ذا فويس

ذا فويس: أحلى صوت، هو النسخة العربية من برنامج تلفزيون الواقع الغنائي الهولندي العالمي "The Voice" الذي تعود فكرة ابتكاره إلى جون دي مول عام 2010 ومن إنتاج سوني بيكتشرز إنترتينمنت وشبكة تالبا الإعلامية، ويتم تصوير النسخة الناطقة بالعربية للبرنامج في استوديوهات إم بي سي في منطقة ذوق مصبح بالعاصمة اللبنانية بيروت.

انطلق الموسم الأول من المسابقة في 14 أيلول 2012 على قناة إم بي سي 1 وأيضا على قناة أل بي سي، وكان من تقديم الممثل المصري محمد كريم والممثلة اللبنانية نادين نجيم التي تستعرضت في حلقة خاصة كل ما حدث في كواليس الحلقة الرئيسية. وفي مرحلة العروض المباشرة شاركت الممثلة المصرية أروى جودة محمد كريم التقديم على المسرح. وفاز بلقبه المغربي مراد بوريقي من فريق عاصي الحلاني حيث حصل على عقد تسجيل ألبوم وعقد عمل مع يونيفرسال العالمية للموسيقى، إلى جانب عقد أغنية منفردة مع شركتي سوني بيكتشرز إنترتينمنت وبلاتينيوم ريكوردز المسؤولة عن تسويق الإنتاج الفني للبرنامج. كما حصل على فرصة التعاون مع المنتج العالمي ريد-وان (رضوان) من خلال أغنية من ألحانه وتوزيعه وإنتاجه سيقدمها للفائز بالتعاون مع يونيفرسال العالمية. بالإضافة إلى حصوله على سيارة شيفروليه طراز تريل بليزر 2013.

بعد النجاح الكبير الذي حققه الموسم الأول، انطلق الموسم الثاني من البرنامج في 28 ديسمبر 2013 ولم يشهد أي تغيير في لجنة التحكيم إلا أنه عرف تغيير في المقدمة حيث استُبدلت أروى جودة باللبنانية إيميه صياح. وقد عرفت الحلقة النهائية مشاركة المغني ريكي مارتن. فيما فاز بلقب الموسم العراقي ستار سعد من فريق كاظم الساهر.

وفي 26 ديسمبر 2015 عاد البرنامج في موسمه الثالث الذي عرف تقديم منفرد لإيميه صياح، فيما فازت به الأردنية نداء شرارة من فريق شيرين. وتوقف البرنامج مؤقتا منذ صيف 2014 لإفساح المجال لنسخة البرنامج المخصصة للأطفال ذا فويس كيدز: أحلى صوت الذي عُرض على موسمين متتاليين.

الموسم الرابع عرف عدة تغييرات أهمها تغير لجنة التحكيم حيث لم يبق سوى عاصي الحلاني فيما انضم إليه كل من محمد حماقي، إليسا وأحلام الشامسي، وقد انطلق في 10 فبراير 2018 بعد سلسلة من التأجيلات عقد الإعلان عن استبعاد أحلام واستبدالها بنوال الكويتية. لكن إدارة البرنامج قررت إعادة أحلام واسئناف التصوير. وقد عرف المسرح تغييرات جذرية حيث أصبح ديكور البرنامج أشبه بنظيره البريطاني BBC The Voice. الموسم عرف أيضا تغييرا في المقدمين حيث تولى كل من المصرية ناردين فرج والسعودي بدر آل زيدان مهمة تقديم البرنامج.
نبذة عن البرنامج
برنامج متخصص باكتشاف قدرات المتسابقين الغنائية الاستثنائية وصقلها لاحقا. ليس شرطًا أساسيًا للإشتراك في المسابقة أن يكونوا المتقدمين من الهواة، بل يمكن أن يكونوا من فئة شبه المحترفين، ممن يمتلكون طاقات صوتية ومؤهلات جيدة ويعملون في هذا المجال، ويطمحون إلى الحصول على فرصة أخرى في مسيرتهم المهنية، قد تقودهم إلى الاحتراف والنجومية والشهرة.

