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Roy Hodgson is a male English association football player and coach. Born in Croydon in 1947, he holds United Kingdom citizenship and resides in Croydon. He speaks English and plays the position of defender. His playing career included membership in sports teams such as Carshalton Athletic F.C., Ebbsfleet United F.C., Tonbridge Angels F.C., and Ashford Town (Middlesex) F.C.
As a coach, Hodgson has managed Crystal Palace F.C., Watford F.C., Halmstads BK, and Bristol City F.C. He participated in UEFA Euro 2012 while representing England. His name in his native language is Roy Hodgson.
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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
- Position
- Manager
- Nationality
- England
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Roy
- Family name
- Hodgson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Croydon
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- UEFA Euro 2012
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Maidstone United F.C.
- Position played
- defender
- Country for sport
- England
- Image
- RoyH.JPG
- Residence
- Croydon
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- Roy Hodgson
- date of birth
- 1947-08-09
- coach of sports team
- Bristol City F.C.
- name in native language
- Roy Hodgson
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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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Roy Hodgson” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.