Yoshimoto Kogyo enters into management agreement with Mr. Arsène Wenger
- update 2019/9/30
- event
Yoshimoto Kogyo Co., Ltd. (based in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, headed by Akihiko Okamoto, President and Representative Director) announces that it has entered into a management agreement for Japan with Mr. Arsène Wenger. Mr. Wenger led Nagoya Grampus Eight during the 1995-6 season to win the Emperor’s Cup, becoming manager at the famed English Premier League club Arsenal in 1996. During his 22-year managerial tenure, Arsenal won a number of Premier League, FA Cup and other titles. Mr. Wenger left the club in 2018.
Arsène Wenger profile
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Nationality
- French
- Date of birth
- 22nd October, 1949 (aged 69)
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Born
- Strasbourg
- Managerial career
- RC Strasbourg (Youth), 1981-3
Cannes (Assistant coach), 1983-4
Nancy, 1984-7
AS Monaco, 1987-94
Nagoya Grampus Eight, 1995-6
Arsenal FC, 1996-2018
Principal club titles
AS Monaco
- 1x:
- Ligue Un
- 2x:
- Coupe de France
Nagoya Grampus Eight
- 1x:
- Emperor’s Cup
- 1x:
- FIJI XEROX SUPER CUP
Arsenal FC
- 3x:
- Premier League
- 7x:
- FA Cup
- 7x:
- FA Community Shield
Honours/decorations
- 2002
- Chevalier of the Légion d’Honneur
- 2003
- Honorary Officer of the Order of the British Empire
- 2004
- Freedom of Islington (London)
- 2018
- This Knight Grand Commander of the Humane Order of African Redemption
- 2019
- Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award
Personal titles
- 1x:
- J.League Manager of the Year
- 4x:
- Onze d’Or Coach of the Year
- 3x:
- Premier League Manager of the Season
- 15x:
- Premier League Manager of the Month
- 2x:
- LMA Manager of the Year
- 2x:
- BBC Sports Personality of the Year Coach Award
- 1x:
- London Football Awards Outstanding Contribution to a London Club
- 1x:
- World Manager of the Year
- 1x:
- FWA Tribute Award
- 1x:
- English Football Hall of Fame
- 1x:
- France Football Manager of the Year
- 1x:
- IFFHS World Coach of the Decade
- 1x:
- Facebook FA Premier League Manager of the Year
Je suis très heureux de revenir au Japon, vingt-cinq ans après ma victoire en Coupe de l’Empereur avec Nagoya, pour passer une belle semaine à la rencontre du football japonais et de sa grande famille. A très vite au Japon en Octobre !
I am very happy to return to Japan, 25 years after my Emperor's Cup victory with Nagoya, to spend a wonderful week, reconnecting with the large Japanese football family. See you soon in Japan in October!