فكرة البرنامج
في البداية تم إجراء مرحلة للمقابلات تحت إشراف الملحن والموزع موسيقي اللبناني جان ماري رياشي الذي أختار 94 شخصا، من أفضل المتقدمين لكي ينتقلوا إلى مرحلة "الصوت وبس" أمام اللجنة المختصة في الإستوديو في بيروت. المقابلات جرت في: الإمارات العربية المتحدة، مصر، الكويت، تونس، المغرب ولبنان. أما مراحل التصفيات في المسابقة مؤلفة من ثلاثة جولات وهي التالية:

جولة الصوت وبس:
تعرض على مدى خمس حلقات، يختار خلالها كل مدرب الأصوات التي تنال إعجابه دون أن يتمكن من رؤية أصحابها، فهم يجلسون على كراسي لونها أحمر وظهرهم مدار للمتسابقين. إذا أعجبه الصوت، على الفنان أن يضغط الزر الأحمر الموجود أمامه. هذا يعني "صوتك حلو وأرغب بتدريبك"، حينها يدور الكرسي الجالس عليه المدرب 180 درجة لكي يرى صاحب ذلك الصوت.
جولة المواجهة:
مؤلفة من 48 متسابق، 12 لكل فريق تمتد على مدى أربع حلقات. يكون كل مدرب ثنائيات غنائية ويعطي كل مجموعة أغنية، التي ستتدرب على أدائها تحت إشرافه وإشراف مساعد له وهو المستشار. بعدها يتم الانتقال إلى مسرح المواجهة، وهو على شكل حلبة ملاكمة، حيث يتنافس المشتركون في تأدية أغنياتهم، وعلى المدرب إقصاء أحد المشتركين. فقط أفضل ست متسابقين من كل فريق يختارهم مدربوهم ينتقلون للمرحلة التالية. المستشارون الذين أختارهم المدربون في هذا الموسم هم:

مصر إيمان حسني، مدربة فريق كاظم، مغنية أوبرا ومدربة أصوات أتممت دراستها في النمسا
مصر محمد أبو الخير، مدرب فريق شيرين، فنان يجيد الغناء، الإخراج الأوبرالي، تصميم السينوغرافيا وتدريب الصوت
لبنان خليل أبو عبيد، مدرب فريق صابر، أستاذ بالتربية الموسيقية العربية الكلاسيكية والتكنو، ملحن ولديه إلمام بالأوبرا
لبنان غادة شبير، مدربة فريق عاصي، مغنية وباحثة في الأغنية العربية وأستاذة في أصول الغناء
مصر جيهان الناصر، مدربة فريق حماقي، حاصلة على دكتوراه الفنون من المعهد الموسيقي العربي
لبنان لسلي عقل مدربة فريق إليسا، اختصاسية في علم وتدريب الصوت والنطق
لبنان خليل أبو عبيد، مدرب فريق عاصي في الموسم الرابع، اختصاصي في علم الموسيقى
السعودية ناصر الصالح، مدرب فريق أحلام، ملحن
خلال هذه المراحلة يمكن لأحد المدربين اختطاف أحد المواهب التي لا يرغب بها مدربها الأصلي بالضغط على الزر، حينها ينقذه من الخروج وتتنافس الموهبة مع مواهب المدرب الجديد، لكل مدرب فرصة اقتناص واحدة خلال الموسمين الثاني والثالث، أما في الرابع فيمكن اقتناص عدد لا نهائي من المواهب بحيث كل موهبة مختطفة جديدة تؤدي لخروج الموهبة المختطفة السابقة إلى غاية الاستقرار على موهبة مختطفة أخيرة.

جولة العروض المباشرة:
تتألف من ست حلقات تعرض مباشرة على الهواء، وتتضمن الأداء الحي على المسرح ويتافس 24 متسابق، ست لكل مدرب بين بعضهم البعض. بهذه الجولة الجمهور في المنازل يصوت للإبقاء واحد من كل فريق. أما المدربون يختارون واحد آخر من فريقهم للبقاء في المنافسة. بعدها يختار الجمهور مجددًا من يريد أن يبقى، المتسابق الذي اختاره الجمهور أم اختيار المدرب. وهكذا تمتد حتى الحلقة النهائية التي سيعلن فيها الفائز بالبرنامج وحامل لقب "أحلى صوت" من بين الأربعة المتبقين.

Bhim Army

The Ambedkar Army or Bhim Army Bharat Ekta Mission or Bhim Army, also written as Bheem Army, is a Bahujan-organisation in India. It was founded by Chandrashekhar Azad Ravan and Vinay Ratan Singh.[1] The organisation is working for Bahujan emancipation through education. It runs 350 free schools for Bahujan in western Uttar Pradesh:[2] Saharanpur, Meerut, Shamli and Muzaffarnagar.[1] The organisation is named after B. R. Ambedkar. The main objective behind the movement is the social upliftment of the poor by peaceful means of education and social empowerment.

