Arnoldus ("Arno") Johannes Theodorus Arts (born 26 June 1969) is a Dutch

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and former player who played as a

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. He is currently the assistant coach of

FC Utrecht Football Club Utrecht () is a Dutch professional association football, football club based in Utrecht. The club competes in the Eredivisie, the top tier of Dutch football league system, Dutch football, and plays its home matches at the Stadion ...

's under-19 team.

Playing career

Arno Arts, born on 26 June 1969 in the working-class neighborhood Het Vilje in

Groesbeek Groesbeek () is a town and former municipality in the province of Gelderland, the Netherlands. In January 2015 the former municipality merged with Millingen aan de Rijn and Ubbergen. The larger area was known as Groesbeek until January 2016, whe ...

, began his football journey playing street football before joining the local club

Achilles '29 Achilles '29 is a football club from Groesbeek, Netherlands, competing in the seventh-tier Tweede Klasse. The club is known for its successes in the Dutch domestic cup, having knocked FC Volendam, Heracles Almelo, RKC Waalwijk, Telstar and ...

at the age of eight. At 16, he was scouted by Ger Reijnen and moved to

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, where he made his professional debut on 17 August 1986 in a match against

DS '79 Football Club Dordrecht, or simply FC Dordrecht () is a professional Dutch association football club based in Dordrecht, a city in the Western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland. They currently compete in the Eerste Divisie, ...

. Arts enjoyed a distinguished career, playing for several clubs, including Swiss side

FC Luzern Fussball-Club Luzern (), or simply abbreviated to FCL, is a Swiss sports club based in Lucerne (). It is best known for its professional association football, football team, which plays in the Swiss Super League, Super League, the top tier of the ...

Twente Twente ( , Tweants dialect: ''Tweante'') is a region in the eastern Netherlands. It encompasses the most urbanised and easternmost part of the province of Overijssel. Twente is most likely named after the Tuihanti or Tvihanti, a Germanic people ...

, Cambuur, Willem II,

Utrecht Utrecht ( ; ; ) is the List of cities in the Netherlands by province, fourth-largest city of the Netherlands, as well as the capital and the most populous city of the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Utrecht (province), Utrecht. The ...

, and

VVV-Venlo VVV-Venlo (, ''VVV'' stands for ''Venlose Voetbal Vereniging'' meaning "Venlo Football Club") is a Dutch association football, football club from Venlo, a city on the border with Germany. They play in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of Dutc ...

. He competed in European football with Twente, Willem II, and Utrecht, and had a particularly successful spell at Willem II, where he played in the

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and served as the club's long-time

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. In total, Arts played 543 league matches, scoring 106 goals. Including European and cup competitions, his career tallied 655 appearances and 125 goals. His achievements included winning the Swiss Cup with FC Luzern.

Coaching career

In 2008, Arts began a career in coaching, spending five years at the

FC Oss TOP Oss (), is a professional association football club based in the town of Oss, North Brabant, Netherlands, that competes in the Eerste Divisie, the second tier of the Dutch football league system. Founded in 1928 as T.O.P., a Dutch abbreviati ...

academy, including four years with the under-19s and one with the under-17 team. Starting in the 2015–16 season, he coached

JVC Cuijk JVC Cuijk is a Dutch association football club from Cuijk, Netherlands. The club was founded in 1931 and plays in Derde Divisie, the fourth tier of Netherlands, Dutch football, in the Sunday league. The team plays home games at Sportpark De Groen ...

in the Sunday

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, signing a two-year contract in December 2014. Concurrently, he worked as a technical trainer at Willem II. However, he was dismissed by JVC Cuijk on 23 February 2016, and his contract with Willem II ended that summer. In February 2018, Arts was appointed head coach of

for the remainder of the 2017–18 season, during which the team was relegated from the

Tweede Divisie Tweede Divisie (; ) is the highest amateur (and historically the lowest professional) football league in the Netherlands. It was established in 1956, together with the Eredivisie and the Eerste Divisie. Between 1956 and 1960 and between 1962 and 19 ...

. In September 2018, he successfully sued the club to enforce the continuation of his contract as head coach. From the 2019–20 season, Arts coached SV DFS and Jong Willem II. In the 2020–21 season, he managed from Breedeweg. In January 2022, Arts joined

as a youth coach, and since held various positions within the club's academy.

Personal life

His biography, ''Linkspoot, van 't Vilje tot Champions League'', was published in October 2021.

Honours

FC Luzern *

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: 1991–92 Utrecht *

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: 2002–03

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Arts, Arno 1969 births Living people People from Groesbeek Footballers from Gelderland Dutch men's footballers Men's association football midfielders NEC Nijmegen players FC Luzern players FC Twente players SC Cambuur players Willem II Tilburg players FC Utrecht players VVV-Venlo players Achilles '29 players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Swiss Super League players Dutch football managers NEC Nijmegen non-playing staff Achilles '29 managers Willem II Tilburg non-playing staff FC Utrecht non-playing staff Dutch expatriate men's footballers Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland 20th-century Dutch sportsmen