José Luis Mendilibar

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fullname = José Luis Mendilibar Etxebarria
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dateofbirth = birth date and age|1961|3|14
cityofbirth = Zaldibar
countryofbirth = Spain
currentclub = Real Valladolid
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years = 1979-1982
1982-1985
1985-1993
1993-1994
clubs = Bilbao Athletic
CD Logroñés
Sestao Sport
SD Lemona
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manageryears = 1994-1996
1996-1999
1999-2001
2001-2002
2002-2004
2004-2005
2005
2006-
managerclubs = Arratia
Athletic Bilbao ("Youth Teams")
Athletic B
Aurrerá Vitoria
UD Lanzarote
SD Eibar
Athletic Bilbao
Real Valladolid

José Luis Mendilibar Etxebarria (born March 14, 1961, Zaldibar) is a Spanish Basque football manager, currently the coach of Real Valladolid.

He enjoyed an average career as a player, never representing a club in the Spanish first division. Following his retirement in 1994, he was a minor coach at Athletic Bilbao, before being appointed first team coach at Lanzarote and then Eibar. His success at Eibar on a very limited budget involved narrowly missing out on promotion to La Liga at the end of the 2004/5 season. He was then appointed manager of Athletic, the club he had supported as child, but was sacked after several months in charge, Athletic having made their worst ever start to a La Liga campaign.

He is currently Real Valladolid's manager.