Frank Arok

Personal information
Frank Arok
Full name	Ferenc Arok
Date of birth	January 20, 1932 (1932-01-20) (age 76)
Place of birth	Serbia
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1950-1960	FK Jedinstvo
Teams managed
1961-1962 1966-1967 1969-1972-1981-1983 1983-1989 1989 1994-1996 1996 1996-1998 1998-1999 2000 2001-2003	FK Novi Sad FK Vojvodina "Assistant Coach" St George Saints Australia St George Saints South Melbourne Port Melbourne Gippsland Falcons Sydney Olympic "Director of Coaching" Port Melbourne Perth Glory "Youth Coach"
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Ferenc 'Frank' Arok (Árok Ferenc) (born January 20, 1932 in Serbia (then Yugoslavia)) is a retired Serbian football (soccer) player and coach of Hungarian descent.

Arok played for FK Jedinstvo in Yugoslavia during the 1950s before moving into coaching. In the early 1960s Arok coached FK Novi Sad and FK Vojvodina before being brought out to Australia. In Australia Arok coached St George Saints, whom he led to a New South Wales State league title in 1972, and to the National Soccer League title in 1983, as well as South Melbourne FC, Port Melbourne, Gippsland Falcons, and Sydney Olympic but is best known for his role as coach of the Australian national team. Arok coached Australia in 48 A internationals between 1983 and 1989. After working with Perth Glory's youth team between 2001 and 2003, Arok moved back to his homeland (Serbia) with his wife Gordana Divljak Arok to retire. He has one daughter, Marijana Novakovic, and two granddaughters, Gordana Novakovic and Lena Sokol.

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Preceded by Eddie Thomson	NSL Coach of the Year 1982-1983	Succeeded by Eddie Thomson

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