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Graham James Arnold is a former coach of the Australian national football (soccer) team

Australia national football (soccer) team

The Australia national association football team represents Australia in international association football competitions. Its official nickname is the "Socceroos"...

. He was appointed to work as an assistant to Frank Farina

Frank Farina

Frank Farina OAM is a retired Australian football player. He most currently coaches the Papua New Guinea national football team....

in 2000. The two replaced Raul Blanco

Raul Blanco

Raul Blanco is an Argentine-born Australia Association football coach. He is well known for coaching the Socceroos from March 1998 to June 1999. He was also coaching the Olyroos at the same time, and coached them during the 2000 Summer Olympics...

, who was the interim coach in charge after Terry Venables

Terry Venables

Terence Frederick "Terry" Venables , often referred to as "El Tel", is a former football player and manager, as well as being a media pundit. During the 1960s and 70s, he played for various clubs including Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and Queens Park Rangers, and gained two caps for England...

decided not to renew his contract with Soccer Australia after the failed World Cup

FIFA World Cup

The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...

campaign in 1997. Although Farina was sacked in 2005, Arnold and the rest of the coaching team survived and worked with coach Guus Hiddink

Guus Hiddink

Guus Hiddink is a Dutch football manager and former player. He was the most recently manager of the Turkish national football team. He is considered to be one of the best managers of his generation and was the best-paid coach in international football in 2009...

for the Australian 2006 FIFA World Cup

2006 FIFA World Cup

The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six...

campaign, in which they made the second round of the finals. After Hiddink left, he became acting coach of the Socceroos. He is a member of the Football Federation Australia Football Hall of Fame.

Arnold Place in the Sydney suburb of Glenwood

Glenwood, New South Wales

Glenwood is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Glenwood is located 40 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Blacktown...

is named for him.

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

New South Wales Premier League

The New South Wales Premier League is the highest state-level men's soccer competition in New South Wales, Australia. Nationally, it is considered one grade lower than the A-League...

. He then moved to Sydney Croatia in Australia's now defunct National Soccer League

National Soccer League

The National Soccer League is the former national association football competition in Australasia, overseen by Soccer Australia and later the Australian Soccer Association. The NSL spanned 28 seasons from its inception in 1977, until its demise in 2004...

, 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

NAC Breda

NAC Breda , simply often known as NAC, is a Dutch professional football club, based in Breda, Netherlands. NAC Breda play in the Rat Verlegh Stadium, named after their most important player, Antoon 'Rat' Verlegh. They play in the Dutch Eredivisie and are known by the fierce and fanatic support of...

. He also spent time in Belgium with R.F.C. de Liège

R.F.C. de Liège

Royal Football Club de Liège is a Belgian football club from the city of Liège. It currently plays in the Belgian Third Division. Its matricule is 4, meaning that it was the fourth club to register with the country's national federation, and the club was the first Belgian champion in history...

and R. Charleroi S.C.

R. Charleroi S.C.

Sporting du Pays de Charleroi is a Belgian football club based in the city of Charleroi, in the province of Hainaut. Charleroi plays in the Belgian Pro League and their current spell at the highest level in Belgian football has started in the 1985–86 season...

. He went on to play for Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

is a Japanese association football club in the J. League Division 1.-Club name:The club name is a portmanteau of the Japanese numeral for three, San and an Italian word frecce or 'arrows'...

in Japan towards the end of his career, before finally returning home to play for the Northern Spirit FC

Northern Spirit FC

Northern Spirit Football Club was a football club based in North Sydney, Australia. Northern Spirit entered the National Soccer League in the 1998-99 season...

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

Frank Arok

Ferenc 'Frank' Arok is a retired Serbian football player and coach of Hungarian descent....

in a World Cup

FIFA World Cup

Qualifier against Taiwan

Taiwan

Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

at Adelaide

Adelaide

Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...

's Hindmarsh Stadium

Hindmarsh Stadium

Hindmarsh Stadium is a rectangular stadium located in Adelaide, South Australia. It is the home of the Australian A-League team, Adelaide United....

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

FIFA World Cup

Qualifier against Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

at the MCG

McG

Joseph McGinty Nichol , better known as McG, is an American director and producer of film and television, as well as a former record producer....

when the score ended 2-2 and Australia was eliminated on the away goals rule

Away goals rule

The away goals rule is a method of breaking ties in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. By the away goals rule, the team that has scored more goals "away from home" will win if scores are otherwise equal...

