Arsène Wenger

French association football player and manager (born 1949)

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.

Arsène Wenger
OBE
Wenger in 2012
Personal information
Full name Arsène Charles Ernest Wenger
Date of birth (1949-10-22) 22 October 1949 (age 75)
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

Career statistics

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Playing statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[2][3]
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
  1. Appearance in UEFA Cup

Managerial statistics

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As of 13 May 2018[2][4]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
P W D[nb 1] L Win %
Nancy 1 July 1984 1 July 1987 114 33 30 51 028.9
Monaco 1 July 1987 17 September 1994 266 130 53 83 048.9
Nagoya Grampus Eight[6] 1 February 1995 30 September 1996 87 49 4 34 056.3
Arsenal 1 October 1996 13 May 2018 1,235 707 280 248 057.2
Total 1,702 919 367 416 054.0

Honours

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Player

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Mutzig[7][8]

  • Coupe d'Alsace: 1971

Vauban[8]

RC Strasbourg[9]

Manager

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The Premier League commissioned a unique gold trophy to commemorate Arsenal's achievement of winning the 2003–04 league unbeaten. Wenger was given the trophy as a parting gift from the club after his last home game as manager on 6 May 2018.[10]

Monaco

Nagoya Grampus

Arsenal

Individual

Orders

  1. At the time of Wenger's tenure in Japan, the result of a J-League match could not be a draw. In the event of scores being level at the end of 90 minutes, matches would be decided by extra time and penalties.[5]

References

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  1. "Wenger - Footballer". Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Arsène Wenger at FootballDatabase.eu
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  4. "Managers: Arsene Wenger". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  5. "League Information". East Asian Football Federation. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
  6. "J. League Data Site". data.j-league.or.jp.
  7. "Historique". AS Mutzig.fr. (in French). Archived from the original on 28 August 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Arsene Wenger". Racing Stub.com (in French). 22 October 1949.
  9. "Arsene Wenger: One-on-One". Four Four Two.com. December 2007.
  10. "Arsenal award departing manager Arsene Wenger golden 'Invincibles' trophy". BT Sport. 6 May 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 "Manager profile: Arsène Wenger". Premier League. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  12. "Jリーグ 歴代のMVP・ベストイレブン・得点王". Ultra Zone (in Japanese).
  13. ""Onze Mondial" Awards". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
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  15. "Wenger secures LMA award". BBC Sport. 18 May 2004. Retrieved 28 May 2009.
  16. "Wenger at the Double". BBC Sport. 8 December 2002. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
  17. "BBC Sports Personality: The winners". BBC Sport. 12 December 2002. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
  18. "Willow Foundation true winners". WH Times.co.uk. 10 March 2015. Archived from the original on 10 January 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  19. "World Soccer Awards 2016". World Soccer.com. December 2016.
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  23. "Wenger voted World Coach of the Decade". Arsenal F.C. 10 January 2011. Retrieved 11 January 2011.
  24. "Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez wins Player of the Year at inaugural Facebook Football Awards". Premier League. 26 May 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  25. "Top 50 des coaches de l'histoire". France Football. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
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  27. 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.
  28. 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.
  29. "Ferguson and Wenger inducted into Premier League Hall of Fame". Premier League. 29 March 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  30. "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.
  31. "Moore heads honours roll call". BBC News. 14 June 2003. Retrieved 1 January 2010.
  32. "Freedom of Islington for Arsenal pair". Islington Council. 29 October 2004. Archived from the original on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
  33. "Weah under attack over Wenger, Le Roy – Punch Newspapers". The Punch. 23 August 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2018.
  34. "Weah honours former coaches Wenger and LeRoy". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 August 2018.