Frank Arok

Frank Arok

Personal information
Full name	Ferenc Arok
Date of birth	(1932-01-20) 20 January 1932
Place of birth	Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1950-1960	FK Jedinstvo
Managerial career
1961–1962	FK Novi Sad
1966–1967	FK Vojvodina "Assistant Coach"
1969–1972	St George Saints
1981–1983	St George Saints
1983–1989	Australia
1989	St George Saints
1994–1996	South Melbourne
1996	Port Melbourne
1996–1998	Gippsland Falcons
1998–1999	Sydney Olympic "Director of Coaching"
2000	Port Melbourne
2001–2003	Perth Glory "Youth Coach"
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ferenc 'Frank' Arok (Hungarian: Árok Ferenc) (born 20 January 1932 in the Kingdom of 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 Novaković, and two granddaughters, Gordana Novaković and Lena Sokol.

External links

• TWG article

Preceded by Eddie Thomson

NSL Coach of the Year 1982-1983

Succeeded by Eddie Thomson