 Slot in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Arend Martijn Slot | ||
| Date of birth | 17 September 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Bergentheim, Netherlands | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Liverpool (head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| VV Bergentheim | |||
| FC Zwolle | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–2002 | FC Zwolle | 164 | (50) |
| 2002–2007 | NAC Breda | 142 | (21) |
| 2007–2010 | Sparta Rotterdam | 54 | (6) |
| 2009–2010 | → FC Zwolle (loan) | 28 | (7) |
| 2010–2013 | PEC Zwolle | 74 | (16) |
| Total | 462 | (100) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2016–2017 | Cambuur | ||
| 2019–2020 | AZ | ||
| 2021–2024 | Feyenoord | ||
| 2024– | Liverpool | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Arend Martijn "Arne" Slot (born 17 September 1978) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player. He is the head coach of Premier League club Liverpool. He is also considered as one of the best young coaches in the world. [2][3][4][5]
Slot played as a midfielder for FC Zwolle, where he won the Eerste Divisie in 2002, NAC Breda and Sparta Rotterdam before retiring as a player back at PEC Zwolle, where he won another Eerste Divisie title in 2012.
He started his managerial career in the academy of PEC Zwolle and as an assistant at Cambuur before taking over as co-head coach at the latter. In 2017, he became an assistant at AZ, where he was appointed head coach in 2019. Slot became head coach of Feyenoord in 2021. He led the club to the 2022 UEFA Europa Conference League final in his first season and won the club the Eredivisie and the KNVB Cup in subsequent seasons.
- ^ "Speler informatie Arne Slot" [Player information Arne Slot] (in Dutch). Eredivisie. Archived from the original on 13 November 2008.
- ^ "The best young football managers - ranked". 90min.com. 10 September 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ Miller, Nick. "Arne Slot: the rise of Liverpool's incoming manager – 'He's as honest as possible'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ "Xabi Alonso among 7 top young coaches to watch in Europe". ESPN.com. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
- ^ "Liverpool target hails 'best coach in the world' Arne Slot". 90min.com. 17 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.