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Roy Hodgson

 
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Roy Hodgson
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Personal information
Date of birth 9 August 1947 (1947-08-09) (age 62)
Place of birth    Croydon, London, England
Club information
Current club Fulham (Manager)
Senior career1
Years Club App (Gls)*



Crystal Palace
Tonbridge
Gravesend & Northfleet
Maidstone United
   
Teams managed
1976–1980
1982
1983–1985
1985–1990
1990–1992
1992–1995
1995–1997
1997–1998
1999
1999–2000
2000–2001
2001
2002–2004
2004–2005
2006–2007
2007–
Halmstads BK
Bristol City
Örebro SK
Malmö FF
Neuchâtel Xamax
Switzerland
Internazionale
Blackburn Rovers
Internazionale
Grasshoppers
F.C. Copenhagen
Udinese
United Arab Emirates
Viking FK
Finland
Fulham

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Roy Hodgson (born 9 August 1947) is an English football manager and former player, who is currently the manager of Fulham.[1]

Hodgson is probably best known for guiding the Swiss national team to the 1994 World Cup and Euro 1996; before that Switzerland had not qualified for a major tournament since the 1960s. He has also coached many notable club sides, including Viking FK, Malmö FF, Internazionale, Blackburn Rovers, Grasshoppers, F.C. Copenhagen and Udinese. He was appointed to his current role at Fulham in December 2007.

Hodgson has served several times as a member of UEFA's technical study group at the European Championships, and he was also a member of the FIFA Technical Study Group (TSG) at the 2006 World Cup. Hodgson has also worked as a television pundit in several of the countries in which he has coached and is multilingual.

Contents

Playing career

Hodgson was born in Croydon and educated at John Ruskin Grammar School. He was a moderately successful player with Crystal Palace but was never able to break into the first team, this was followed by several years in non-league football with Tonbridge, Gravesend and Northfleet and Maidstone United (where he was assistant coach).

Coaching

Early career

He started his coaching career in 1976 at the Swedish top division side Halmstads BK where he spent five years, winning the league championship in 1976 and 1979. The success with Halmstad in 1976 is considered as one of the biggest surprises of all time in Swedish football.[citation needed] The year before Halmstad had struggled against relegation and the club was before the 1976 campaign commonly seen as a potential relegation candidate. Also through his early career, he was dubbed the nicest man in the world.[2]

In 1980, he moved to Bristol City in his native England, where he was assistant manager and later manager. Due to the club's financial problems he was largely unsuccessful. In 1983, Hodgson moved back to Sweden to take over Örebro SK. In 1985, he took over at Malmö FF, which he led to five consecutive league championships, two Swedish championships (at the time the Swedish championship was decided through play-offs) as well as two Swedish Cups. Due to his successful time at Malmö FF, Hodgson is even to this date highly appreciated by the club's fans who have unofficially named a section of the new Swedbank Stadion "Roys Hörna" (Roy's Corner).

Hodgson moved to Swiss side Neuchâtel Xamax in 1990. His early coaching career was closely linked to that of his friend Bob Houghton; they worked together at Maidstone, Stranraer and Bristol City, and they both worked in Swedish football at the same time. The pair are credited with transforming Swedish football, bringing zonal marking for the first time.[3]

Switzerland

Hodgson took over the Swiss national team from Uli Stielike on 26 January 1992.[4] Stielike had been the first Swiss coach to have a winning record,[4] winning 13 of the 25 games he was in charge. As Hodgson was succeeding Stielike at the national level, Stielike took over the job Hodgson had just vacated at club level with Swiss Super League side Neuchâtel Xamax.

Hodgson took the Schweizer Nati to the 1994 World Cup, losing only one game during qualification, from a group that included Italy and Portugal. This was Switzerland's first World Cup since 1966. At the 1994 World Cup, the Swiss finished runners-up in their group, qualifying for the Round of 16 where they lost to Spain.

The Swiss easily qualified for Euro '96. Hodgson left immediately after they had qualified for Euro '96, on 15 November 1995 to join Serie A side Internazionale. He had in fact been doing both jobs from October of that year.[citation needed] Without Hodgson, the Swiss had a difficult time at Euro '96 with defeats coming at the hands of the Netherlands and Scotland, with the Swiss finishing bottom of their group.