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

Northern Spirit FC

Northern Spirit Football Club was a football club based in North Sydney, Australia. Northern Spirit entered the National Soccer League in the 1998-99 season...

. He was the coach for 2 seasons, making the playoffs in their debut season. 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

Kuwait

The State of Kuwait is a sovereign Arab state situated in the north-east of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south at Khafji, and Iraq to the north at Basra. It lies on the north-western shore of the Persian Gulf. The name Kuwait is derived from the...

. The FFA

FFA

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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

Oman

Oman , officially called the Sultanate of Oman , is an Arab state in southwest Asia on the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by the United Arab Emirates to the northwest, Saudi Arabia to the west, and Yemen to the southwest. The coast is formed by the Arabian Sea on the...

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

Iraq national football team

The Iraqi national football team represents Iraq in international football and is controlled by the Iraq Football Association. They won the 2007 Asian Football Confederation Asian Cup tournament.-The Golden Generation:...

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

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

Gary Megson

Gary John Megson is an English former football player and is currently manager of Sheffield Wednesday.He has previously managed Norwich City, Blackpool, Stockport County, Stoke City, West Bromwich Albion, Nottingham Forest, Leicester City and Bolton Wanderers...

and Glenn Roeder

Glenn Roeder

Glenn Victor Roeder is an English football manager and former player, most recently in charge at Norwich City. As a player, Roeder represented England B on 7 occasions...

respectively.

With the appointment of Dutchman Pim Verbeek as new Australia manager, Arnold along with Henk Duut

Henk Duut

Henk Duut is a retired Dutch footballer who was active as a defender. Currently he is active as an assistant coach for Australia...

will serve as his assistant with the national side.

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.

Club career statistics

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|1985||rowspan="6"|Sydney Croatia||rowspan="6"|National Soccer League

National Soccer League

||28||11
|-
|1986||25||12
|-
|1987||24||17
|-
|1988||23||7
|-
|1989||27||10
|-
|1989/90||26||6

|-
|1990/91||rowspan="2"|Roda||rowspan="2"|Eredivisie

Eredivisie

The Eredivisie is the highest football league in the Netherlands. The league was founded in 1956 two years after the start of professional football in the Netherlands. It is currently ranked the ninth best league in Europe by UEFA....

||28||8
|-
|1991/92||33||14

|-
|1992/93||rowspan="2"|Liège

R.F.C. de Liège

||rowspan="2"|First Division||32||16
|-
|1993/94||28||7
|-
|1994/95||Charleroi

R. Charleroi S.C.

||First Division||16||1

|-
|1994/95||rowspan="3"|NAC Breda

NAC Breda

||rowspan="3"|Eredivisie

Eredivisie

||15||10
|-
|1995/96||30||16
|-
|1996/97||18||9

|-
|1997||rowspan="2"|Sanfrecce Hiroshima

Sanfrecce Hiroshima

is a Japanese association football club in the J. League Division 1.-Club name:The club name is a portmanteau of the Japanese numeral for three, San and an Italian word frecce or 'arrows'...

||rowspan="2"|J. League 1||18||6
|-
|1998||10||1

|-
|1998/99||rowspan="3"|Northern Spirit

Northern Spirit FC

Northern Spirit Football Club was a football club based in North Sydney, Australia. Northern Spirit entered the National Soccer League in the 1998-99 season...

||rowspan="3"|National Soccer League

National Soccer League

||28||5
|-
|1999/00||6||0
|-
|2000/01||13||0
200||68
124||57
76||24
28||7
428||156
|}

International career statistics

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|1985||2||1
|-
|1986||6||4
|-
|1987||6||3
|-
|1988||16||4
|-
|1989||4||2
|-
|1990||0||0
|-
|1991||2||0
|-
|1992||0||0
|-
|1993||6||1
|-
|1994||0||0
|-
|1995||2||1
|-
|1996||3||0
|-
|1997||7||3
|-
!Total||54||19
|}

