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Roy Hodgson

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English football manager

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Roy Hodgson is a British association football player and coach. Born on 9 August 1947 in Croydon, he holds United Kingdom citizenship and resides in Croydon. As a player, he played as a defender for Carshalton Athletic F.C., Ebbsfleet United F.C., Tonbridge Angels F.C., and Ashford Town (Middlesex) F.C. He represented England in association football and participated in UEFA Euro 2012.

Hodgson has served as a coach for Crystal Palace F.C., Watford F.C., Halmstads BK, and Bristol City F.C. He speaks English and is identified as a male.

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1938

Discography

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
6
Total plays
6

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Key facts

1982
Bristol City
1999
Inter Milan (caretaker)
2001
Udinese
Full name
Roy Hodgson
Date of birth
( 1947-08-09 ) 9 August 1947 (age 78)
Place of birth
Croydon , England
Height
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position
Left-back
1963 1965
Crystal Palace
Years
Team
1965 1966
Crystal Palace
1966 1969
Tonbridge Angels
1969 1971
Gravesend & Northfleet
1971 1972
Maidstone United
1972 1973
Ashford Town
1973 1974
Berea Park
1974 1976
Carshalton Athletic
1976 1980
Halmstad

via Wikipedia infobox

Sports profile

Sport
Soccer
Team
_Retired Soccer
Position
Manager
Nationality
England

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Encyclopedic overview

Roy Hodgson CBE (born 9 August 1947) is an English former football manager and player.

He has managed 22 different teams in eight countries, beginning in Sweden with Halmstad in 1976. 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. He managed the England national team from May 2012 to June 2016. Other clubs that Hodgson has managed include Inter Milan, Blackburn Rovers, Malmö, Grasshoppers, Copenhagen, Udinese, Fulham, Liverpool, West Bromwich Albion, Watford, and boyhood club Crystal Palace, whom he managed for 200 games across two spells.

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