Arsene Wenger: biography and interesting facts

In the football world there are not many managers who have become true legends of their clubs. In fact, they can be counted on the fingers. Sir Alex Ferguson gave the "red devils" 27 years of life, Valeriy Lobanovskiy Kiev "Dynamo" - twenty years.

Arsene Wenger exchanged in London "Arsenal" twenties, and, as it were, to him or treated some fans (the team for more than ten years of not winning the English championship and none of the European cup), the Frenchman has long gone down in history, "Gunners", and with it connected to all the developments in the recent history of the club.

Arsene Wenger: biography and interesting facts from the life of

A boy named Arsen with a typical German name Wenger was born in Strasbourg in October 1949. Over Europe went to postwar shadow, but unlike many French families, Alphonse and Louise Wenger could not complain about the lack of means of subsistence. The family had a small business in the form of a bistro so Arsene and his brother and sister in their spare time can just play, as it should be for children, rather than deal with the economy with adults.

Man quite successfully graduated from high school, went to study engineering at the University of Strasbourg, and even received a doctorate in economics. During his studies, he played for various youth soccer teams. Arsene Wenger in his youth gravitated to new knowledge, so incomplete 25 years already knew several foreign languages.

Incidentally, linguistic wordplay creates rumors about the roots, which is associated with Arsene Wenger. Nationality "Arsenal" the coach - a Frenchman, although in his family there and the German branch. Another linguistic pun in honor of the coach, "Gunners" have come up with themselves fans of "Arsenal". The fact that the English name of the club "Arsenal" in tune with the phrase "Arsene knows" (Arsene knows). Likewise, fans "gunners" expressed great support and trust entirely to his coach.

Early career

As a player on the French footballer revealed tsentrbeka position. Today, one can often hear that a thinking defender - defender bad that playing this role you need as easy as possible and uncomplicated, it is better to simply knock the ball, rather than go to the stroke.

Arsene Wenger - a striking refutation of this dogma. As a reasonable person, he is on the pitch calculate their actions a few steps forward, preferring such technical and tactical actions banal removal of a ball to center field. Looking ahead, we say that these qualities will be useful to him in the football manager. While his partners in the coaching workshop of the famous clubs are used to getting the best players for a lot of money here and now, Wenger has always been a supporter of the education of youth, "diamond-cut", so to speak. Certainly some fans "Gunners" reproachfully remember Monsieur Arsene opposite effect of such a position - no current trophies. However, time has shown that the coach is moving in the right direction, and after nearly a decade of drought, "Gunners" have won two Cup and Super Cup in England.

In a career Wenger-player was not "big" clubs, big names, and raised above the head trophies. All his match practice was held in his native France, and the names of the clubs, which played in the colors of the defender, little say ordinary fan. "Myuttsig" "Mulhouse", "Pierrot Vauban" - a total of nine years Wenger has spent 200 matches for the team. Only at the end of his playing career, he was a three-year moved to the "Strasbourg", with whom he won his only trophy - the French Open.

The transition to coaching

A trainer's license Monsieur Arsene began immediately after the end of playing career. In 1981, he led the youth team of Strasbourg, and two years later was working as an assistant coach in the "Cannes". In 1984, he himself has offered to manage the first team - so the coach was in the "Nancy". The climax of the coaching in France was the period from 1987 to 1994, when Arsene Wenger brings to the "Monaco". It is with the Monegasques "Professor", as it will be called later, they won their first trophies gold medals of the championship of France and the National Cup. In addition, under the guidance of French "Monaco" reached the Cup Winners' Cup final in 1992. In 1995, Monsieur Arsene surprised many football public, replacing one of the top European championships on exotic J-League. During one season he coached the "Nagoya Grampus Eight", and in the championship 1995/1996 the best coach in Japan, has been recognized by Arsene Wenger. Photos French mentor to this day can be found on the posters of the club, and the fans from Nagoya are very proud of this fact in the history of the team.

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"The Professor"

Since the summer of 1996 Arsene Wenger - coach of London "Arsenal". The new coach of "gunners" from the early days at the club showed an innovative campaign for the organization of the training process, and even hired a staff of experts to help the coach to implement an individual approach to functional training team. Individuality applies to all, beginning with the training process, ending with a separate menu, composed according to the needs of each of the players. Along with this, Wenger, unlike other members of the elite of English football ( "Chelsea", "Manchester United", "Manchester City"), is in no hurry to invite for fabulous money in the team consisted of stars, he prefers to bring them out of the "green" youth .

