Arsène Wenger

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 74)
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

Playing statistics

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[lower-alpha 1]	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

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

Player

Mutzig^[7][8]

• 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

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

• Division 1: 1987–88
• Coupe de France: 1990–91

Nagoya Grampus

• Emperor's Cup: 1995
• Japanese Super Cup: 1996

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

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]

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