It became prominent after clashes in Uttar Pradesh,[3] for his involvement in which their leader was subsequently arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force.[4]

Bhim Army organised two big rallies in Jantar-Mantar, New Delhi, where thousands of protesters gathered to protest against the atrocities [5]people to face and to demand the release of their leader.[6] is a NGO's Its Secular force

Jharkhand Election results

Legislative Assembly elections were held in Jharkhand from 30 November to 20 December 2019 to elect the 81 members of Legislative Assembly. Results will be declared on 23 December 2019. The pre-election term of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly ends on 27 December 2019

Unnao rape victim

The Unnao rape case refers to the gang rape of a 17-year-old girl on 4 June 2017 in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh, India. On 16 December 2019, politician Kuldeep Singh Sengar was convicted for the rape and on 20 December sentenced to life imprisonment.[1][2]

Two chargesheets had been filed in the case. The first charge, filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation on 11 July 2018, accused Sengar, an a former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Uttar Pradesh, of the rape.[3] The second was filed two days later accusing Sungar, his brother, three policemen and five other individuals of framing the rape survivor's father as the perpetrator.[4][5][6]

The rape survivor attempted to immolate herself at the residence of Yogi Adityanath, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, on 8 April 2018. Her father died in judicial custody shortly thereafter. These incidents brought public attention to the case, and the incident was widely reported on in the national media in April 2018.[7][8][9] Another rape case, in Jammu and Kashmir, also received national attention during the same period, leading to joint protests seeking justice for both victims.[10][11][12]

Following a truck collision on 28 July 2019, resulting in the serious injury of the victim and death of two relatives, it was revealed that the family had been threatened and had written the Chief Justice of India for help. On 31 July 2019, the Supreme Court and Chief Justice acknowledged the case
Incident
Previous events
The victim stated that she was lured by a woman named Shashi Singh, her son, Shubham Singh, and her daughter, Nidhi Singh, to move to Kanpur with the allurement of securing employment. On the night of 11 June 2017, she went with Shubham Singh and later was allegedly raped multiple times by him and his driver, Awdhesh Tiwari.[14] She was later assaulted by unknown individuals and allegedly sold to one Brajesh Yadav for ₹ 60,000.[14] A First Information Report (FIR) was registered under section 363 and 366 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) on 20 June 2017 against Shubham Singh and Awdhesh Tiwari. A day later, Uttar Pradesh Police located the victim in a village in Auraiya and sent her for a medical examination. On 22 June 2017, she recorded her statement in front of a Judicial Magistrate under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure[15] (CrPC) in which she narrated her ordeal and named Shubham Singh, Awdhesh Tiwari, Brajesh Yadav and other unknown assailants for abduction and gang rape.[14] A second FIR was registered later under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) and the accused were subsequently detained.

Complaint
In an open letter written on 17 August 2017 to the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath, the victim stated that, prior to the events of 11 June, she had been raped on 4 June at 8:00 p.m. (IST) in the house of Sengar, a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh from the Unnao constituency, and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. The complaint said that she had entered the house seeking Sengar's assistance in finding employment.[7][8] Her statement was recorded by the police on 22 June, but did not allow her to name her assailant.[7][8] On 5 April 2018, the woman's father was arrested and placed in judicial custody, allegedly after he was assaulted by supporters of Sengar. A medical examination found injuries consistent with his having been beaten. He stated that Sengar's brother Atul had led the assault; no action was taken in response to this complaint at that time.[7][8] Four days later, the victim attempted to immolate herself in front of the residence of Adityanath, stating that the police had taken no action against the accused.[7][8] A day later, on 9 April, her father died in hospital of his injuries, leading to the arrest of Atul Sengar and the suspension of six police officers.[9] The death and the immolation attempt led to widespread outrage, after which an FIR was registered against Sengar. The state government handed the case over to the Central Bureau of Investigation. The case was subsequently shifted to the Allahabad High Court.[9][8][16][17][18]

Arrests
On 13 April 2018, Kuldeep Sengar was taken in by the CBI for questioning.[19][20] Later in the day, on the basis of the Allahabad High Court order, he was arrested and spent a week in judicial custody, and new FIRs were registered.[21][22] A second arrest in the case was made on 14 April of Shashi Singh, who allegedly took the survivor to Sengar on the same day as the incident.[23]

The rape victim's uncle, who had started a campaign accusing Sengar of the rape of his niece and the death of the rape victim's father, his elder brother, in custody, was arrested on 21 November 2018 in an 18-year-old gun-firing case.[24]

Aftermath
Protests
The incident made headlines in India in April 2018. Joint protests were held across India demanding justice for both victims. The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, issued a statement condemning the incidents. Following the truck collision on 28 July 2019, there were protests once again, including protests by the opposition in the Parliament on 30 July 2019.[25][26]

Truck collision
On 28 July 2019, the rape victim and her lawyer were seriously injured and two of her family members died when a truck struck their car. The truck had blackened license plates, and the police officers assigned to provide security for the victim were not present, with the explanation that there was no space in the car in which the victim was traveling.[27] These circumstances have led to the wide suspicion of a conspiracy to eliminate the witness and her family
Supreme Court Intervention
The Chief Justice of India was anguished by the events and, in view of the situation, the CJI-led bench of the Supreme Court ordered the transfer of a total of five cases related to the Unnao incident to Delhi in the court of the District & Sessions Judge, West District, Tis Hazari Court, and also directed protection to the victim's family members, her lawyer and his family members. The victim was also awarded ₹25 lakhs as interim compensation to be paid by the Uttar Pradesh Government.

