08":"Sevilla,Alaves,Eibar,Levante,Osasuna,Valladolid,Athletic Bilbao,Lanzarote,Aurrera de Vitoria,Athletic Bilbao U19","F4AE865DDB6B58D9":"Olympiacos Piraeus","6CBD8279C339CCCFFA070A7B102F2A71":"0","2B1A74B80063A830":"1","1BB493FD74CF319A87F0858D78A18D01":"1961-3-14","e_index":6};