Arsène Wenger
French association football player and manager
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.
![]() Wenger in 2012 | |||
Personal information | |||
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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 |
Career statistics
changePlaying statistics
changeClub | Season | League | National Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
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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
changeTeam | From | To | Record | ||||
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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
changePlayer
change- 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
changeMonaco
- 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
Notes
changeReferences
change- ↑ "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.