Further, on 2 August 2019 the same bench also directed that Mahesh Singh, uncle of the rape victim and said to be a key witness in the case, be transferred to Tihar Jail in Delhi from Raebareli Jail where he is currently imprisoned.

Conviction
On 16 December 2019, Sengar was convicted for the rape.[1] On 20 December, he was sentenced to life imprisonment by a Delhi court and he was fined Rupees 25 lakhs from which Rupees 15 lakhs will be paid to the state government to meet the trail and prosecution expenses.

Chandrashekhar Azad

Chandra Shekhar Azad (About this sound/t͡ʃʌnd̪ɾʌːɑːd/; sometimes also spelled Chandrasekhar;[3] 23 July 1906 – 27 February 1931), popularly known as by his self-taken name Azad ("The Free"), was an Indian revolutionary who reorganised the Hindustan Republican Association under its new name of Hindustan Socialist Republican Army (HSRA) after the death of its founder, Ram Prasad Bismil, and three other prominent party leaders, Roshan Singh, Rajendra Nath Lahiri and Ashfaqulla Khan. He often used the pseudonym "Balraj" when signing pamphlets issued as the commander in chief of the HSRA (Hindustan Socialist Republic Army)
Early life and career
Azad was born as Chandrashekhar Tiwari on 23 July 1906 in Bhabhra village (town) , in the present-day Alirajpur district of Madhya Pradesh. His forefathers were from Badarka village near Kanpur (in present-day Unnao District). His mother, Jagrani Devi Tiwari , was the third wife of Sitaram Tiwari, whose previous wives had died young. After the birth of their first son, Sukhdev Tiwari, in Badarka, the family moved to Alirajpur State.[5][6]

His mother wanted her son to be a great Sanskrit scholar and persuaded his father to send him to Kashi Vidyapeeth, Banaras, to study. In December 1921, when Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi launched the Non-Cooperation Movement, Chandra Shekhar, then a 15-year-old student, joined. As a result, he was arrested. On being presented before a magistrate, he gave his name as "Azad" (The Free), his father's name as "Swatantrata" (Independence) and his residence as "Jail". From that day he came to be known as Chandra Shekhar Azad among the people.[7]

Revolutionary life
After the suspension of the non-cooperation movement in 1922 by Gandhi, Azad became more aggressive. He met a young revolutionary, Manmath Nath Gupta, who introduced him to Ram Prasad Bismil who had formed the Hindustan Republican Association (HRA), a revolutionary organisation. He then became an active member of the HSRA and started to collect funds for HRA. Most of the fund collection was through robberies of government property. He was involved in the Kakori Train Robbery of 1925, in the attempt to blow up the Viceroy of India's train in 1926, and at last the shooting of J. P. Saunders at Lahore in 1928 to avenge the killing of Lala Lajpat Rai.
Despite being a member of Congress, Motilal Nehru regularly gave money in support of Azad.[8]

Activities in Jhansi
Azad made Jhansi his organisation's hub for some time. He used the forest of Orchha, situated 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from Jhansi, as a site for shooting practice and, being an expert marksman, he trained other members of his group. He built a hut near to a Hanuman temple on the banks of the Satar River and lived there under the alias of Pandit Harishankar Brahmachari for a long period. He taught children from the nearby village of Dhimarpura (now renamed Azadpura by the Government of Madhya Pradesh) and thus managed to establish good rapport with the local residents.[citation needed]

While living in Jhansi, he also learned to drive a car at Bundelkhand Motor Garage in Sadar Bazar. Sadashivrao Malkapurkar, Vishwanath Vaishampayan and Bhagwan Das Mahaur came in close contact with him and became an integral part of his revolutionary group. The then congress leaders from Raghunath Vinayak Dhulekar and Sitaram Bhaskar Bhagwat were also close to Azad. He also stayed for sometime in the house of Rudra Narayan Singh at Nai Basti, as well as Bhagwat's house in Nagra
With Bhagat Singh

