Graham Arnold
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Graham James Arnold | ||
| Date of birth | 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. |
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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. 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's daughter, Elissa, is the partner of Australia national football team defender Trent Sainsbury. Arnold Place in the Sydney suburb of Glenwood is named for him.
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.
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