Marc Arnold (born 19 September 1970) is a German-South African former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who spent his entire professional career in Germany. Since his retirement as a player, he has worked as director of football at Hessen Kassel (from 2007 until 2008) and

Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweiger Turn- und Sportverein Eintracht von 1895 e.V., commonly known as Eintracht Braunschweig () or BTSV (), is a German association football, football and sports club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. The club was one of the founding ...

(since 2008).

Career

Club career

Born in

Johannesburg Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a megacity, and is one of the 100 largest urban areas in the world. According to Demo ...

, South Africa, Arnold began his playing career at Stuttgarter Kickers and

Freiburger FC Freiburger FC () is a German association football club based in Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg. Freiburger FC were one of the founding clubs of the DFB (German Football Association) in 1900. History Founded in 1897, for many decades FFC were the ...

, and played for SSV Ulm 1846 between 1993 and 1994. He then joined

Borussia Dortmund Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e. V. Dortmund, commonly known as Borussia Dortmund (), BVB (), or simply Dortmund (), is a German professional sports club based in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its men's professional footb ...

for the 1994–95 season. After winning the German championship with Dortmund, making nine league appearances during the campaign, Arnold left for

Hertha BSC Hertha, Berliner Sport-Club e. V., commonly known as Hertha BSC (), and sometimes referred to as Hertha Berlin, Hertha BSC Berlin, or simply Hertha, is a German professional football club based in the locality of Westend of the borough of Charl ...

. After two seasons in the

2. Bundesliga The 2. Bundesliga ( ) is the second division of professional football in Germany. It was implemented 11 years after the founding of the Fußball-Bundesliga as the new second division for professional football. The 2. Bundesliga is ranked below ...

the team won promotion to the

Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of the German football league system, the Bundesliga is Germany's primary footba ...

, there Arnold made 26 appearances and scored two goals during the 1997–1998 season. After the season, he left for

Karlsruher SC Karlsruher SC is a German association football club, based in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg that currently plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. Domestically, the club was crowned German champion in 1909, and won the D ...

, he also played for

LR Ahlen Rot Weiss Ahlen is a German football club based in Ahlen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Until 2006 the club was known as ''LR Ahlen'' for its major sponsor, but underwent a name change when the sponsor withdrew its support after the team was relegated ...

until 2003 and for

between 2003 and 2005.

International career

In 1998, Arnold was considered as a possible member of the South African squad for the

1998 FIFA World Cup The 1998 FIFA World Cup was the 16th FIFA World Cup, the football world championship for men's national teams. The finals tournament was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. The country was chosen as the host nation by FIFA for the ...

, but didn't make the final team.

Post-playing career

After retiring as a player in 2007, Arnold went into management. During the 2007–08 season, he worked as athletic director at Hessen Kassel, the club where he had ended his playing career at the end of the previous season. For the 2008–09 season, Arnold was named athletic director at then

3. Liga The 3. Liga is a professional association football league and the third division in Germany. In the German football league system, it is positioned between the 2. Bundesliga and the fourth-tier Regionalliga. The modern 3. Liga was formed for t ...

club Eintracht Braunschweig, which was in serious financial difficulties at the time. Under Arnold and manager

Torsten Lieberknecht Torsten Lieberknecht (born 1 August 1973) is a retired German football player and manager, who manages Darmstadt 98. Career Lieberknecht began his senior career at 1. FC Kaiserslautern, where he made his Bundesliga debut on 26 August 1992 in a ...

, the club managed to both greatly reduce its debts and improve on the field at the same time, while signing mostly talented players from the lower divisions on free transfers. During Arnold's tenure on the job, Braunschweig achieved promotion to the 2. Bundesliga in 2011, and to the Bundesliga in 2013.

Honours

Borussia Dortmund *

: 1994–95

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Arnold, Marc Living people 1970 births Soccer players from Johannesburg Men's association football midfielders South African men's soccer players German men's footballers Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Stuttgarter Kickers players SSV Ulm 1846 players Borussia Dortmund players Hertha BSC players Karlsruher SC players Rot Weiss Ahlen players Eintracht Braunschweig players KSV Hessen Kassel players Expatriate men's footballers in Germany White South African people Eintracht Braunschweig non-playing staff Freiburger FC players