The Hindustan Republican Association (HRA) was formed by Bismil, Chatterji, Sachindra Nath Sanyal Shachindra Nath Bakshi and Ashfaqulla Khan in 1924. In the aftermath of the Kakori train robbery in 1925, the British clamped down on revolutionary activities. Prasad, Ashfaqulla Khan, Thakur Roshan Singh and Rajendra Nath Lahiri were sentenced to death for their participation. Azad, Keshab Chakravarthy and Murari Sharma evaded capture. Chandra Shekhar Azad later reorganised the HRA with the help of revolutionaries like Sheo Verma and Mahaveer Singh.[citation needed]

Azad and Bhagat Singh secretly reorganised the HRA as the HSRA in September 1928.[9] so as to achieve their primary aim of an independent India based on socialist principle. The insight of his revolutionary activities are described by Manmath Nath Gupta, a fellow member of HSRA in his numerous writings. Gupta has also written his biography titled "Chandrashekhar Azad" and in his book History of the Indian Revolutionary Movement (English version of above: 1972) he gave a deep insight about the activities of Azad and the ideology of Azad and HSRA.[citation needed]

Death

Azad died at Azad Park in Prayagraj on 27 February 1931.[10] The police surrounded him in the park after Virbhadra Tiwari (their old companion who later turned traitor) informed them of his presence there. He was wounded in the process of defending himself and Sukhdev Raj (not to be confused with Sukhdev Thapar) and killed three policemen and wounded others. His actions made it possible for Sukhdev Raj to escape. He shot himself after being surrounded by the police and left with no option of escape after the ammunition was finished. Also it is said that he used to keep a bullet to kill himself in the event of being caught by the British. The Colt pistol of Chandra Shekhar Azad is displayed at the Allahabad Museum.[11]

The body was sent to Rasulabad Ghat for cremation without informing the general public. As it came to light, people surrounded the park where the incident had taken place. They chanted slogans against British rule and praised Azad.[11]

Legacy

Alfred Park in Prayagraj (previously Allahabad), where Azad died, has been renamed Chandrashekhar Azad Park. Several schools, colleges, roads and other public institutions across India are also named after him.

Starting from Manoj Kumar's 1965 film Shaheed, many films have featured the character of Azad. Manmohan played Azad in the 1965 film, Sunny Deol portrayed Azad in the movie 23rd March 1931: Shaheed, Azad was portrayed by Akhilendra Mishra in The Legend of Bhagat Singh and Raj Zutshi portrayed Azad in Shaheed-E-Azam.

The lives of Azad, Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Bismil and Ashfaq were depicted in the 2006 film Rang De Basanti, with Aamir Khan portraying Azad. The movie, which draws parallels between the lives of young revolutionaries such as Azad and Bhagat Singh, and today's youth, also dwells upon the lack of appreciation among today's Indian youth for the sacrifices made by these men.[12]

The 2018 television series Chandrashekhar chronicles the life of Chandra Shekhar Azad from his childhood to the legendary revolutionary leader. In the series young Chandrashekar Azad was portrayed by Ayaan Zubair, Azad in his teens by Dev Joshi and Adult Azad by Karan Sharma.

First direct

First Direct (styled first direct) is a telephone and internet based retail bank in the United Kingdom, a division of HSBC Bank plc. First Direct has headquarters in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, and has 1.35 million customers.[1] It used to maintain a reputation for superior customer service, awarded Most Trusted Financial Provider by Moneywise, first place in the customer service survey for Which? of August 2015.[2][3]

First Direct has two call centres, in Stourton (Leeds) and Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The Leeds call centre is the main site of the bank, housing all the major departments and being the base for First Direct's head Joe Gordon, and the Hamilton call centre shares space with HSBC Direct banking.

History
First Direct was formed on 1 October 1989 by Midland Bank, one of the 'big four' banks in the United Kingdom. It became a part of HSBC in June 1992, when that business acquired Midland Bank. First Direct took its first call on 12.01am on 1 October 1989; more than 1,000 calls were taken within the first twenty four hours.

The launch of First Direct in 1989 was advertised twofold. Firstly, there was an advert for Audi which was interrupted by a broadcast purportedly back in time from 2010, celebrating the 21st anniversary of the company (the interruption was agreed with Audi beforehand).

Secondly, there were two different adverts running concurrently on ITV and Channel 4, one offering a negative view showing the aspects of normal banking and the other a positive view of First Direct, with the two crossing over at a key point.[4][5]

By May 1991, the bank had 100,000 customers on its books, and by March 1993, it had 250,000. It first achieved break even in December 1994. In April 1995, the bank gained its 500,000th customer.

In May 1999, it launched text message (SMS) banking, a service through which the bank alerts customers by SMS if the balance on their current account goes below a certain amount, and, if set, will send weekly mini statements also by SMS. The bank began limited trials of internet banking in July 1997, launching the service fully in August 2000.

