1. Frank Arnesen was born on 30 September 1956 and is a former Danish footballer and sporting director at Dutch football club Feyenoord.
16 Facts About Frank Arnesen
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Frank Arnesen was capped 52 times and scored 14 goals for the Danish national team, and participated in the Euro 1984 and 1986 FIFA World Cup tournaments.
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In November 1985, Frank Arnesen returned to the Netherlands to play for Ajax' rivals PSV Eindhoven.
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Frank Arnesen stopped his international career in 1987, after the Danish team qualified for the Euro 1988.
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Frank Arnesen spent ten years as director of football at PSV Eindhoven, and was credited with discovering major talents, such as Brazilian striker Ronaldo and Dutch players Jaap Stam, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Arjen Robben.
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In May 2004, Frank Arnesen was brought to Tottenham Hotspur, replacing David Pleat.
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Frank Arnesen was to function as the manager responsible for player transfers and scouting for new talent, while coach Jacques Santini handled the daily training sessions and match setups - an arrangement identical to Frank Arnesen's days as PSV manager.
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Frank Arnesen's original hire for assistant coach, Martin Jol, was put in charge of the club.
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Frank Arnesen was suspended by Spurs on 4 June 2005 for expressing a desire to move to rival club Chelsea, after Chelsea allegedly made an illegal approach to sign him as manager.
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Frank Arnesen was photographed aboard one of Roman Abramovich's three luxury yachts on 22 June 2005, thus reinforcing Tottenham's compensation claim.
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Frank Arnesen has since played a key role in bringing Salomon Kalou, Florent Malouda and Mikel John Obi to Chelsea.
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On 10 October 2011, Frank Arnesen took over the additional task of the head coach of Hamburger SV for just one match, before hiring and installing a permanent new coach with Thorsten Fink.
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On 22 May 2013, Hamburg confirmed that Frank Arnesen had agreed to depart from his role as sporting director at the club.
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Frank Arnesen was with the club for two years, including a spell as interim manager.
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On 30 January 2014, Metalist Kharkiv announced that Frank Arnesen will take over the role of sporting director from 1 February 2014.
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On 27 May 2015, PAOK announced that Frank Arnesen would be the new sporting director of the club for the next three years.