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Ars\u00e8ne Wenger
OBE
Personal information
\n Wenger in 2024
Full name	\nArs\u00e8ne Charles Ernest Wenger
Date of birth	\n (1949-10-22) 22 October 1949 (age 75)
Place of birth	\nStrasbourg, France
Height	\n1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)^[1]
Position(s)	\nMidfielder
Youth career
1963\u20131969	\nFC Duttlenheim
1969\u20131973	\nMutzig
Senior career\"
Years	\nTeam	\nApps	\n(Gls)
1969\u20131973	\nMutzig	\n	\n
1973\u20131975	\nMulhouse	\n56	\n(4)
1975\u20131978	\nASPV Strasbourg	\n	\n
1978\u20131981	\nRC Strasbourg	\n11	\n(0)
Total	\n	\n67+	\n(4+)
Managerial career
1984\u20131987	\nNancy
1987\u20131994	\nMonaco
1995\u20131996	\nNagoya Grampus Eight
1996\u20132018	\nArsenal
\n\"Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ars\u00e8ne Charles Ernest Wenger (born 22 October 1949) is a French former football manager and player who is currently serving as FIFA's Chief of Global Football Development. He was the manager of Arsenal from 1996 to 2018, where he was the longest-serving and most successful in the club's history. His contribution to English football through changes to scouting, players' training and diet regimens revitalised Arsenal and aided the globalisation of the sport in the 21st century.\n

Born in Strasbourg and raised in Duttlenheim, Wenger was introduced to football by his father, the manager of the local village team. After a modest playing career, in which he made appearances for several amateur clubs, Wenger obtained a manager's diploma in 1981. Following an unsuccessful period at Nancy in 1987, Wenger joined Monaco; the club won the league championship in 1988 and won the Coupe de France in 1991. In 1995, he became coach of J.League side Nagoya Grampus Eight and won the Emperor's Cup and Japanese Super Cup in his first and only year.\n

Wenger was named manager of Arsenal in 1996; his appointment was greeted with little enthusiasm from the English media and his players alike but he became the first foreign manager to win a Premier League and FA Cup double in 1998. Wenger guided Arsenal to another league and cup double in 2002 and won his third league title unbeaten in 2004 \u2013 this was the first time an English club, after Preston North End 115 years previously, went unbeaten. Arsenal later set the record for most league matches unbeaten (49) before losing in October 2004. Under him, the club made its first appearance in a Champions League final in 2006 and relocated to the Emirates Stadium; this move caused Wenger to prioritise the club's finances to meet costs, which coincided with a nine-year spell without winning a trophy. Wenger guided Arsenal to further FA Cup successes in the 2010s; he holds the record for most wins in the competition with seven. He departed as manager in 2018 and retired.\n

The nickname \"Le Professeur\" is used by fans and the English press to reflect Wenger's studious demeanour. He is one of the most celebrated managers of his generation, having changed perceptions of the sport and profession in England and abroad. He has been praised for his entertaining, attacking approach to the game but his Arsenal teams were criticised for their indiscipline and naivety; his players received 100 red cards between September 1996 and February 2014, though the team also won awards for sporting fair play. Wenger also earned a reputation for spotting young talent and developing a youth system throughout his career.\n

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Club\n	Season\n	League\n	National Cup\n	Europe\n	Total\n
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals\n
Mutzig\n	1969\u201370\n	CFA\n					\u2014		\n
1970\u201371\n	CFA\n					\u2014		\n
1971\u201372\n	Division 3\n					\u2014		\n
1972\u201373\n	Division 3\n			3	1	\u2014	3	1\n
Total\n			3	1	\u2014	3	1\n
Mulhouse\n	1973\u201374\n	Division 2\n	25	2			\u2014	25	2\n
1974\u201375\n	Division 2\n	31	2			\u2014	31	2\n
Total\n	56	4			\u2014	56	4\n
ASPV Strasbourg\n	1975\u201376\n	Promotion d'Honneur\n			3	1	\u2014	3	1\n
1976\u201377\n	Division d'Honneur\n			5	0	\u2014	5	0\n
1977\u201378\n	Division 3\n					\u2014		\n
Total\n			8	1	\u2014	8	1\n
RC Strasbourg\n	1978\u201379\n	Division 1\n	2	0			1^[a]	0	3	0\n
1979\u201380\n	Division 1\n	1	0					1	0\n
1980\u201381\n	Division 1\n	8	0	1	0	\u2014	9	0\n
Total\n	11	0	1	0	1	0	13	0\n
Career total\n	67	4	12	2	1	0	80	6\n

Team\n	From\n	To\n	Record\n
P	W	D^{[nb 5]}	L	Win %\n
Nancy\n	1 July 1984\n	1 July 1987\n	114\n	33\n	30\n	51\n	028.9\n
Monaco\n	1 July 1987\n	17 September 1994\n	266\n	130\n	53\n	83\n	048.9\n
Nagoya Grampus Eight^[426]\n	1 February 1995\n	30 September 1996\n	87\n	49\n	4\n	34\n	056.3\n
Arsenal\n	1 October 1996\n	13 May 2018\n	1,235\n	707\n	280\n	248\n	057.2\n
Total\n	1,702\n	919\n	367\n	416\n	054.0\n

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Arsenal's line up against Reading in November 2007.^[279] Wenger's decision to play Alexander Hleb further up in games increased the team's efficiency.^[280]\n

Early life

Playing career

Managerial career

1984\u20131994: Nancy and Monaco

1994\u20131996: Nagoya Grampus Eight

1996\u20132018: Arsenal

1996\u20131997: Appointment and first season

1997\u20132001: Early success

2001\u20132006: Second double, Invincibles, and leaving Highbury

2006\u20132011: Stadium move and transition

2011\u20132018: Rebuilding, return of trophies, and departure

Career after management

Approach and philosophy

Tactics

Preparation

Recruitment and spending policy

Relations with others

Plaudits and legacy

Increase in worldwide players

Team indiscipline and fair play

Personal life

Career statistics

Playing statistics

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

Manager

See also

Notes

References

Sources

Further reading

External links

Arsène Wenger. Playing Career

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