Guglielmo Arena

Guglielmo Arena
Personal information
Guglielmo Arena, Italian football manager
Date of birth	(1973-12-23) 23 December 1973
Place of birth	Montreux, Switzerland
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Defensive Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Hangzhou Greentown (Assistant Manager)
Youth career
Years	Team
1986-1992	Montreux-Sports
Teams managed
Years	Team
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)

Guglielmo Arena (born 23 December 1973) is a Italian football manager and a former footballer who is the current assistant manager of Hangzhou Greentown F.C. of Chinese Super 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

Guglielmo Arena in a press conference for Fanja SC

Fanja SC

Training
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.