Graham Arnold

Graham Arnold

Personal information
Full name	Graham James Arnold
Date of birth	(1963-08-03) 3 August 1963
Place of birth	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1980–1981	Canterbury-Marrickville
1982–1990	Sydney United	178	(68)
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)
1999–2001	Northern Spirit	47	(5)
Total		453	(161)
National team
1985–1997	Australia	54	(19)
Teams managed
1989–1990	Sydney United
1998–2001	Northern Spirit
2006–2007	Australia
2007–2008	Australia U23
2010–2013	Central Coast Mariners
2014	Vegalta Sendai
2014–	Sydney FC
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Graham James Arnold (born 3 August 1963 in Sydney, New South Wales) is a former football (soccer) player, manager of A-League club Sydney FC. Arnold was appointed to work as an assistant coach of the Australian national football 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 acting coach of the Socceroos.^[1] Arnold went on take the manager role at A-League club the Central Coast Mariners between 2010 and 2013, where he guided the club to two premierships and a championship. He is a member of the Football Federation Australia Football Hall of Fame. Arnold Place in the Sydney suburb of Glenwood is named for him.^[2]

Playing career

Club

Arnold was a striker who started his career at Gwawley Bay in 1969. He played for them until 1979 when he moved to Canterbury-Marrickville in the New South Wales Premier League. He then moved to Sydney Croatia in Australia's now defunct National Soccer League, where he was both the league's top goal scorer and player of the year in 1986. This was followed by a move overseas, where he made a name for himself in the Netherlands, playing for Roda JC and NAC Breda. He also spent time in Belgium with R.F.C. de Liège and R. Charleroi S.C.. He went on to play for Sanfrecce Hiroshima in Japan towards the end of his career, before finally returning home to play for the Northern Spirit FC.

International

Graham Arnold has represented Australia's senior national team 54 times, scoring 19 goals (85 caps, 33 goals including unofficial matches and "B" internationals). He was given his full debut by Frank Arok in a World Cup Qualifier against Taiwan at Adelaide's Hindmarsh Stadium on 23 October 1985. He scored on his debut as the "Socceroos" went on to record a 7–0 victory. His international playing career came to a sad end on 29 November 1997 in a World Cup Qualifier against Iran at the MCG when the score ended 2–2 and Australia was eliminated on the away goals rule after leading 2–0.

Managerial career

Arnold had a cameo role as a coach very early on in his career. He was coach for 2 games whilst he was a player at Sydney Croatia during the 1989/90 season. However, his proper coaching career started in 1998, when he was appointed player/manager of the Northern Spirit FC. He was the coach for 2 seasons, making the playoffs in their debut season.

Australia

Arnold (right) in 2007

He was then appointed to the position of Australian assistant coach in 2000, becoming acting coach in July 2006, then appointed head coach in December 2006.

On 6 September 2006 Australia was defeated 2–0 in an Asian Cup qualifying game against lowly-ranked Kuwait. The FFA confirmed Arnold would remain Head Coach through to the end of 2007 Asian Cup campaign.

Australia started their Asian Cup campaign poorly, drawing with Oman in its opening Group stage game in Bangkok. Media pressure focused on Arnold and on 13 July 2007 Australia were beaten 3–1 by Iraq in the 2007 Asian Cup. Following the match, Arnold told the assembled media (in reference to some of the team's higher profile members), "There's some players who seem like they don't want to be here. I'm extremely disappointed."

In a poll conducted by Four Four Two, Graham Arnold, as voted by the subscribers, was found to have been the most influential reason for Australia's failed progression at the 2006 Asian Cup, with an overwhelming 78% of the vote^[3]

Since the tournament, Arnold has continued his role as Manager of the Australian U-23 side that is in the final qualification stages for the 2008 Olympics. He was also linked with the manager's position at Bolton Wanderers and Norwich City in England but lost out to Gary Megson and Glenn Roeder respectively.

