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Arsene Charles Ernest Wenger 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.
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About the Arsene Wenger
Arsene Charles Ernest Wenger 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.
Born in Strasbourg and raised in Duttlenheim to an entrepreneurial family, 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. In 1991, Wenger guided Monaco to victory in the Coupe de France. In 1995, he moved to Japan to coach J.League side Nagoya Grampus Eight and won the Emperor’s Cup and Japanese Super Cup in his first and only year.
Wenger was named manager of Arsenal in 1996; his appointment was greeted with little enthusiasm from the English media and his players alike. In 1998, he became the first foreign manager to win a Premier League and FA Cup double. Wenger guided Arsenal to another league and cup double in 2002, and won his third league title in 2004, which earnt distinction as he guided his team to an undefeated domestic league season – something achieved only once before in English football, by Preston North End, 115 years previously. Arsenal later eclipsed Nottingham Forest’s record of 42 league matches unbeaten and went seven more matches before losing in October 2004. Under him, the club made its first appearance in a Champions League final in 2006, though the team lost to Barcelona. Wenger oversaw Arsenal’s relocation to the Emirates Stadium, and prioritised the club’s finances in his second decade to meet costs. This coincided with a nine-year spell without winning a trophy, before 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.
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. His approach to the game emphasises an attacking mentality, with the aim that football ought to be entertaining on the pitch. Wenger’s Arsenal teams were criticised for their indiscipline and naivety; his players received 100 red cards between September 1996 and February 2014, though the team won awards for sporting fair play. At Monaco, Wenger earned a reputation for spotting young talent and developing a youth system, which he carried through at Arsenal.
18 Quotes by Arsene Wenger
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If you do not believe you can do it then you have no chance at all.
Arsene WengerFrench association football player and manager
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At a young age winning is not the most important thing… the important thing is to develop creative and skilled players with good confidence.
Arsene WengerFrench association football player and manager
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Some are wrong because they are not strong enough to fight temptation and some some are wrong because they do not know.
Arsene WengerFrench association football player and manager
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Of the nine red cards this season we probably deserved half of them.
Arsene WengerFrench association football player and manager
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You cannot say that you are happy when you don’t win.
Arsene WengerFrench association football player and manager
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I think in the future we need to look at our youth department to provide more players for the first team think it is important for a club to have a good amount of players that have roots with the club and region.
Arsene WengerFrench association football player and manager
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I am, of course, delighted but there was never any doubt about Sol staying.
Arsene WengerFrench association football player and manager
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I think in England you eat too much sugar and meat and not enough vegetables.
Arsene WengerFrench association football player and manager
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He made the impossible possible.
Arsene WengerFrench association football player and manager
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It’s silly to work hard the whole week and then spoil it by not preparing properly before the game.
Arsene WengerFrench association football player and manager
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Young players need freedom of expression to develop as creative players… they should be encouraged to try skills without fear of failure.
Arsene WengerFrench association football player and manager
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Their diet is basically boiled vegetables, fish and rice. No fat, no sugar. You notice when you live there that there are no fat people.
Arsene WengerFrench association football player and manager
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We didn’t think he would play on Sunday because he was suspended – that makes me think he has all the qualities to join Arsenal!
Arsene WengerFrench association football player and manager
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Of course, we also have the responsibility to win games and the difficulty in the job is to combine both.
Arsene WengerFrench association football player and manager
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I think training of better Youth Coaches is essential.
Arsene WengerFrench association football player and manager
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I think generally the Japanese players have more intensity in practice but generally I do the same things.
Arsene WengerFrench association football player and manager
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As a coach you can influence the diet of your players. You can point out what is wrong.
Arsene WengerFrench association football player and manager
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Sol has experience, pace and physical power, which nobody else has together.
Arsene WengerFrench association football player and manager