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Damien Comolli
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Damien Comolli joined Tottenham Hotspur FC in September 2005 as sporting director, with overall responsibility for the medical, academy, scouting and club secretarial departments, replacing the outgoing Frank Arnesen.
He was born in Beziers, France and played as a youth team player at Monaco. In 1992 he began a successful three-year coaching job with Monaco where he looked after the club’s Under-16 squads and won the state championship at that level. Comolli completed a law degree in 1995 and gained his French coaching licence. He then spent seven seasons with Arsenal as European scout and is credited with the discovery of several of Arsenal's youngsters, including Kolo Toure and Emmanuel Eboue and played a major role in signing Thiery Henry and Robert Pires.
When he was technical director of AS Saint-Étienne, the club was successful, finishing sixth in the league and reaching the semi-finals of the French Cup. During his time there he also oversaw a number of important first team signings and developed partnerships with junior and amateur clubs, locally, nationally and internationally.
He speaks fluent English, Spanish, and French.