Graham Arnold

**Graham Arnold** (born 3 August 1963) is a former Australian soccer manager and former player. He has played for Australia national team.

### Club

|colspan=3|Club performance|colspan=2|League||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1985|Sydney Croatia|National Soccer League|28|11|
|1986|25|12|||
|1987|24|17|||
|1988|23|7|||
|1989|27|10|||
|1989–90|26|6|||
|1990/91|Roda|Eredivisie|28|8|
|1991/92|33|14|||
|1992–93|Liège|First Division|32|16|
|1993–94|28|7|||
|1994–95|Charleroi|First Division|16|1|
|1994–95|NAC Breda|Eredivisie|15|10|
|1995–96|30|16|||
|1996–97|18|9|||
|1997|Sanfrecce Hiroshima|J1 League|18|6|
|1998|10|1|||
|1998–99|Northern Spirit|National Soccer League|28|5|
|1999–00|6|0|||
|2000–01|13|0|||

### International appearances

|colspan=3|Australia national team||
| --- | --- | --- |
|1985|2|1|
|1986|6|4|
|1987|6|3|
|1988|16|4|
|1989|4|2|
|1990|0|0|
|1991|2|0|
|1992|0|0|
|1993|6|1|
|1994|0|0|
|1995|2|1|
|1996|3|0|
|1997|7|3|

### International goals

|#|Date|Venue|Opponent|Score|Result|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|4  August 1985|St George Stadium|Red Star Belgrade|**4**–1|4–1|Friendly Game|
|2|9  August 1985|Hindmarsh Stadium|Red Star Belgrade|**1**–4|1–4|Friendly Game|
|3|11 August 1985|Olympic Park Stadium|Red Star Belgrade|**4**–0|4–0|Friendly Game|
|4|25 September 1985|St George Stadium||**1**–1|1–1|Friendly Game|
|5|23 October 1985|Hindmarsh Stadium||**6**–0|7–0|1986 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)|
|6|3 August 1986|Olympic Park Stadium||**1**–1|1–1|Friendly Game|
|7|25 October 1986|Mount Smart Stadium||0–**1**|1–1|Trans-Tasman trophy|
|8|2 November 1986|Parramatta Stadium||**1**–0|2–0|Trans-Tasman trophy|
|9|23 November 1986|Canton, China||0–**2**|0–2|Ampol Cup Trophy|
|10|11 June 1987|Kyong Ju, South Korea||0–**2**|0–2|Korea Cup|
|11|15 June 1987|Suwon, South Korea||0–**4**|0–5|Korea Cup|
|12|21 June 1987|Seoul Olympic Stadium||1–**1**|1–1|Korea Cup|
|13|15 November 1987|Taipei, Taiwan||0–**1**|0–3|Friendly Game|
|14|15 November 1987|Taipei, Taiwan||0–**2**|0–3|Friendly Game|
|15|3 February 1988|Olympic Park Stadium|GNK Dinamo Zagreb|**1**–1|1–1|Friendly Game|
|16|26 February 1988|Bruce Stadium||**1**–0|3–0|1988 Olympic Games Qualifying|
|17|26 February 1988|Bruce Stadium||**2**–0|3–0|1988 Olympic Games Qualifying|
|18|27 March 1988|Eden Park||0–**1**|0–3|1988 Olympic Games Qualifying|
|19|3 December 1988|Macquarie Field||**4**–0|5–1|1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)|
|20|22 February 1989|Parramatta Stadium|Malmö FF|**1**–0|3–0|Friendly Game|
|21|12 March 1989|Sydney Football Stadium||**2**–0|4–1|1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)|
|22|12 March 1989|Sydney Football Stadium||**3**–0|4–1|1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)|
|23|2 February 1990|Olympic Park Stadium|FC Torpedo Moscow|**2**–0|3–0|Friendly Game|
|24|2 February 1990|Olympic Park Stadium|FC Torpedo Moscow|**3**–0|3–0|Friendly Game|
|25|10 June 1991|Taegu, South Korea||2–**2**|2–4|Friendly Game|
|26|12 June 1991|Pohang, South Korea||0–**1**|0–2|Friendly Game|
|27|26 February 1993|Papendaal, Netherlands|Vitesse Arnhem|0–**1**|0–1|Friendly Game|
|28|16 July 1993|Bersenberg, Germany|MSV Duisburg|0–**1**|0–1|Friendly Game|
|29|30 May 1993|Auckland, New Zealand||0–**1**|0–1|1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)|
|30|18 June 1995|Sydney Football Stadium||**2**–0|2–1|Friendly Game|
|31|13 June 1997|Parramatta Stadium||**4**–0|5–0|1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)|
|32|17 June 1997|Parramatta Stadium||**2**–0|6–2|1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)|
|33|6 July 1997|Parramatta Stadium||**2**–0|2–0|1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)|

