Arsene Wenger is manager of Arsenal Football Club in the English Premier League. He began at Highbury in September 1996. He is the first overseas manager to be in charge of the Gunners. Before joining Arsenal, Wenger managed at AS Nancy Lorraine in France and AS Monaco in Monaco. He later managed Nagoya Grampus EIght in Japan, as well, before arriving in London.http://www.premierleague.com/page/ManagerProfile

Wenger earned a degree in economics from Strasbourg University and played professional football for several clubs, including Strasbourg. He has an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Herfordshire and speaks five languages.http://www.premierleague.com/page/ManagerProfileIn 2002, Wenger received the Legion d'Honneur, the highest honor a French citizen can receive.http://soccernet.espn.go.com/players/manager?id=5&cc=5901

After several jobs in football management as an assistant for several years, Arsene Wenger became the head man for a professional club in 1984 when he was appointed manager at AS Nancy Lorraine.http://www.premierleague.com/page/ManagerProfileHe moved to AS Monaco in 1987 and won the French League 1 title in his first year. He remained there until 1994 when he was dismissed. He moved to Japan to coach in Nagoya for just over a season, winning the Japan Super Cup in 1996.http://soccernet.espn.go.com/players/manager?id=5&cc=5901

Wenger took over the Gunners in 1997 and immediately won the double: the English Premiership title and the FA Cup. He has gone on to win two more Premiership titles, three more FA Cups, and four Community Shields. His 2003-04 Arsenal side went through the Premiership season without a loss, the first English club to achieve such a feat since the late 1800s.http://soccernet.espn.go.com/players/manager?id=5&cc=5901