Ben Knapper

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Ben Knapper
Personal information
Full name Ben Knapper
Date of birth (1987-07-01) 1 July 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth Macclesfield, England
Team information
Current team
Norwich City (Sporting director)
Managerial career
YearsTeam
2007–2009 Scunthorpe United (Performance analyst)
2009–2023 Arsenal (Football Analyst)
2019–2023 Arsenal (Loans manager)
2023– Norwich City (Sporting director)

Ben Knapper is an English football manager who is the current sporting director of EFL Championship club Norwich City. [1] He was previously the loans manager at Arsenal.

Career

In 2008, Knapper graduated from the University of Hull with a degree in Sports Coaching and Performance. [2] [3] In 2007, he was appointed analyst of English second tier side Scunthorpe United. [4]

In 2019, he was appointed loan manager of Arsenal in the English Premier League. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

On 6 October 2023, Norwich City announced that Knapper will become the club’s new sporting director on 13 November 2023, replacing the outgoing sporting director Stuart Webber. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Norwich City announce Ben Knapper as Sporting Director". Norwich City F.C. 6 October 2023.
  2. "Interview with Ben Knapper".
  3. "How University of Hull helped launch graduate's Premier League dream with Arsenal". hulldailymail.co.uk. 6 April 2021.
  4. "From the University of Hull to Arsenal: The graduate inspiring today's students". thehullstory.com.
  5. "Who is Ben Knapper? Arsenal's new loan move manager hoping to repeat the success of Reiss Nelson". football.london. 7 January 2019.
  6. "How Smith Rowe and more have been boosted by Ben Knapper - the loan manager who could become Arsenal's next technical director". goal.com.
  7. "How Arsenal choose to send their young players on loan: trusted clubs, coaches and Dragons' Den-style presentations". theathletic.com (Archived). Archived from the original on 13 June 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  8. "Inside Arsenal's impressive new loan system". m.allfootballapp.com.
  9. "Arsenal promote football analyst Ben Knapper to newly created Loan Manager role". independent.co.uk. 7 January 2019.
  10. "Meet the 23 people in Unai Emery's first-team staff who can drive Arsenal to success this season". inkl.com (Archived). Archived from the original on 17 February 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)