Roy HodgsonCBE (born 9 August 1947) is an English football manager and former player, who most recently managed Premier League club Crystal Palace.
He has managed 22 different teams in eight countries, beginning in Sweden with Halmstad in the 1976 season. 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.
Hodgson served several times as a member of UEFA's technical study group at the European Championships[4] and was also a member of the FIFA technical study group at the 2006 World Cup.[5] Hodgson speaks five languages,[note 1] and has worked as a television pundit in several of the countries in which he has coached.[6]
^ ab"Roy Hodgson, Esq Authorised Biography – Debrett's People of Today". Debretts.com. Archived from the original on 17 June 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
^biography wearepalace.uk
^"Former Carshalton player and Croydon-born Roy Hodgson named as new Liverpool manager". Croydon Guardian. 1 July 2010. Archived from the original on 9 October 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2010.
^"Hodgson is new Viking chief". UEFA. 24 May 2004. Archived from the original on 4 June 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
^FIFA.com. "2014 FIFA World Cup - News - Hodgson: Everybody associates Brazil with football". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 24 December 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
^Townsend, Nick (24 March 2002). "'Art of being a good manager doesn't just disappear'". The Independent. Independent Print Limited. Archived from the original on 3 August 2009. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
Cite error: There are <ref group=note> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=note}} template (see the help page).
RoyHodgson CBE (born 9 August 1947) is an English football manager and former player, who most recently managed Premier League club Crystal Palace. He...
February 2023. Michael Henderson (5 May 2012). "Roy of the reader: swapping novels with my friend RoyHodgson". The Spectator. Archived from the original...
2024, Olise suffered a hamstring injury, described by Palace manager RoyHodgson as "serious". In the 4–1 defeat by Brighton on 3 February 2024, Olise...
and 2–0 to Argentina. In 1992, Switzerland appointed English manager RoyHodgson as head coach of the national team; and at the time of his appointment...
Lieutenant Colonel William RoyHodgson, CMG, OBE (22 May 1892 – 24 January 1958) was an Australian soldier, public servant and diplomat. His significant...
to Liverpool for a spell as caretaker manager after the dismissal of RoyHodgson, becoming the permanent manager in May 2011. Despite winning the League...
Sanchez". fulhamfc.com. Fulham Football Club. Retrieved 15 October 2013. "RoyHodgson". fulhamfc.com. Fulham Football Club. Retrieved 15 October 2013. "Mark...
caretaker basis, by Stuart Pearce, before RoyHodgson was named as Capello's permanent replacement in May 2012. Hodgson's contract finished on 27 June 2016 as...
2014 FIFA World Cup. The petition was criticised by manager Moyes and RoyHodgson. The criticism on Cleverley further increased when he was offered a new...
He played for England at the 2014 FIFA World Cup and was selected in RoyHodgson's 23-man squad for UEFA Euro 2016. Having earned 33 caps, Barkley last...
their poor start, Palace stayed up with a game in hand under new manager RoyHodgson, with the combination between Zaha and fellow winger Andros Townsend...
injury, Walcott was not selected by RoyHodgson for the 26-man provisional Euro 2016 squad announced in May 2016. Hodgson commented, "Theo unfortunately has...
of RoyHodgson as manager of Crystal Palace, it was announced that Lewington would once again return to the club as assistant manager. When Hodgson stepped...
has been praised as a big game player. Under former England manager RoyHodgson, who favoured the 4–3–3 formation, Welbeck's ability in supporting the...
to survival on the penultimate matchday. Following brief periods with RoyHodgson and Giampiero Ventura on the bench, Spalletti was again appointed manager...
surviving by beating GAIS on goal difference. In 1976 Halmstads BK hired RoyHodgson as new manager and success came immediately, as the club went on to win...
between Vardy and fellow striker Rooney, which were denied by manager RoyHodgson. He was named in the 23-man England squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup...
in it unless he was part of the original squad, according to manager RoyHodgson, which drew criticism directed at him. However, Crouch afterwards said...
Paulo. Henderson was also selected in the England Euro 2016 squad by RoyHodgson. He only played one match, playing the full 90 minutes in the final group...
Global Information