Graham Arnold
Graham James Arnold (born August 3, 1963 in Sydney ) is a former Australian soccer player and was temporarily the coach of the Australian national soccer team .
Career
Arnold started his active career at Canterbury-Marrickville in the "New South Wales Premier League". The striker moved to Sydney Croatia (now Sydney United) in Australia's National Soccer League , where he was named top scorer in 1986 and player of the year . He moved to the Netherlands, playing for Roda Kerkrade and NAC Breda . In Belgium he worked for RFC Liège and Sporting Charleroi . He wanted to end his career at Sanfrecce Hiroshima in Japan; after returning to Australia he played for Northern Spirit FC (in a suburb of Sydney).
Graham Arnold played 56 times for the national team, scoring 19 goals. He played his first game during the World Cup qualification against Taiwan in Adelaide on October 23, 1985. In this game - final score 7-0 for Australia - he also scored his first international goal. His last appearance for the Socceroos on November 29, 1997 ended sadly for him: In the qualifying game against Iran, Australia only managed a 2-2 draw and thus missed out on the 1998 World Cup in France.
Arnold has experience as an interim trainer. As early as 1989/90 he jumped for two games as a coach at Sydney Croatia. He started his actual coaching career in 1998 with Northern Spirit. In 2000 he became assistant coach of the national team, which he took over as national coach in July 2006 after the resignation of Guus Hiddink after the 2006 World Cup and supervised it until he was eliminated from the 2007 Asian Cup . For the 2010/11 season Arnold took over the coaching post of the Central Coast Mariners , his predecessor Lawrie McKinna moved to the management of the club.
Arnold has been a coach at Sydney FC since May 2014 .
National coach of Australia
In March 2018 it was announced that Graham Arnold will take over the coaching post of the Australian national team from the Dutchman Bert van Marwijk after the 2018 World Cup .
Web links
- Interview at fifa.com
- Graham Arnold in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- Jump up ↑ Team - Graham Arnold on sydneyfc.com . Retrieved June 16, 2015.
- ^ Graham Arnold will become Socceroos coach after the World Cup. In: News.com.au. Accessed March 8, 2018 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Arnold, Graham |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Arnold, Graham James (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian soccer player and coach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd August 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sydney |