Roy Hodgson Sports manager

Roy Hodgson (born 9 August 1947) is an English former footballer who is the manager of the England national football team.Hodgson has managed sixteen different teams in eight countries, beginning in Sweden with Halmstad BK. He later guided the Switzerland national team to the last 16 of the 1994 World Cup and qualification for Euro 1996; Switzerland had not qualified for a major tournament since the 1960s. From 2006 to 2007, he managed the Finland national team, guiding them to their highest ever FIFA ranking of 33rd place and coming close to qualifying for a major tournament for the first time in their history. Other clubs that Hodgson has managed include Inter Milan, Blackburn Rovers, Malmö FF, Grasshoppers, FC Copenhagen, Udinese, Fulham, Liverpool and West Bromwich Albion. Hodgson served several times as a member of UEFA's technical study group at the European Championships and was also a member of the FIFA technical study group at the 2006 World Cup. Hodgson speaks five languages and has worked as a television pundit in several of the countries in which he has coached.On 1 May 2012, Hodgson was appointed as manager of the England national team and officially assumed his duties on 14 May.

Personal facts

Roy Hodgson
Birth dateAugust 09, 1947
Birth place
England national football team , Croydon

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Football manager

club
Bristol City F.C.
Inter Milan
Malmö FF
Switzerland national football team
Neuchâtel Xamax
Örebro SK
Halmstads BK
IK Oddevold
position
Defender (association football)
teams
England national football team
Ashford United F.C.
Ebbsfleet United F.C.
Tonbridge Angels F.C.
Berea Park F.C.
Crystal Palace F.C.
Carshalton Athletic F.C.
Maidstone United F.C. (1897)

Roy Hodgson on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/sports_talk/forum/1660571.stm
  2. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/roy-hodgson
  3. http://www.lfchistory.net/Articles/Article/2830
  4. http://www.thisisanfield.com/2010/07/roy-hodgson-profile