Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is to leave at the end of the season after almost 22 years at the Premier League club.
Here are some key facts about Wenger:
Early life
*Born on Oct. 22, 1949 in Strasbourg, Alsace, France to Alphonse and Louise Wenger.
*He began his playing career in 1969 with French third division club Mutzig.
*He went on to play for Mulhouse, ASPV Strasbourg and RC Strasbourg Alsace before obtaining a manager’s diploma in Paris in 1981.
Managerial career
*He took charge of French club Nancy in 1984 before earning a move to AS Monaco three years later.
*He won the French Ligue 1 in 1988 with Monaco and later moved to Japan’s Nagoya Grampus Eight in 1994 for an 18-month stint.
*Arsenal appointed Wenger as manager in Sept. 1996 and the Frenchman led them to a third-placed finish in his Premier League season.
*Wenger won his first league title with Arsenal in 1997-98 season before repeating the feat once again in 2001-02.
*Wenger’s Arsenal went unbeaten throughout the entire league campaign on the way to sealing a third Premier League crown.
*Arsenal amassed an impressive 90 points from 38 matches and his side was dubbed ‘the Invincibles’.
*Arsenal’s most successful campaign in Europe came in 2005-06 when they finished runners-up to Barcelona in the Champions League.
*He added a record seven FA Cups triumphs to his collection, winning the last one at the end of the 2016-17 campaign.
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