Graham Arnold
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1963 (63 years old)
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Graham James Arnold (born 3 August 1963) is an Australian association football manager and former player. Arnold was appointed to work as an assistant coach of the Australian national football team in 2000. After head coach Frank Farina was sacked in 2005, Arnold worked with Guus Hiddink for the 2006 FIFA World Cup campaign, in which they made the second round of the finals. After Hiddink left, he became interim coach of the Socceroos. Arnold went on to qualify Australia's U23 men's national football team (the 'Olyroos) for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Arnold then went on to assist Pim Verbeek for qualification of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Arnold went on take the manager role at A-League club the Central Coast Mariners between 2010 and 2013, where he guided the club to a Premiership and a Championship. He is a member of the Football Federation Australia Football Hall of Fame. Arnold went on to win two Premierships, one Championship and an FFA Cup with Sydney FC. In August 2018, Arnold was appointed head coach of the Socceroos - Australia's senior men's national football team.
Arnold holds a number of A-League records: he has managed the second most games of any manager in the A-League (211), he has achieved the second most wins in the competition's history (116), he has the best career winning percentage of any A-League manager (54.9%), he has the best career unbeaten percentage of any A-League manager (81.5%), and he is one of just three managers to have won multiple A-League championships. In 2018 he replaced Bert van Marwijk as Australian coach after the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
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 Australian A-League Coach of the Year |  Sydney FC | 2017-2018 | |
| Australian A-League Coach of the Year | Sydney FC | 2016-2017 | |
| Australian A-League Coach of the Year |  Central Coast Mariners | 2011-2012 |
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 Sydney United 58 | 1981-1990 | Permanent | - | - | |
 Australia | 1985-1997 | International | - | - | |
 Roda JC | 1990-1992 | Permanent | - | - | |
 Standard Liège | 1992-1994 | Permanent | - | - | |
 Charleroi | 1994-1995 | Permanent | - | - | |
 NAC Breda | 1995-1997 | Permanent | - | - | |
 Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 1997-1998 | Permanent | - | - | |
 NWS Spirit | 1998-2000 | Permanent | - | - |
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| Sydney United 58 | 1989-1990 | Manager | - | - | |
| NWS Spirit | 1998-2000 | Manager | - | - | |
| Australia | 2006-2007 | Manager | - | - | |
 Australia U23 | 2007-2008 | Manager | - | - | |
 Central Coast Mariners | 2010-2013 | Manager | - | - | |
 Vegalta Sendai | 2014 | Manager | - | - | |
| Sydney FC | 2014-2018 | Manager | - | - | |
| Australia U23 | 2018-2021 | Manager | - | - | |
| Australia | 2018-2024 | Manager | - | - |
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