Arsène Wenger profile
Name
Arsène Wenger
Position
Manager
Born
October 22nd, 1949, Strasbourg, France
Previous clubs as player
Mutzig, Mulhouse, Strasbourg
Clubs as manager/coach
Strasbourg (youth), Cannes (assistant), Nancy, AS Monaco, Grampus Eight Nagoya
Joined Arsenal
28 September 1996
First match as manager
Blackburn Rovers (a), Premier League, October 12, 1996, Won 2-0
Honours (Monaco):
French League championship 1988, French Cup winners 1991, French 'Manager of the Year' 1988
Honours (Grampus Eight):
Japan's 'Manager of the Year' 1995, Emperor's Cup winner 1996, Japanese Super Cup winner 1996
Honours (Arsenal):
League championship 1998, 2002, 2004, FA Cup winners 1998, 2002, 2003, 2005, Voted 'Manager of the Year' 1998, 2002, 2004
No Arsenal manager has presided over more matches than Arsène, and nor has any enjoyed the same amount of success.
Three League titles, four FA Cups and four Charity/Community Shields have been amassed in his 11 years at the helm, including League and Cup ‘doubles’ in 1998 and 2002.
He is the only Gunners manager to have won the FA Cup more than once and the only manager to take the Club to a Champions League Final, while he was also the first manager in English league history to complete an entire 38-game season unbeaten in 2003/04.
Renowned as a cerebral, studious coach with a rare ability to spot and develop players from around the world, Arsène has had vital input into all areas affecting the first team — from the squad’s diet and training methods to the design of the first-team dressing room at Emirates Stadium.
His calm and measured demeanour is reflected by the style of his teams, which he sends out to play attacking and attractive football.
Arsène holds an economics degree from Strasbourg University and has also been awarded an honorary DSc by the University of Herfordshire. In 2002 he received France’s highest civil honour, the Legion d’Honneur, and was presented with an honorary OBE a year later. He was awarded the Freedom of Islington in 2004 and is fluent in five languages.
On September 7, 2007, Arsène signed a three year extension to his current contract, taking his tenure at the Club to June 2011.
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