With the appointment of Dutchman Pim Verbeek as the Australian manager, Arnold along with Henk Duut served as his assistant to the national side during the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.

Central Coast Mariners

On 9 February 2010, it was announced that Arnold will take on the position of head coach for the Central Coast Mariners until the end of the 2012/2013 season.^[4][5] At the conclusion of the 2011–12 A-League season he rejected a lucrative contract from Sydney FC and decided to stay on with the Mariners signing a one-year extension to his original contract with the club.^[6]

Vegalta Sendai

In the month of November 2013 Graham was a target for a few clubs in Asia, especially Vegalta Sendai in Japan's J1 League. Although interest again raised from the Australian Football Federation to make Graham the national team coach, he always wanted to stay in club football over the national team setup and within weeks agreed terms with Sendai to be the first Australian coach, since the late Eddie Thomson to coach at the highest level in Japanese football.^[7] Graham recruited his assistant from the Central Coast Mariners Andrew Clark to join him in Japan. On 9 April 2014, it was announced by Vegalta Sendai that Arnold had been sacked. Arnold came to the media later in the day, to set the record straight that his leaving was a mutual agreement and he hadn't been sacked as originally reported. His departure from the club came after a winless 8-game streak endured by Sendai in the league and cup competitions.^[8]

Sydney FC

Arnold was appointed as the new head coach of Sydney FC on 8 May 2014.^[9]

Club statistics

^[10]

National team statistics

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	4 August 1985	St George Stadium	Red Star Belgrade	4-1	4-1	Friendly Game
2	9 August 1985	Hindmarsh Stadium	Red Star Belgrade	1-4	1-4	Friendly Game
3	11 August 1985	Olympic Park Stadium	Red Star Belgrade	4-0	4-0	Friendly Game
4	25 September 1985	St George Stadium	China PR	1-1	1-1	Friendly Game
5	8 October 1985	Ramat Gan Stadium	Israel	6-0	7-0	1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)
6	3 August 1986	Olympic Park Stadium	Czechoslovakia	1-1	1-1	Friendly Game
7	25 October 1986	Mount Start Stadium	New Zealand	0-1	1-1	Trans-Tasman trophy
8	2 November 1986	Parramatta Stadium	New Zealand	1-0	2-0	Trans-Tasman trophy
9	23 November 1986	Canton, China	China PR	0-2	0-2	Ampol Cup Trophy
10	11 June 1987	Kyong Ju, South Korea	Chile	0-2	0-2	Korea Cup
11	15 June 1987	Suwon, South Korea	South Korea	0-4	0-5	Korea Cup
12	21 June 1987	Seoul Olympic Stadium	South Korea	1-1	1-1	Korea Cup
13	15 November 1987	Taipei, Taiwan	Taiwan	0-1	0-3	Friendly Game
14	15 November 1987	Taipei, Taiwan	Taiwan	0-2	0-3	Friendly Game
15	3 February 1988	Olympic Park Stadium	GNK Dinamo Zagreb	1-1	1-1	Friendly Game
16	26 February 1988	Bruce Stadium	Taiwan	1-0	3-0	1988 Olympic Games Qualifying
17	26 February 1988	Bruce Stadium	Taiwan	2-0	3-0	1988 Olympic Games Qualifying
18	27 March 1988	Eden Park	Taiwan	0-1	0-3	1988 Olympic Games Qualifying
19	3 December 1988	Macquarie Field	New Zealand	4-0	6-1	1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)
20	22 February 1989	Parramatta Stadium	Malmö FF	1-0	3-0	Friendly Game
21	12 March 1989	Sydney Football Stadium	New Zealand	2-0	4-1	1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)
22	12 March 1989	Sydney Football Stadium	New Zealand	3-0	4-1	1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)
23	2 February 1990	Olympic Park Stadium	FC Torpedo Moscow	2-0	3-0	Friendly Game
24	2 February 1990	Olympic Park Stadium	FC Torpedo Moscow	3-0	3-0	Friendly Game
25	10 June 1991	Taegu, South Korea	United States	2-2	2-4	Friendly Game
26	12 June 1991	Pohang, South Korea	South Korea	0-1	0-2	Friendly Game
27	26 February 1993	Papendaal, Netherlands	Vitesse Arnhem	0-1	0-1	Friendly Game
28	16 July 1993	Bersenberg, Germany	MSV Duisburg	0-1	0-1	Friendly Game
29	30 May 1993	Auckland, New Zealand	New Zealand	0-1	0-1	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)
30	18 June 1995	Sydney Football Stadium	Ghana	2-0	2-1	Friendly Game
31	13 June 1997	Parramatta Stadium	Tahiti	4-0	5-0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)
32	17 June 1997	Parramatta Stadium	Solomon Islands	2-0	6-2	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)
33	6 July 1997	Parramatta Stadium	New Zealand	2-0	2-0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)

