{{short description|German-South African footballer (born 1970)}} {{for|the American chess player|Marc Tyler Arnold}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Marc Arnold | image = 2021-05-29 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig gegen Chemnitzer FC (Finale Wernesgrüner Sachsenpokal 2020-21) by Sandro Halank–263.jpg | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|9|19|df=y}} | birth_place = Johannesburg, South Africa | height = 1.69 m | position = Midfielder | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Rot-Weiß Lintorf | youthyears2 = {{0|0000}}–1991 | youthclubs2 = Stuttgarter Kickers | years1 = 1991–1992 | clubs1 = Stuttgarter Kickers | caps1 = 2 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 1992–1993 | clubs2 = Freiburger FC | caps2 = 26 | goals2 = 8 | years3 = 1993–1994 | clubs3 = SSV Ulm 1846 | caps3 = 34 | goals3 = 24 | years4 = 1994–1995 | clubs4 = Borussia Dortmund | caps4 = 9 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 1995–1998 | clubs5 = Hertha BSC | caps5 = 65 | goals5 = 5 | years6 = 1998–2000 | clubs6 = Karlsruher SC | caps6 = 27 | goals6 = 3 | years7 = 2000–2003 | clubs7 = LR Ahlen | caps7 = 68 | goals7 = 17 | years8 = 2003–2005 | clubs8 = Eintracht Braunschweig | caps8 = 26 | goals8 = 4 | years9 = 2005–2007 | clubs9 = KSV Hessen Kassel | caps9 = 47 | goals9 = 14 }}
'''Marc Arnold''' (born 19 September 1970) is a German-South African former footballer who spent his entire professional career in Germany.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/regionalliga/rlsw/regionalliga-suedwest-2012/2006-07/hessen-kassel-97/1335/spieler_marc-arnold.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223154142/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/regionalliga/rlsw/regionalliga-suedwest-2012/2006-07/hessen-kassel-97/1335/spieler_marc-arnold.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 December 2015|title=Player profile on kicker.de|access-date= 18 July 2012|publisher=Kicker}}</ref> Since his retirement as a player, he has worked as director of football at Hessen Kassel (from 2007 until 2008) and Eintracht Braunschweig (since 2008).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eintracht.com/ligen/spieler.php?klisttyp=1&menuid=1185&spieler_id=6541&topmenu=3|title=Profile at Eintracht Braunschweig's official website|accessdate=18 July 2012|publisher=eintracht.com}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
==Career==
===Club career=== Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, Arnold began his playing career at Stuttgarter Kickers and Freiburger FC,<ref name = "RSSSF">{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/players/dp-others.html|title=Germany – Player Data – various German clubs|website=RSSSF|accessdate= 28 February 2008 }}</ref> and played for SSV Ulm 1846 between 1993 and 1994. He then joined Borussia Dortmund for the 1994–95 season. After winning the German championship with Dortmund, making nine league appearances during the campaign, Arnold left for Hertha BSC. After two seasons in the 2. Bundesliga the team won promotion to the Bundesliga, there Arnold made 26 appearances and scored two goals during the 1997–1998 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the-shot.com/africa/players2.htm|title=African Players in the German Bundesliga|accessdate= 28 February 2008|publisher=The Shot}}</ref> After the season, he left for Karlsruher SC, he also played for LR Ahlen until 2003 and for Eintracht Braunschweig between 2003 and 2005.<ref name = "RSSSF"/>
===International career=== In 1998, Arnold was considered as a possible member of the South African squad for the 1998 FIFA World Cup,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/world/events/1998/worldcup/teams/south.africa/player_profiles.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001001044149/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/world/events/1998/worldcup/teams/south.africa/player_profiles.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 October 2000|title=World Cup France 1998: South Africa Player Profiles|accessdate= 28 February 2008|publisher=CNN & Sports Illustrated}}</ref> but didn't make the final team.<ref>{{cite web|title=Den Nationalstolz konnte er nicht umspielen|date=23 May 1998|accessdate=10 July 2014|publisher=Berliner Zeitung|language=German|url=http://www.berliner-zeitung.de/archiv/in-suedafrikas-wm-kader-ist-fuer-den-dribbler-marc-arnold-kein-platz-und-bei-hertha-wartet-neuzugang-dariusz-wosz-den-nationalstolz-konnte-er-nicht-umspielen,10810590,9434184.html}}</ref>
==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 club Eintracht Braunschweig, which was in serious financial difficulties at the time. Under Arnold and manager Torsten Lieberknecht, 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.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.fr-online.de/sport/eintracht-braunschweig-spagat-auf-der-baustelle,1472784,20706956.html| title = Spagat auf der Baustelle | language = German | publisher = fr-online.de | accessdate = 9 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.zeit.de/sport/2012-12/eintracht-braunschweig-aufstieg-tradition/komplettansicht| title = Kein Geld – und trotzdem erfolgreich | language = German | publisher = zeit.de | accessdate = 18 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ndr.de/sport/fussball/bundesliga/arnold171.html | title = Manager Arnold: Braunschweigs Mr. Aufstieg | language = German | publisher = ndr.de | accessdate = 19 July 2013 | archive-date = 24 October 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131024161653/http://www.ndr.de/sport/fussball/bundesliga/arnold171.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> 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''' * Bundesliga: 1994–95
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons}} * {{Fussballdaten|arnoldmarc}} * {{WorldFootball.net|marc-arnold}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Arnold, Marc}} Category:Living people Category:1970 births Category:Soccer players from Johannesburg Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:South African men's soccer players Category:German men's footballers Category:Bundesliga players Category:2. Bundesliga players Category:Stuttgarter Kickers players Category:SSV Ulm 1846 players Category:Borussia Dortmund players Category:Hertha BSC players Category:Karlsruher SC players Category:Rot Weiss Ahlen players Category:Eintracht Braunschweig players Category:KSV Hessen Kassel players Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Category:White South African people Category:Eintracht Braunschweig non-playing staff Category:Freiburger FC players