Guglielmo Arena
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 23 December 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Montreux, Switzerland | ||
| Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive Midfielder | ||
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Current team
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Dibba Al-Hisn (Manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1986-1992 | Montreux-Sports | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2003–2004 | ASFA Yennenga | ||
| 2005–2006 | Team Vaud Riviera U-16 | ||
| 2006–2007 | Team Vaud Riviera U-14 | ||
| 2007–2009 | Tonnerre d'Abomey | ||
| 2009 | COD Meknès | ||
| 2009–2010 | Ittihad Khemisset | ||
| 2010–2011 | Étoile | ||
| 2012 | CR Belouizdad | ||
| 2012–2014 | Al-Urooba | ||
| 2014 | Fanja | ||
| 2015 | Hangzhou Greentown (Assistant) | ||
| 2016- | Dibba Al-Hisn | ||
Guglielmo Arena (born 23 December 1973) is a Italian football manager and a former footballer who is the current manager of Dibba Al-Hisn Sports Club of the UAE First Division League.[1]
Managerial career
Guglielmo Arena obtained successfully his UEFA coaching qualifications with the Swiss Football Association at the Haute école fédérale de sport de Macolin HEFSM. He has had a successful managerial career with various clubs across the globe like ASFA Yennenga of Burkina Faso, Tonnerre d'Abomey FC of Benin, COD Meknès and Ittihad Khemisset of Morocco, Étoile FC of Singapore, CR Belouizdad of Algeria, Al-Urooba Club of the United Arab Emirates and Fanja SC of Oman.
ASFA Yennenga
He began his managerial career in Burkina Faso with the country's most successful club, ASFA Yennenga. He led the Ouagadougou-based club to win the Burkinabé Premier League in 2003-04 and achieve the runners-up place in the 2003 Coupe du Faso.
Team Vaud Riviera
In 2005, he moved back to his birthplace Switzerland and began managing Riviera-based club Team Vaud Riviera's U-16 squad. A season later, he was appointed as the manager of the U-14 side of the same club.
Tonnerre d'Abomey
In 2007, he again made a move out of Switzerland to Benin where he was appointed as the manager of Abomey-based club Tonnerre d'Abomey FC. He led the Beninese club to win the Benin Premier League in 2007-08.
COD Meknès
After a two-years stint in Benin, he moved to North Africa where he was appointed as the manager Moroccan-club COD Meknès.
Ittihad Khemisset
After a six-months stint in Meknes, he moved to Khemisset where he was appointed as the manager of Ittihad Khemisset.
Étoile
In 2010, he moved to Southeast Asia where he was appointed as the manager of Singaporean club Étoile FC.[2]
CR Belouizdad
In 2012, he came back to North Africa and this time to Algeria where he was appointed as the manager of Algiers-based club CR Belouizdad.
Al-Urooba
In 2012, he moved to the Middle East where he was appointed as the manager of United Arab Emirates's club Al-Urooba Club.
Fanja
Fanja SC
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Training
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Alongside Sulaiman Al-Mazroui Against Sohar SC
On 9 April 2014, he arrived in Oman and he signed a six-months contract to be appointed as the manager of Fanja SC.[3] He led the runners-up of the 2012–13 Oman Elite League to the second position in the 2013–14 Oman Professional League and to win the 2013 Sultan Qaboos Cup. These achievements helped him sign a one-year contract extension with the Oman Professional League club in May 2014.[4]
Hangzhou Greentown
On 1 January 2015, he was appointed as the assistant coach (to Philippe Troussier) of Chinese Super League club, Hangzhou Greentown F.C.
Dibba Al-Hisn
In February 2016, he moved back to the Middle East and more accurately to the United Arab Emirates where on 6 February, he signed a contract to be appointed as the head coach of UAE First Division League side, Dibba Al-Hisn Sports Club until the end of the 2015-16 season.
Achievements as manager
Honors
Club
- With ASFA Yennenga
- Burkinabé Premier League (1):
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- Winners 2003-04
- Coupe du Faso (0):
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- Runners-up 2003
- With Tonnerre d'Abomey
- Benin Premier League (1):
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- Winners 2007-08
- With Fanja
- Oman Professional League (0):
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- Runners-up 2013-14
- Sultan Qaboos Cup (1):
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- Winners 2013
- Oman Super Cup (0):
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- Runners-up 2014
Individual
- Burkinabé Premier League: Best Manager of the season (2003-2004)
- Benin Premier League: Best Foreign Manager of the season (2007-2008)
References
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- 1973 births
- Living people
- People from Montreux
- Italian footballers
- Italian football managers
- Italian expatriate football managers
- Fanja SC managers
- Oman Professional League managers
- Expatriate football managers in Burkina Faso
- Expatriate football managers in Switzerland
- Italian expatriates in Switzerland
- Expatriate football managers in Benin
- Expatriate football managers in Morocco
- Expatriate football managers in Singapore
- Expatriate football managers in Algeria
- Expatriate football managers in the United Arab Emirates
- Italian expatriates in the United Arab Emirates
- Expatriate football managers in Oman
- Italian expatriates in Oman
- Expatriate football managers in China
- Italian expatriates in China