In July 2001, the bank's Offset Mortgage was launched. In January 2004, the bank launched First Directory, a service whereby additional services were added to current accounts such as free text message banking, annual travel insurance and mobile phone insurance for a fixed monthly charge.

In April 2004, the bank launched Internet Banking Plus, a service whereby account information was taken by third party internet banking from the bank's other accounts with different banks and the information was unified under First Direct's Internet Banking Plus service.

In October 2006, the bank launched a first generation mobile phone banking service in partnership with MONILINK, pre dating mobile apps.[6] In February 2007, First Direct became the first bank in the United Kingdom to introduce a fee for basic financial transactions, fuelling concern for the future of fee free banking in the country for personal customers
In May 2013, First Direct secured naming rights until 2018 for the new Leeds Arena, to be known as the First Direct Arena. In March 2017, it was announced that First Direct had extended its naming sponsorship of Leeds arena for a further five years.[9]

In September 2016, First Direct introduced voice ID technology to verify customers' identities when calling into the bank, the first bank in the United Kingdom to introduce the technology on such a large scale. The following year saw the introduction of a new native mobile app, for both Apple and Android platforms.[citation needed]

In July 2018, First Direct transferred from being a division of HSBC Bank plc to a division of HSBC UK Bank plc, as part of the bank's ringfencing restructure

Mikel Arteta

Mikel Arteta Amatriain (Basque: [mikel aɾteta amatɾiain]; Spanish: [ˈmikel aɾˈteta amaˈtɾjain]; born 26 March 1982) is a Spanish professional football coach and former player. He is currently the head coach at Premier League club Arsenal.

Born in San Sebastián, Arteta played as an attacking and defensive midfielder, and operated primarily as a playmaker. He was a youth player at Barcelona, but never featured for the first team, and made his senior as a loanee in Ligue 1 with Paris Saint-Germain in 2001. He later signed for Scottish club Rangers, where he won the Scottish domestic double—Premier League and League Cup—in 2003; his debut season. Following a brief stint with Real Sociedad, Arteta joined Everton on loan in 2005; he then signed permanently. He twice won Eveton player of the year until moving to Arsenal in 2011. At Arsenal, he won two FA Cups and served as captain from 2014 until his retirement in 2016.

Arteta represented Spain through several youth levels, but never played for the senior national team.[4] After retiring, Arteta immediately moved to coaching. He joined Manchester City, as assistant head coach to Pep Guardiola, in 2016. On December 20, 2019, he returned to Arsenal as head coach.
Club career
Early career
Born in San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Arteta began his football career at Antiguoko[6] and befriended fellow midfielder Xabi Alonso as they played together every weekend. The two often played along the beaches and gutters of San Sebastián and dreamed of playing together at Real Sociedad. Arteta left for the FC Barcelona B squad at 15 years of age while Alonso signed for Real Sociedad later.[7] Despite his potential Arteta failed to break into the first team, and went out on loan to French club Paris Saint-Germain in December 2000. During a season and a half in Paris, Arteta was used by manager Luis Fernandez primarily as a playmaker. He made his first appearances in the UEFA Champions League, in the 2000–01-second group stage. PSG wanted to keep Arteta at the end of the loan period, and did have a 'buy first' option. However Arteta was signed by Rangers in March 2002, after the Scottish club made a more financially impressive offer to Barcelona,[8] although he remained with PSG until the end of the 2001–02 season.[citation needed]

Rangers
Arteta signed for Scottish club Rangers in March 2002 in a £6 million transfer deal.[9] He enjoyed a successful first season in Glasgow and quickly established himself as a first team regular and a fans' favourite. Highlights were scoring on his Old Firm debut,[10] and converting a late penalty on the final day which proved vital for goal difference[11] as Rangers completed the domestic treble of the Scottish Premier League title, Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup. However Arteta was injured shortly before the 2003 Scottish Cup Final and missed the match.[12]

Arteta started his second and final season with Rangers in excellent form, scoring six goals in Rangers' first six games of the season[13] as they qualified for the Champions League group stages. However, the club finished empty-handed as Celtic won the league and Scottish Cup. He returned to Spain after two seasons in Glasgow. Arteta later credited his spell at Rangers as helping him develop as a player, stating "Scottish football was tough, really tough. It was really physical, people got at you and I had to improve on that a lot. I think I did that to get to the level that the Premier League required of me."[14]

Real Sociedad
He joined Real Sociedad for €5.2 million in 2004 with the idea of Arteta and Xabi Alonso playing together. However, Alonso left for Liverpool and Arteta failed to establish himself in the team,[7] starting only three league matches in the half-season he spent back in San Sebastián.[15]