So at different times of the club Academy "Arsenal" has released Ashley Cole, Cesc Fabregas and other world stars of modern football. In addition, Monsieur Wenger revealed to the world a lot of young talent, then shine on the club level and national teams (Thierry Henry, Patrick Vieira, Robin Percy baths and others). Not surprisingly, during the club Wenger has earned the nickname "The Professor".

Golden times

Thanks to hard work, Arsene Wenger very soon won with "Arsenal" the gold medal of the English Premier League. Notably this achievement by the fact that the Frenchman became the first foreign specialist, whose team first climbed the first place in the championship and the National Cup in one season.

At the beginning of the new millennium "gunners" finally joined the group of leaders of European football. The club became a regular at the most prestigious tournament of the Old World, Champions League. In the English Premier League, "Arsenal" went hand in hand with the contenders for the gold medal. Team three times (1998, 2002, 2004) became the champion of the country. The Championship 2003/2004 "Gunners" and does has obeyed a very rare achievement - the London team managed to never lose in 38 matches of the national championship and predictably designed championship, which the team Arsene Wenger has yet to conquer.

Special attention is given personal opposition Frenchman and two other equally "hardened fighters," to see different in the Premier League. This, of course, we are talking about Sir Alex Ferguson and Jose Mourinho.

Wenger - Mourinho

The Cold War between Arsene Wenger and Portuguese specialist started back in 2005. Then the "Special" criticized the coach "Gunners" for what he put eleven foreign players for the next match of the Premier League. Coach "Arsenal" retorted a good knowledge of the basic structure of "aristocrats" in which there was only one pupil of the academy, "Chelsea" by John Terry.

Another war of words started the very Frenchman accused Jose Mourinho of ignorance, inadequate behavior and psychological pressure on the opponent. The answer of the Portuguese did not wait long. "Special one" gave a sarcastic comment this situation, stating that at Stamford Bridge there is a special journal where employees make the club quotes Wenger of "Chelsea". According to the coach, "aristocrats", these quotes barely fit into four volumes.

Wenger - Ferguson

In 2004, there was an episode called "Pitstsageyt" in the English Premier League. In the role of the instigators of the conflict were made by Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger. Football player, "Arsenal" Cesc Fabregas on the emotions after unsuccessful ending to the "Gunners" duel allowed myself to throw a pizza in the legendary coach, "Manchester United". In the match against "gunners" he was appointed a highly controversial penalty, but after the fact Monsieur Arsene received substantial fines for the charges in the simulation to address the striker, "Red Devils" Ore Nistelrooy baths. The next time a horse has turned the Frenchman. In 2010, the International Agency for football statistics published a rating of the best coaches in the new century. First place in the list took the coach of "Arsenal", bypassing the principal enemy on nine points.

Arsene Wenger: family and personal life

By virtue of their occupation, a mentor, "Arsenal" - the person publicly. However, unlike a soccer workshop partners, the Frenchman does not like to expose the private lives on display. Even the crafty journalists for a long time did not know that the coach of London "Arsenal" lives with his companion in a civil marriage.

Annie (the name of the spouse Wenger) and Arsene have adult daughter Leah (1992 p.). Couple legalized their marriage only in 2010, but five years later the couple decided to part ways.

Backstage

With the name of Arsene Wenger linked several interesting facts relating to football and not only.

For the opportunity to coach the "Arsenal" Monsieur Arsene in 1996 rejected a proposal to the Football Association to lead the national team.

One of the most difficult for learning languages ​​in the world, Japanese, Arsene Wenger resigned less than a year leadership, "Nagoya Grampus".

At the end of the last millennium, the French coach of "Arsenal" received Fair Play special prize for having initiated replay Cup match with "Sheffield United" because of the ball, a goal of his players at a time when opponents of the player was seriously injured and he was assisted by . By the way, for this act Wenger received another nickname - "Gentleman".

Achievements on the coaching position

In addition to the three champions from the "Arsenal", since 1981, the French coach put in the treasury of achievements Cup and Super Cup in Japan, six Cup and Super Cup in England, and won at the beginning of the career of France's Cup and gold medals in the local championship.