Arsène Charles Ernest Wenger is a French former football manager and player who is currently serving as FIFA's Chief of Global Football Development. He was the manager of Arsenal from 1996 to 2018, where he was the longest-serving and most successful in the club's history. His contribution to English football through changes to scouting, players' training and diet regimens revitalised Arsenal and aided the globalisation of the sport in the 21st century.
Wenger in 2012
Wenger's manager at RC Strasbourg, Gilbert Gress
Ballon d'Or winner George Weah played under Wenger at Monaco, where he won the Coupe de France.
Argentine striker Ramón Díaz came to Monaco under Wenger in 1989.
The Arsenal Football Club is an English professional football club based in Holloway, North London. Arsenal compete in the Premier League, the top flight of English football. In domestic football, Arsenal has won 13 league titles, a record 14 FA Cups, two League Cups, 17 FA Community Shields and a Football League Centenary Trophy. In European football, they have one European Cup Winners' Cup and one Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. In terms of trophies won, it is the third-most successful club in English football.
Royal Arsenal squad in 1888. Original captain David Danskin sits on the right of the bench.
A bronze bust of Herbert Chapman stands inside the Emirates Stadium.
Tony Adams statue outside the Emirates Stadium
After completing the only unbeaten Premier League season, a unique gold trophy was commissioned to Arsenal.