Inter and Blackburn

Before the start of the European Championships, however, he joined Italian Serie A giants Internazionale, where he worked from 1995 to 1997, reaching the UEFA Cup final in 1996–97. In the 1997 close season, he left Internazionale to manage Premiership side Blackburn Rovers, whom he guided into the UEFA Cup during his first season. He was sacked early in his second season in charge after a string of bad results saw Blackburn drop to the bottom of the league table,[5] his final game was the home defeat to Southampton.[5][6] In 1998, he was seriously considered to succeed Berti Vogts as the coach of the German national team, but the German FA decided to appoint a domestic coach instead. In 1999, he had a brief second stint at Inter before returning to Switzerland to coach Grasshopper-Club Zürich for a season.

Early 21st century

In 2000, Hodgson was one of three candidates to take over as England manager, but when Sven-Göran Eriksson was chosen, he moved to Denmark and won the Superliga championship with F.C. Copenhagen in 2000–01. In 2001, he broke his contract with F.C. Copenhagen to move to Serie A side Udinese. Despite a successful start, he was fired after just six months after allegedly stating that he regretted taking up the post.[7] In April 2002,[8] Hodgson took over as coach of the United Arab Emirates but was sacked in January 2004 after leading them to fifth place at the Gulf Cup.[9] In May 2004, he moved to Norwegian club Viking F.K.. The club finished ninth under Hodgson in its first season in its new stadium, Viking Stadion. Following a spell at the top of the table, Viking finished fifth in the 2005 campaign. 2005 was also a good year for Hodgson and Viking in the UEFA Cup, with victories against AS Monaco FC and Austria Wien as the highlights. On 15 August 2005, he agreed to take over as coach of the Finnish national team for the Euro 2008 qualifying campaign.

Finland

Hodgson failed to reach Euro 2008 with Finland (Finland attained 24 points and coming fourth in their group). Hodgson's Finland were praised for well organized defending but criticized for inefficient attacking. Finland played five 0–0 draws in 14 qualification games. However, Finland still had a chance to qualify in their last match, which is exceptional in Finnish football history. Hodgson's contract expired at the end of November, and although the Finnish FA expressed their willingness to extend it, Hodgson decided to move on.[10] Prior to taking up an ambassadorial role at Inter, Hodgson was linked with the vacant Republic of Ireland manager job.[11] He was also considered an outside candidate to replace Steve McClaren as England manager,[12] having been linked to the job after the departure of Glenn Hoddle and Kevin Keegan[13] and given his international management record and nationality.

Fulham

On 28 December 2007, Hodgson accepted the manager's post at struggling Premier League side Fulham, with his contract beginning on 30 December 2007. He initially endured a run of very poor results with the club looking to be certainties for relegation to the Championship. However, a run of 12 points from the last five games of the season secured the Cottagers' survival on the final day of the season.[14] In the 2008–09 season, Hodgson led Fulham to unprecedented success. He guided his side to a seventh placed finish in the Premier League, the club's highest ever finish, and ensured qualification for the new UEFA Europa League.[15] He received much praise for the signings of Mark Schwarzer and Brede Hangeland, and some journalists called for him to be given the Premier League Manager of the Year award.[16]

