Frank Arnesen

Frank Arnesen

Frank Arnesen playing for Ajax Amsterdam in the 1978/1979-season.
Personal information
Full name	Frank Arnesen
Date of birth	(1956-09-30) 30 September 1956 (age 68)
Place of birth	Copenhagen, Denmark
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1974–1975	Fremad Amager
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1975–1981	Ajax	209	(75)
1981–1983	Valencia	32	(13)
1983–1985	Anderlecht	50	(15)
1985–1988	PSV	55	(11)
Total		346	(114)
International career
1973	Denmark U17	1	(1)
1973–1975	Denmark U19	13	(4)
1975–1976	Denmark U21	4	(0)
1977–1987	Denmark	52	(14)
Managerial career
1991–1994	PSV (Assistant coach)
1994–2004	PSV (Sporting Director)
2004–2005	Tottenham Hotspur (Sporting Director)
2005–2010	Chelsea (Sporting Director)
2011–2013	Hamburger SV (Sporting Director)
2011	Hamburger SV (Caretaker coach)
2014	Metalist Kharkiv (Sporting Director)
2015–2016	PAOK (Sporting Director)
2019	Anderlecht (Sporting Director)
2020–2022	Feyenoord (Sporting Director)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Frank Arnesen (born 30 September 1956) is a former Danish footballer and sporting director at Dutch football club Feyenoord.^[1] Arnesen was the Director of Football at English football clubs Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea, and was Sporting Director at Hamburger SV, Metalist Kharkiv and PAOK.

As a player, he most notably played with Dutch clubs Ajax and PSV Eindhoven, winning the 1988 European Cup with PSV. 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.