Graham Arnold

Graham Arnold
Arnold managing Australia at the 2023 AFC Asian Cup
Personal information
Full name Graham James Arnold[1]
Date of birth (1963-08-03) 3 August 1963 (age 61)
Place of birth Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Australia (head coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1981 Canterbury-Marrickville
1981–1990 Sydney United 178 (69)
1990–1992 Roda JC 61 (22)
1992–1994 Liège 60 (23)
1994–1995 Charleroi 16 (1)
1995–1997 NAC Breda 63 (35)
1997–1998 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 28 (7)
1998–2000 Northern Spirit 47 (5)
Total 453 (161)
International career
1985 Australia B 2 (1)
1985–1997 Australia 56 (19)
Managerial career
1989–1990 Sydney United
1998–2000 Northern Spirit
2000–2006 Australia (assistant)
2006–2007 Australia (caretaker)
2007–2008 Australia U23
2008–2010 Australia (assistant)
2010–2013 Central Coast Mariners
2014 Vegalta Sendai
2014–2018 Sydney FC
2018–2021 Australia U23
2018– Australia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Graham James Arnold (born 3 August 1963) is an Australian soccer manager and former player. Arnold was first appointed to work as a head coach of the Australian national soccer team in 2000. After head coach Frank Farina was sacked in 2005, Arnold worked with Guus Hiddink for the 2006 FIFA World Cup campaign, in which they made the second round of the finals. After Hiddink left, he became interim coach of the Socceroos. Arnold went on to qualify Australia's U23 men's national soccer team (nicknamed the Olyroos) for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Arnold then went on to assist Pim Verbeek for qualification of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.[2] Arnold's next move was to take the manager role at struggling A-League club the Central Coast Mariners between 2010 and 2013, where he guided the club to a Premiership and a Championship. He is a member of the Football Federation Australia Football Hall of Fame. Arnold went on to win two Premierships, one Championship and an FFA Cup with Sydney FC. In August 2018, Arnold was appointed head coach of the Socceroos - Australia's senior men's national soccer team.

Arnold holds a number of A-League records: he has managed the second most games of any manager in the A-League (211), he has achieved the second most wins in the competition's history (116), he has the best career winning percentage of any A-League manager (54.9%), he has the best career unbeaten percentage of any A-League manager (81.5%), and he is one of just three managers to have won multiple A-League championships.[3]

In 2018, Arnold replaced Bert van Marwijk as Australian coach after the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[4] Under Arnold, Australia qualified for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, during which Australia achieved their most successful World Cup campaign: after recording multiple group stage wins for the first time, with their only group stage loss being to eventual runners-up France, Australia qualified for the Round of 16 for the second time in their history, where they narrowly lost to eventual champions Argentina.

  1. ^ "Squad List: FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: Australia (AUS)" (PDF). FIFA. 23 November 2022. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 November 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Coaches proud of team's achievements". Football Federation Australia. 27 June 2006. Archived from the original on 29 August 2006.
  3. ^ Weiner, David (8 March 2018). "Graham Arnold gets Socceroos job after World Cup, with Asian Cup redemption his first task". Fox Sports Australia. News Corp. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Arnold named Van Marwijk's eventual successor". FIFA.com. 8 March 2018. Archived from the original on 8 March 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2018.

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