Frank Arnesen
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Frank Arnesen | ||
Date of birth | 30 September 1956 | ||
Place of birth | Copenhagen, Denmark | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1974–1975 | Fremad Amager | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1975–1981 | Ajax | 209 | (75) |
1981–1983 | Valencia | 32 | (13) |
1983–1985 | Anderlecht | 50 | (15) |
1985–1988 | PSV | 55 | (11) |
Total | 346 | (114) | |
International career | |||
1973 | Denmark U17 | 1 | (1) |
1973–1975 | Denmark U19 | 13 | (4) |
1975–1976 | Denmark U21 | 4 | (0) |
1977–1987 | Denmark | 52 | (14) |
Managerial career | |||
1991–1994 | PSV (Assistant coach) | ||
1994–2004 | PSV (Sporting Director) | ||
2004–2005 |
Tottenham Hotspur (Sporting Director) | ||
2005–2010 | Chelsea (Sporting Director) | ||
2011–2013 | Hamburger SV (Sporting Director) | ||
2011 | Hamburger SV (Caretaker coach) | ||
2014 |
Metalist Kharkiv (Sporting Director) | ||
2015–2016 | PAOK (Sporting Director) | ||
2019 | Anderlecht (Sporting Director) | ||
2020–2022 | Feyenoord (Sporting Director) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Frank Arnesen (born 30 September 1956) is a former Danish
As a player, he most notably played with Dutch clubs
Playing career
Arnesen moved from his childhood club
In the summer of 1981, Arnesen was bought by the Spanish football club
Management career
After his active career, Arnesen was first appointed assistant coach at PSV under
Arnesen was suspended by Spurs on 4 June 2005 for expressing a desire to move to rival club Chelsea, after Chelsea allegedly made an illegal approach to sign him as manager. Arnesen was photographed aboard one of Roman Abramovich's three luxury yachts on 22 June 2005, thus reinforcing Tottenham's compensation claim. Arnesen was recommended to Abramovich by Piet de Visser. Later on, one of the reasons to end José Mourinho's contract would have been that Mourinho did not want to engage with Abramovich's football consultants.[2] On 24 June, both clubs announced that they had reached a financial settlement, later disclosed to be £5 million, but widely reported to be closer to £8 million, and Arnesen would move to Chelsea, filling in the role of head talent scout, in charge of discovering footballing talents. Arnesen has since played a key role in bringing Salomon Kalou, Florent Malouda and Mikel John Obi to Chelsea. But the club has still pursued expensive purchases of established international players, rather than unearthing and developing young talent as hoped. On 27 November 2010, Chelsea announced that Arnesen had resigned as sporting director, and would be leaving the club at the end of the 2010–11 season. On 20 February, he decided to join Hamburger SV for the foreseeable future as sporting director, instead of returning to Ajax.[3]
As sporting director of Hamburg, Arnesen took Chelsea youngsters to Hamburg like Jacopo Sala, Michael Mancienne, Gökhan Töre, Slobodan Rajković (all permanent) and Jeffrey Bruma (on loan). On 10 October 2011, Arnesen took over the additional task of the head coach of Hamburger SV for just one match, before hiring and installing a permanent new coach with Thorsten Fink.[4]
On 22 May 2013, Hamburg confirmed that Arnesen had agreed to depart from his role as Sporting Director at the club. Arnesen was with the club for two years, including a spell as interim manager.[5]
On 30 January 2014, Metalist Kharkiv announced that Arnesen will take over the role of Sporting Director from 1 February 2014. This position was only held for a month, as Arnesen and Metalist agreed that Arnesen could leave the club, due to the ongoing violent political situation in Ukraine.
Speaking on the official Metalist Kharkiv website, Arnesen said:
"I want to thank everyone in "Metalist". I got acquainted with all staff during this short period and realized that true professionals and very nice people work in the club. Also I would like to apologize to the fans, but the circumstances were stronger than me. The situation in Ukraine forced me to make this choice. I want to wish everyone at Metalist and throughout the Ukraine all the best in these difficult times". [6]
On 27 May 2015, PAOK announced that Arnesen would be the new Sporting Director of the club for the next three years.[7] After nine months, it was announced that his contract was terminated.[8]
Honours
Ajax[9]
Anderlecht[10]
- Belgian First Division A: 1984–85
- runners-up)[11]
- Jules Pappaert Cup: 1983, 1985[12]
PSV[13]
Individual
- Danish Football Hall of Fame: Inductee[15]
References
- ^ "Frank Arnesen nieuwe technisch directeur Feyenoord". Feyenoord (in Dutch). 20 November 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
- ^ Ten years as Chelsea's secretive Russian owner, bbc, 2013-07-1, retrieved 2014-01-30.
- ^ "Arnesen resigns". Chelsea F.C. 27 November 2010. Archived from the original on 24 June 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
- ^ "Frank Arnesen in temporary double-function". Hamburger SV. 10 October 2011. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
- ^ "Frank Arnesen leaves Hamburg SV by mutual consent". Hamburger SV. 23 May 2013. Archived from the original on 11 September 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
- ^ "Frank Arnesen appointed Metalist's new Sports Director". 30 January 2014. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
- ^ "Αθλητικός διευθυντής του ΠΑΟΚ ο Φρανκ Άρνεσεν". 27 May 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
- ^ "Τέλος η συνεργασία με Φρανκ Άρνεσεν". 16 February 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
- ^ "Ajax | Prijzenkast".
- ^ "RSC Anderlecht | Palmares".
- ^ "Tijdperk-Vanden Stock: 20 landstitels, 8 bekers en 3 Europabekers".
- ^ "Jules Pappaert Cup".
- ^ "PSV Eindhoven | Palmares". Archived from the original on 29 May 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ "EURO 1984 Team of the Tournament".
- ^ "Fodboldens Hall of Fame // Frank Arnesen". Archived from the original on 29 October 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
External links
- Frank Arnesen national team profile at the Danish Football Association (in Danish)