Everton
Everton manager David Moyes signed Arteta in the 2005 January transfer window on loan with a view to a permanent transfer. Seen as a replacement for Danish midfielder Thomas Gravesen who had moved to Real Madrid,[16] Arteta played a vital part in helping Everton achieve the possibility of qualifying for the Champions League when they finished fourth in the Premier League; however, they were knocked out by Villarreal in the last qualifying round.[7] He scored his first Everton goal in a 4–0 victory over Crystal Palace,[17] and signed a permanent five-year deal in July 2005 for a fee of £2 million.[citation needed]

The 2005–06 season saw Arteta pick up both the Everton Fans' Player of the Season and the Players' Player of the Season awards.[3] Arteta's good form extended into 2006–07. As well as retaining his starting place, he frequently turned in man-of-the-match displays, and finished the season with nine goals from the 35 league games he played. Arteta was awarded the Player of the Season Award for the second consecutive year.[3] He was also voted the Premier League's 'Midfielder of the Year' by the viewers of Sky Sports, beating PFA Players' Player of the Year Cristiano Ronaldo.[18]

Arteta's creativity was an essential part of Everton's attacking play the following season,[citation needed] and he had scored six goals by the end of January.[19] That improved further a season later, with Arteta scoring nine times in the 2006–07 season and once again ending the season as the Player of the Year. He helped Everton secure a place in the UEFA Cup and was ranked by the ACTIM Index as the sixth best player in the Premier League, but it did not earn him a call-up into the full Spain squad.[19] During the summer of 2007, he signed a new five-year contract.[19]

Arteta added another accolade to his growing collection during the 2007–08 season, when he picked up the North West Footballer of the Year award. He then became the first Everton player in five years to receive the Liverpool Echo's Sports Personality of the Year award in January 2008
Arteta suffered a stomach injury in the second half of the season, and shortly before the final game of the campaign, he underwent surgery to rectify the problem.[19] He scored his first goal of the 2008–09 season in the Premier League opener versus Blackburn Rovers with a free kick. He was named captain for a 2–2 draw with Newcastle United, scoring a penalty in the game. In February, Arteta was carried off on a stretcher in a 0–0 draw with Newcastle having injured a ligament in his knee, days after his first inclusion in the Spanish national team squad. The injury kept him out for the rest of the 2008–09 season and the first five months of 2009–10. Over the course of the season, Arteta began to play again in the centre of the field, usually being partnered with a defensive midfielder, giving him the freedom to dictate the tempo of the game and connecting with Pienaar and Osman on the wing.[citation needed]

Arteta made his return from injury in January 2010 as a substitute in an FA Cup tie against Birmingham City, before starting in a 2–1 home Premier League win against Chelsea. His first two goals of the season were scored in a 5–1 win over Hull City in March 2010. In August that year, he signed a five-year contract extension with Everton.[20]

The 2010–11 season proved to be not as successful as expected for both the team and the player. After early goals in the season, against Manchester United (in a thriller 3–3 comeback at Goodison Park) and in the Merseyside Derby 2–0 victory, Arteta suffered a loss of form that would be crucial in Everton's push for a European spot. He began to show again glimpses of creative power in the final part of the season, when he was played again on the wing, enjoying more freedom and space.[citation needed]

Upon departing Everton, Arteta said "I am 29 years old so I haven't got much time left to take a chance like this one. I have done my best for Everton."[21] A few weeks later, he stated that the spirit in Everton's dressing room is the 'best in football'.[22]

Arsenal
Arteta signed with Arsenal on 31 August 2011 on a four-year deal for a reported fee of £10 million.[23] He made his debut on 10 September in a 1–0 home win against Swansea City,[24] and scored his first Premier League goal for Arsenal in a 4–3 loss against Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park.[25] Arteta got his first chance to captain the Gunners in the third-round FA Cup victory over Leeds United, a game in that marked the second Arsenal debut of Thierry Henry. Arteta suffered an ankle sprain in his side's 2–1 loss to Wigan Athletic on 16 April after less than ten minutes, which sidelined him for the remainder of the season.[26] Despite this he made 29 appearances all season, scoring 6 times, and was voted by the fans as the fifth most important player of the 2011–12 campaign in Arsenal's Player of the Season poll
Following the departure of captain Robin van Persie, Arteta was made Arsenal's vice-captain for the 2012–13 season.[28] He was voted by the fans as the fourth best player of the 2012–13 campaign in Arsenal's Player of the Season poll, after leading the team to their 17th consecutive top four finish. He missed the beginning of 2013–14 due to injury, but returned to the squad by the end of September,[29] going on to score and be sent off in the same match, a 2–0 win away to Crystal Palace in October.[30] Arsenal reached the 2014 FA Cup Final, with Arteta scoring against former club Everton in the quarter-final, as well as in the semi-final shootout against Wigan Athletic.[31][32] Arteta captained the side for the final at Wembley, leading them to a 3–2 win against Hull City and receiving his first major honour in English football.[33]

