Arsène Wenger
.jpg) Wenger in 2012 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Arsène Charles Ernest Wenger | ||
| Date of birth | 22 October 1949 | ||
| Place of birth | Strasbourg, France | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1963–1969 | FC Duttlenheim | ||
| 1969–1973 | Mutzig | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1969–1973 | Mutzig | ||
| 1973–1975 | Mulhouse | 56 | (4) |
| 1975–1978 | ASPV Strasbourg | ||
| 1978–1981 | RC Strasbourg | 11 | (0) |
| Total | 67+ | (4+) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1984–1987 | Nancy | ||
| 1987–1994 | Monaco | ||
| 1995–1996 | Nagoya Grampus Eight | ||
| 1996–2018 | Arsenal | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Arsène Wenger (born 22 October 1949) is a French football manager. He most famously managed Arsenal from 1996 to 2018. He won the Premier League and the FA Cup and also made it to the Champions League final.
Career statistics[change | change source]
Playing statistics[change | change source]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Mutzig | 1969–70 | CFA | — | |||||||
| 1970–71 | CFA | — | ||||||||
| 1971–72 | Division 3 | — | ||||||||
| 1972–73 | Division 3 | 3 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 3 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Mulhouse | 1973–74 | Division 2 | 25 | 2 | — | 25 | 2 | |||
| 1974–75 | Division 2 | 31 | 2 | — | 31 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 56 | 4 | — | 56 | 4 | |||||
| ASPV Strasbourg | 1975–76 | Promotion d'Honneur | 3 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | |||
| 1976–77 | Division d'Honneur | 5 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 1977–78 | Division 3 | — | ||||||||
| Total | 8 | 1 | — | 8 | 1 | |||||
| RC Strasbourg | 1978–79 | Division 1 | 2 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1979–80 | Division 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 1980–81 | Division 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | ||
| Total | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 67 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 80 | 6 | ||
Managerial statistics[change | change source]
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D[nb 1] | L | Win % | |||
| Nancy | 1 July 1984 | 1 July 1987 | 114 | 33 | 30 | 51 | 28.9 |
| Monaco | 1 July 1987 | 17 September 1994 | 266 | 130 | 53 | 83 | 48.9 |
| Nagoya Grampus Eight[6] | 1 February 1995 | 30 September 1996 | 87 | 49 | 4 | 34 | 56.3 |
| Arsenal | 1 October 1996 | 13 May 2018 | 1,235 | 707 | 280 | 248 | 57.2 |
| Total | 1,702 | 919 | 367 | 416 | 54.0 | ||
Honours[change | change source]
Player[change | change source]
- Coupe d'Alsace: 1971
Vauban[8]
- Coupe d'Alsace: 1977
- Division d'Honneur Alsace: 1977
RC Strasbourg[9]
- Division 1: 1978–79
- Coupe d'Alsace: 1980[8]
Manager[change | change source]
Monaco
- Division 1: 1987–88
- Coupe de France: 1990–91
Nagoya Grampus
Arsenal
- Premier League: 1997–98, 2001–02, 2003–04[11]
- FA Cup: 1997–98, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17
- FA Charity/Community Shield: 1998, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2014, 2015, 2017
Individual
- J. League Manager of the Year: 1995[12]
- Onze d'Or Coach of The Year: 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004[13]
- Premier League Manager of the Season: 1997–98, 2001–02, 2003–04[11]
- LMA Manager of the Year: 2001–02, 2003–04[14][15]
- BBC Sports Personality of the Year Coach Award: 2002, 2004[16][17]
- London Football Awards – Outstanding Contribution to a London Club: 2015[18]
- World Soccer Manager of the Year: 1998[19]
- FWA Tribute Award: 2005[20]
- English Football Hall of Fame: 2006[21]
- France Football Manager of the Year: 2008[22]
- IFFHS World Coach of the Decade: 2001–2010[23]
- Facebook FA Premier League Manager of the Year: 2014–15[24]
- Premier League Manager of the Month: March 1998, April 1998, October 2000, April 2002, September 2002, August 2003, February 2004, August 2004, September 2007, December 2007, February 2011, February 2012, September 2013, March 2015, October 2015[11]
- France Football 32nd Greatest Manager of All Time: 2019[25]
- World Soccer 36th Greatest Manager of All Time: 2013[26][27]
- Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award: 2019[28]
- Premier League Hall of Fame: 2023[29]
Orders
- Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur: 2002[30]
- Honorary Officer of the Order of the British Empire: 2003[31]
- Freedom of Islington: 2004[32]
- Knight Grand Commander of the Humane Order of African Redemption: 2018[33][34]
Notes[change | change source]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Wenger - Footballer". Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Arsène Wenger at FootballDatabase.eu
- ↑ "Arsène Wenger". Racing stub. 22 October 1949. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
- ↑ "Managers: Arsene Wenger". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
- ↑ "League Information". East Asian Football Federation. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
- ↑ "J. League Data Site". data.j-league.or.jp.