Statistics

Manager

Team Nat From To Record
G W D L Win %
Halmstad Sweden July 1976 June 1980
Bristol City England 3 January 1982 30 April 1982 20 3 5 12 15.00
Örebro Sweden July 1982 June 1985
Malmö FF Sweden July 1984 June 1990
Neuchâtel Xamax Switzerland July 1990 June 1992
Switzerland Switzerland 26 January 1992 15 November 1995 41 21 10 10 51.22
Internazionale Italy 5 October 1995 25 May 1997 86 38 25 23 44.19
Blackburn Rovers England 1 June 1997 21 November 1998 62 22 18 22 35.48
Internazionale Italy 5 May 1999 27 June 1999 3 2 1 0 66.67
Grasshoppers Switzerland July 1999 June 2000
FCK Denmark July 2000 June 2001 35 18 12 5 51.43
Udinese Italy 21 June 2001 10 December 2001 17 7 5 5 41.18
United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 9 April 2002 14 January 2004
Viking FK Norway 11 July 2004 20 December 2005 &0000000000000038.00000038 &0000000000000016.00000016 &0000000000000010.00000010 &0000000000000012.00000012 &0000000000000042.11000042.11
Finland Finland 16 January 2006 30 November 2007 &0000000000000022.00000022 &0000000000000006.0000006 &0000000000000011.00000011 &0000000000000005.0000005 &0000000000000027.27000027.27
Fulham England 30 December 2007 Present &0000000000000082.00000082 &0000000000000033.00000033 &0000000000000020.00000020 &0000000000000032.00000032 &0000000000000040.24000040.24
As of 27 November 2009.[4][17]

Managerial honours

Sweden Halmstads BK

Winners

Sweden Malmö FF

Winners

Runner-up

Switzerland Switzerland

Italy Internazionale

Runner Up

Denmark Copenhagen

Winner

References

  1. ^ "Fulham appoint Hodgson as manager". BBC Sport. 2007-12-28. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/f/fulham/7163374.stm. Retrieved 2007-12-28. 
  2. ^ "Roy Hodgson on Europe". BBC Sport. 20 November 2001. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/sports_talk/forum/1660571.stm. Retrieved 28 May 2009. 
  3. ^ "Lagerback faces familiar foes". The Guardian. 18 June 2006. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2006/jun/18/worldcup2006.sport3. Retrieved 13 January 2009. 
  4. ^ a b c Garin, Erik (9 October 2008). "Switzerland - International Matches since 1905". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesz/zwit-intres.html. Retrieved 3 February 2009. 
  5. ^ a b Taylor, Daniel (21 November 1998). "Hodgson out as Rovers hit bottom". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/1998/nov/21/newsstory.sport25. Retrieved 19 February 2009. 
  6. ^ Ross, Ian (4 December 1998). "Kidd takes the Rovers road to the top". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/1998/dec/04/newsstory.sport5. Retrieved 19 February 2009. 
  7. ^ "Udinese sack Hodgson". BBC Sport. 10 December 2001. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/1702410.stm. Retrieved 28 May 2009. 
  8. ^ "Hodgson handed Emirates post". BBC Sport. 9 April 2002. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1919640.stm. Retrieved 13 January 2009. 
  9. ^ "UAE sacks Hodgson". 14 January 2004. http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/uae/?id=8498. Retrieved 13 January 2009. 
  10. ^ (Finnish) "Suomen Palloliitto - Artikkeliarkisto". 30 November 2007. http://www.palloliitto.fi/viestinta/?num=103424. Retrieved 13 January 2009. 
  11. ^ Sky Sports | Football | Features | Staunton successor
  12. ^ "No future for England - Sportsmail reveals the shocking shortage of talent available for the next World Cup campaign the Daily Mail". Daily Mail. 24 November 2007. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/sport/football.html?in_article_id=496225&in_page_id=1779. Retrieved 13 January 2009. 
  13. ^ "Hodgson's England claim". BBC Sport. 14 April 2002. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1929302.stm. Retrieved 13 January 2009. 
  14. ^ "Hodgson feels for relegated duo". BBC Sport. 12 May 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7395069.stm. Retrieved 28 May 2009. 
  15. ^ "Hodgson keeps focus on top flight". BBC Sport. 25 May 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/f/fulham/8066911.stm. Retrieved 28 May 2009. 
  16. ^ "Fulham's Roy Hodgson is the real Premier League manager of the year". The Daily Telegraph. 15 May 2009. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/5325442/Fulhams-Roy-Hodgson-is-the-real-Premier-League-manager-of-the-year.html. Retrieved 28 May 2009. 
  17. ^ "Roy Hodgson's managerial career managerial career". Soccerbase (Racing Post). http://www.soccerbase.com/managers2.sd?managerid=1104. Retrieved 28 November 2009. 

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