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Score	Result	Competition
1	23 October 1985	Hindmarsh Stadium Hindmarsh Stadium Hindmarsh Stadium is a rectangular stadium located in Adelaide, South Australia. It is the home of the Australian A-League team, Adelaide United.... , Adelaide Adelaide Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million... , Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...	5-0	7-0	1986 FIFA World Cup qualification 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification A total of 121 teams entered the 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, competing for a total of 24 spots in the final tournament. Mexico, as the hosts, and Italy, as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 22 spots open for competition...
2	3 August 1986	Olympic Park Stadium Olympic Park Stadium Olympic Park Stadium was a multi-purpose outdoor stadium located on Olympic Boulevard in inner Melbourne. The stadium was built as an athletics training venue for the 1956 Olympics, a short distance from the MCG, which served as the Olympic Stadium... , Melbourne Melbourne Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater... , Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...	1-1	1-1	Friendly
3	25 October 1986	Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland Auckland The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	0-1	1-1	Trans-Tasman Cup Trans-Tasman Cup The Trans-Tasman Cup was a football competition played between the national teams of Australia and New Zealand. Six editions were played between 1983 and 1995 and a seventh was played in 2001 as a school match...
4	2 November 1986	Parramatta Stadium Parramatta Stadium Parramatta Stadium is a sports stadium situated in Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia.The stadium is used primarily as the home ground of Australian National Rugby League club the Parramatta Eels... , Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people... , Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...	1-0	2-1	Trans-Tasman Cup Trans-Tasman Cup The Trans-Tasman Cup was a football competition played between the national teams of Australia and New Zealand. Six editions were played between 1983 and 1995 and a seventh was played in 2001 as a school match...
5	23 November 1986	Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium, Canton, China China Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...	0-2	0-2	Friendly
6	21 June 1987	Olympic Stadium, Seoul Seoul Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world... , South Korea South Korea The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...	1-1	1-1	1987 President's Cup 1987 President's Cup Football Tournament 1987 President's Cup was 16th competition of President's Cup. The competition was held from 8 June 1987 to 21 June 1987. The tournament was won by for the tenth time, who defeated in the final.-Group A:----------------------------...
7	15 November 1987	Zhongshan Soccer Stadium, Taipei Taipei Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean... , Taiwan Taiwan Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...	0-1	0-3	1988 Olympics qualification
8	15 November 1987		0-2	0-3	1988 Olympics qualification
9	26 February 1988	Bruce Stadium, Canberra Canberra Canberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne... , Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...	1-0	3-0	1988 Olympics qualification
10	26 February 1988		2-0	3-0	1988 Olympics qualification
11	27 March 1988	Eden Park Eden Park Eden Park is the biggest stadium in Auckland, New Zealand. It is used primarily for rugby union in winter and cricket in summer . The ground also occasionally hostts rugby league matches. To accommodate all three sports, the cricket pitch is removable... , Auckland Auckland The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	1-0	3-0	1998 Olympics qualification
12	3 December 1988	Macquarie Field, Speers Point, Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...	4-0	5-1	1990 FIFA World Cup qualification 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC) The 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification for the Oceania Football Confederation saw five teams competing to be the zone's representative in the CONMEBOL / OFC Intercontinental Play-off.Three OFC teams entered the competition: Australia, Fiji and New Zealand...
13	12 March 1989	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people... , Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...	2-0	4-1	1990 FIFA World Cup qualification 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC) The 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification for the Oceania Football Confederation saw five teams competing to be the zone's representative in the CONMEBOL / OFC Intercontinental Play-off.Three OFC teams entered the competition: Australia, Fiji and New Zealand...
14	12 March 1989		3-0	4-1
15	30 May 1993	Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland Auckland The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	0-1	0-1	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC) Listed below are the dates and results for the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the Oceanian zone . For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification....
16	18 June 1995	Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people... , Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...	2-0	2-1	Friendly
17	13 June 1997	Parramatta Stadium Parramatta Stadium Parramatta Stadium is a sports stadium situated in Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia.The stadium is used primarily as the home ground of Australian National Rugby League club the Parramatta Eels... , Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people... , Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...	4-0	5-0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC) Listed below are the dates and results for the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the Oceanian zone . For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification....
18	17 June 1997	Parramatta Stadium Parramatta Stadium Parramatta Stadium is a sports stadium situated in Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia.The stadium is used primarily as the home ground of Australian National Rugby League club the Parramatta Eels... , Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people... , Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...	0-2	2-6	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC) Listed below are the dates and results for the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the Oceanian zone . For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification....
19	6 July 1997	Parramatta Stadium Parramatta Stadium Parramatta Stadium is a sports stadium situated in Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia.The stadium is used primarily as the home ground of Australian National Rugby League club the Parramatta Eels... , Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people... , Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...	2-0	2-0	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC) Listed below are the dates and results for the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the Oceanian zone . For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification....

External links

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