Managerial statistics

As of 14 February 2015

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %
Australia		December 2006	November 2007	7000900000000000000♠9	7000300000000000000♠3	7000100000000000000♠1	7000500000000000000♠5	7001333300000000000♠33.33
Central Coast Mariners		10 February 2010	14 November 2013	7001980000000000000♠98	7001510000000000000♠51	7001250000000000000♠25	7001220000000000000♠22	7001520400000000000♠52.04
Vegalta Sendai[11]		1 February 2014	9 April 2014	7000600000000000000♠6	5000000000000000000♠0	7000200000000000000♠2	7000400000000000000♠4	05000000000000000000♠0.00
Sydney FC		8 May 2014	Present	7001760000000000000♠76	7001370000000000000♠37	7001210000000000000♠21	7001180000000000000♠18	7001486800000000000♠48.68
Total				7002189000000000000♠189	7001910000000000000♠91	7001490000000000000♠49	7001490000000000000♠49	7001481500000000000♠48.15

Honours

Player

• NSW Player of the Year: 1985
• National Soccer League Player of the Year: 1986
• National Soccer League Golden Boot: 1986
• Football Hall of Champions: 2004

Club

Central Coast Mariners

• A-League Premiership: 2011–12
• A-League Championship: 2012–13

Individual

• A-League Manager of the Year: 2011–12
• A League All Star Team Manager: 2011-12
• PFA Manager of the Season: 2011-12

References

External links

• FFA Coaching profile
• OzFootball profile
• Hall of Fame Induction article on SMH

Australia squads
Australia football squad – 1988 Summer Olympics 1 Olver 2 van Egmond 3 Jennings 4 Yankos 5 Dunn 6 Wade 7 Farina 8 Petersen 9 Arnold 10 Kosmina 11 Crino 12 Davidson 13 Tobin 14 Hunter 15 Koczka 16 Bozinovski 17 Slater 18 Mitchell 19 Ollerenshaw 20 Gibson Coach: Arok Australia squad – 2007 AFC Asian Cup 1 Schwarzer 2 Neill 3 Kisnorbo 4 Cahill 5 Culina 6 Beauchamp 7 Emerton 8 Wilkshire 9 Viduka 10 Kewell 11 Thompson 12 Jones 13 Grella 14 Holman 15 Aloisi 16 Thwaite 17 Valeri 18 Petkovic 19 Carle 20 Carney 21 Sterjovski 22 Milligan 23 Bresciano Coach: Arnold Australia men's football squad – 2008 Summer Olympics 1 Federici 2 North 3 Leijer 4 Milligan 5 Spiranovic 6 Topor-Stanley 7 Kilkenny 8 Musialik 9 Bridge 10 Thompson 11 Carney 12 McClenahan 13 Zadkovich 14 Troisi 15 Sarkies 16 Celeski 17 Rukavytsya 18 Velaphi 21 Simon Coach: Arnold