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Key facts
- 1973
- Denmark U17
- Date of birth
- ( 1956-09-30 ) 30 September 1956 (age 69)
- Place of birth
- Copenhagen , Denmark
- Height
- 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
- Position
- Midfielder
- 1974 1975
- Fremad Amager
- Years
- Team
- 1975 1981
- Ajax
- 1981 1983
- Valencia
- 1983 1985
- Anderlecht
- 1985 1988
- PSV
- 1973 1975
- Denmark U19
- 1975 1976
- Denmark U21
- 1977 1987
- Denmark
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Frank
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Danish Realm
- Place of birth
- Copenhagen
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Languages spoken
- Danish
- Participant in
- UEFA Euro 1984
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Fremad Amager
- Position played
- midfielder
- Country for sport
- Denmark
- Mass
- 72
- Image
- Persdag Ajax nr 2, 3 Frank Arnesen (kop), nr 4 Rob Tervoort (kop), Bestanddeelnr 929-8308.jpg
- Height
- 181
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- Commons category
- Frank Arnesen
- date of birth
- 1956-09-30
- coach of sports team
- Chelsea F.C.
- end of work period
- 1988-00-00
- start of work period
- 1975-00-00
- name in native language
- Frank Arnesen
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Encyclopedic overview
Frank Arnesen (born 30 September 1956) is a Danish former footballer and football director. Arnesen was the director of football at English football clubs Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea, and was sporting director at Hamburger SV, Metalist Kharkiv, PAOK and Feyenoord.
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Frank Arnesen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.