Arteta became Arsenal's new club captain ahead of the 2014–15 season.[34][35] He won his first trophy as full-time captain, playing the full 90 minutes as Arsenal beat Manchester City 3–0 in the 2014 FA Community Shield.[35][36] Despite his new appointment, he would only make 11 appearances for the whole season, scoring once. Arteta signed a one-year extension with Arsenal for the 2015–16 season[37] and came on as a substitute as Arsenal beat Chelsea 1–0 to win the 2015 FA Community Shield,[38] his first competitive appearance for the club since November 2014. His final game for Arsenal came on the last day of the season. Arteta came on as a substitute and forced Aston Villa goalkeeper Mark Bunn into scoring an own goal after his shot went off the crossbar. He received a standing ovation from the crowd at full time.[citation needed]

International career
Arteta played for Spain at youth level. He played in the victorious 1999 UEFA European Under-16 Championship campaign,[39] at the 1999 UEFA–CAF Meridian Cup, 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship, and captained the side in the 2004 U21 European Championships qualifying campaign.[citation needed] In 2010, there were moves by the English FA and Fabio Capello to see if Arteta could represent England, believing he qualified unders FIFA's five year residency rule. FIFA ruled this out, however,[40] with Arteta claiming in an interview in 2016 that he "almost went to war with FIFA" over the ruling.[41]

Coaching career
Arteta had three options upon retirement. He was offered to lead the Arsenal Academy, by Arsene Wenger, join Mauricio Pochettino's (his team-mate from PSG) backroom staff or join Pep Guardiola's coaching team at Manchester City. On 3 July, 2016, Arteta was appointed an assistant coach at Manchester City,[43] alongside Brian Kidd and Domènec Torrent, who operated as deputies to Pep Guardiola.

Guardiola and Arteta first met at the Barcelona academy, where Guardiola was 11 years older than Arteta. In his Barcelona B team debut, Arteta, aged 16, replaced Guardiola as a substitute. Since then the two kept in touch. Guardiola was convinced Arteta—who was an Arsenal player at the time—would make a good coach when he called him to get information on Chelsea, prior to their 2012 Champions League semifinals against Barcelona.

In 2015, when Guardiola was exiting Bayern Munchen, Arteta, in his final year as a player, re-connected and decided to work together.[44] Arteta stood in as Man City manager in a 2–1 Champions League loss against Lyon on 19 September 2018, because of Guardiola's touchline ban.[45] At Man City, Arteta won two Premier League titles, an FA Cup, and two EFL Cups. In 2018, Arteta became strongly linked with the Arsenal manager's vacancy, following the departure of his former manager Arsène Wenger, but Unai Emery was eventually hired.[46][47]

Arsenal
On 20 December 2019, Arteta was appointed head coach at former club Arsenal, signing a deal until 2023.[48][49] Upon his appointment he stated that he believed the club had lost direction and that he didn't want players to shirk responsibility: "I want people to take responsibility for their jobs and I want people who deliver passion and energy in the football club. Anyone who doesn’t buy into this, or that has a negative effect or whatever, is not good enough for this environment or this culture.”[50]

Style of play
While initially thought of as a "pivot" or defensive midfielder in the mould of Pep Guardiola,[citation needed] it was only since being moved to a more attacking role, first by Luis Fernandez at PSG,[8] that Arteta's career truly began to flourish. He was rated as the sixth most effective player in the Premier League in 2006–07 by the official player ratings system the Actim Index. Arteta returned to his original deeper midfield role at Arsenal.[51] His total of 12 league assists in the 2006–07 season was third to Cesc Fàbregas and Cristiano Ronaldo.[52] With 100 fouls committed against him in the same season, he was the most fouled player in the Premier League.[53]

Personal life
Arteta is multilingual, and is fluent in Spanish, Basque, Catalan and English. He speaks some French, Italian and Portuguese.
Honours
Paris Saint-Germain

UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2001[citation needed]
Rangers

Scottish Premier League: 2002–03[56]
Scottish League Cup: 2002–03[57]
Arsenal

FA Cup: 2013–14,[33] 2014–15[58]
FA Community Shield: 2014,[36] 2015[38]
Spain U16

UEFA European Under-16 Championship: 1999[39]
Spain U18

UEFA–CAF Meridian Cup: 1999]
Individual

Scottish Premier League Young Player of the Month: September 2002, August 2003[59]
Everton Player of the Season: 2005–06, 2006–07[3]
Everton Players' Player of the Season: 2005–06