### Managerial record

|rowspan="2"|Team|rowspan="2"|Nat|rowspan="2"|From|rowspan="2"|To|colspan="5"|Record|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Australia||align=left|21 July 2006|align=left|6 December 2007||||
|align=left|Central Coast Mariners||align=left|1 June 2010|align=left|14 November 2013||||
|align=left|Vegalta Sendai||align=left|1 February 2014|align=left|9 April 2014||||
|align=left|Sydney FC||align=left|8 May 2014|align=left|14 July 2018||||
|align=left|Australia U23||align=left|16 July 2018|align=left|28 July 2021||||
|align=left|Australia||align=left|16 July 2018|align=left|_Present_||||

### Player

- NSL Cup: 1987

**Individual**

- NSW Player of the Year: 1985
- National Soccer League Player of the Year: 1986
- National Soccer League Golden Boot: 1986
- Football Australia Hall of Fame: 2004

### Manager

**Central Coast Mariners**

- A-League Championship: 2013, runners-up: 2010-11
- A-League Premiership: 2011–12

**Sydney**

- A-League Championship: 2017, runners-up: 2014-15
- A-League Premiership: 2016–17, 2017–18
- FFA Cup Winners: 2017

**Individual**

- A-League Coach of the Year: 2011–12, 2016–17, 2017–18
- A-League All Star Team Manager: 2011–12
- PFA Manager of the Season: 2011–12, 2016–17, 2017-18

**Australia (Assistant Manager)**

- FIFA Confederations Cup Bronze Medal: 2001
- OFC Nations Cup: 2000

**Australia U23**

- AFC U23 Asian Cup Bronze Medal: 2020

**Record**
- Under Arnold, Australia (Socceroos) became first nation in FIFA World Cup qualifying history to win eleven (11) consecutive matches in a single qualification campaign (September 2018 - October 2021)

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Graham Arnold
- **image**: Graham_Arnold.jpg
- **fullname**: Graham James Arnold
- **birth place**: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- **height**: 1.79 m
- **position**: Forward (association football), Forward
- **currentclub**: Australia men's national soccer team, Australia (head coach)
- **years1**: 1980–1981
- **clubs1**: West Sydney Berries Football Club, Canterbury-Marrickville
- **years2**: 1982–1990
- **clubs2**: Sydney United FC, Sydney United
- **caps2**: 178
- **goals2**: 68
- **years3**: 1990–1992
- **clubs3**: Roda JC
- **caps3**: 61
- **goals3**: 22
- **years4**: 1992–1994
- **clubs4**: R.F.C. de Liège, Liège
- **caps4**: 60
- **goals4**: 23
- **years5**: 1994–1995
- **clubs5**: R. Charleroi S.C., Charleroi
- **caps5**: 16
- **goals5**: 1
- **years6**: 1995–1997
- **clubs6**: NAC Breda
- **caps6**: 63
- **goals6**: 35
- **years7**: 1997–1998
- **clubs7**: Sanfrecce Hiroshima
- **caps7**: 28
- **goals7**: 7
- **years8**: 1998–2000
- **clubs8**: Northern Spirit FC, Northern Spirit
- **caps8**: 47
- **goals8**: 5
- **totalcaps**: 453
- **totalgoals**: 161
- **nationalyears1**: 1985
- **nationalteam1**: Australia men's national soccer B team, Australia B
- **nationalcaps1**: 2
- **nationalgoals1**: 1
- **nationalyears2**: 1985–1997
- **nationalteam2**: Australia men's national soccer team, Australia
- **nationalcaps2**: 56
- **nationalgoals2**: 19
- **manageryears1**: 1989–1990
- **managerclubs1**: Sydney United FC, Sydney United
- **manageryears2**: 1998–2000
- **managerclubs2**: Northern Spirit FC, Northern Spirit
- **manageryears3**: 2000–2006
- **managerclubs3**: Australia men's national soccer team, Australia (assistant)
- **manageryears4**: 2006–2007
- **managerclubs4**: Australia men's national soccer team, Australia (caretaker)
- **manageryears5**: 2007–2008
- **managerclubs5**: Australia men's national under-23 soccer team, Australia U23
- **manageryears6**: 2008–2010
- **managerclubs6**: Australia men's national soccer team, Australia (assistant)
- **manageryears7**: 2010–2013
- **managerclubs7**: Central Coast Mariners FC, Central Coast Mariners
- **manageryears8**: 2014
- **managerclubs8**: Vegalta Sendai
- **manageryears9**: 2014–2018
- **managerclubs9**: Sydney FC
- **manageryears10**: 2018–2021
- **managerclubs10**: Australia men's national under-23 soccer team, Australia U23
- **manageryears11**: 2018–
- **managerclubs11**: Australia men's national soccer team, Australia