- ↑ "Historique". AS Mutzig.fr. (in French). Archived from the original on 28 August 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Arsene Wenger". Racing Stub.com (in French). 22 October 1949.
- ↑ "Arsene Wenger: One-on-One". Four Four Two.com. December 2007.
- ↑ "Arsenal award departing manager Arsene Wenger golden 'Invincibles' trophy". BT Sport. 6 May 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "Manager profile: Arsène Wenger". Premier League. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
- ↑ "Jリーグ 歴代のMVP・ベストイレブン・得点王". Ultra Zone (in Japanese).
- ↑ ""Onze Mondial" Awards". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
- ↑ "Wenger picks up another double". League Managers Association. 14 May 2002. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
- ↑ "Wenger secures LMA award". BBC Sport. 18 May 2004. Retrieved 28 May 2009.
- ↑ "Wenger at the Double". BBC Sport. 8 December 2002. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
- ↑ "BBC Sports Personality: The winners". BBC Sport. 12 December 2002. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
- ↑ "Willow Foundation true winners". WH Times.co.uk. 10 March 2015. Archived from the original on 10 January 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
- ↑ "World Soccer Awards 2016". World Soccer.com. December 2016.
- ↑ "Arsene Wenger Tribute". Football Writers' Association. 16 January 2007. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2009.
- ↑ Gibson, John (20 October 2006). "Wor Jackie joins the Hall of Fame". Evening Chronicle. Newcastle. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
- ↑ "Arsene Wenger". League Managers.com. Archived from the original on 10 September 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ↑ "Wenger voted World Coach of the Decade". Arsenal F.C. 10 January 2011. Retrieved 11 January 2011.
- ↑ "Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez wins Player of the Year at inaugural Facebook Football Awards". Premier League. 26 May 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ↑ "Top 50 des coaches de l'histoire". France Football. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
- ↑ Jamie Rainbow (4 July 2013). "The Greatest Manager of all time". World Soccer.
- ↑ Jamie Rainbow (2 July 2013). "The Greatest XI: how the panel voted". World Soccer. Archived from the original on 1 January 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
- ↑ Rowan, Kate (19 February 2019). "Jose Mourinho names Arsene Wenger 'one of the best managers in football history' in awards tribute". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ↑ "Ferguson and Wenger inducted into Premier League Hall of Fame". Premier League. 29 March 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
- ↑ "Décret du 12 juillet 2002 portant promotion et nomination" [Decree of 12 July 2002 on promotion and appointment]. Journal Officiel de la République Française (in French). 2002 (163): 12078. 14 July 2002. PREX0205724D. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
- ↑ "Moore heads honours roll call". BBC News. 14 June 2003. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
- ↑ "Freedom of Islington for Arsenal pair". Islington Council. 29 October 2004. Archived from the original on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
- ↑ "Weah under attack over Wenger, Le Roy – Punch Newspapers". The Punch. 23 August 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
- ↑ "Weah honours former coaches Wenger and LeRoy". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
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