Roy Hodgson

english football director
Roy Hodgson ( have a bun in the oven 9 August 1947 ) is an english early football director and former player. He has managed 16 different teams in eight countries, beginning in Sweden with Halmstads BK in the 1976 season. He later guided the Switzerland national team to the final 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. early clubs that Hodgson has managed include Inter Milan, Blackburn Rovers, Malmö FF, Grasshoppers, FC Copenhagen, Udinese, Fulham, Liverpool, West Bromwich Albion, and Crystal Palace. Hodgson served several times as a extremity of UEFA ‘s technical survey group at the european Championships [ 2 ] and was besides a penis of the FIFA technical study group at the 2006 World Cup. [ 3 ] Hodgson speaks five languages and has worked as a television initiate in respective of the countries in which he has coached. [ 4 ]

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early life [edit ]

Hodgson was born in Croydon, Surrey. [ 5 ] His mother was a baker in the town, and his father, Bill, a Newcastle United fan, [ 6 ] worked as a bus driver south of the River Thames. [ 6 ] Hodgson ‘s family lived in the like building as Steve Kember, one of Hodgson ‘s schoolmates at John Ruskin Grammar School. [ 5 ] [ 7 ] The two played in the school football team, a slope which besides included Lennie Lawrence. [ 7 ] Bob Houghton, who would go on to play a big depart in Hodgson ‘s career, joined the school in the sixth phase. [ 7 ]

Playing career [edit ]

Hodgson was a moderately successful youth actor with Crystal Palace, but was never able to break into the first team. [ 5 ] After leaving crystal Palace he played non-league football for several years with Tonbridge and Gravesend & Northfleet. [ 8 ] At the age of 23, he completed training to gain his fully coach badge. [ 9 ] He then joined Maidstone United, where he played and besides served as assistant coach to Bob Houghton. [ 7 ] In 1972, after a class at Maidstone, he moved to Ashford Town ( Kent ), [ 8 ] while besides working as a PE teacher at Alleyn ‘s School in south London. [ 10 ] [ dead link ] The follow year, he moved to Pretoria, South Africa to play for Berea Park, despite the sporting boycott of South Africa in effect at the time. [ 11 ] In 1974 Hodgson returned to England for his final play spell, joining Carshalton Athletic. [ 8 ] Again he supported himself by teaching, this time at Monks Hill Comprehensive. [ 7 ]

Managerial career [edit ]

Halmstad [edit ]

Hodgson started his managerial career in 1976 at Allsvenskan slope Halmstads BK, having been recommended by then- Malmö FF director Bob Houghton. [ 7 ] Hodgson spent five years at Halmstad, winning the league championship in 1976 and 1979. His success with Halmstad in 1976 is considered one of the biggest surprises of all clock time in swedish football. [ 12 ] The year before, Halmstad struggled against delegating, surviving on just goal difference and before the 1976 crusade began they were about universally tipped for delegating. Hodgson himself says that “ my greatest accomplishment would have to be the water-into-wine problem at Halmstads BK. ” [ 12 ]

Bristol City [edit ]

In 1980, he moved to Bristol City in his native England, where he was adjunct coach to Bob Houghton from 1980 to 1982 and coach from January to April 1982. Due to the club ‘s fiscal problems he was largely unsuccessful and was dismissed after four months in charge. [ 13 ] Commenting later on his time at Bristol City, Hodgson said : “ Bristol City was nothing short of a catastrophe in that we had entirely been there for a matter of weeks before the banks started to pull the rug from underneath the golf club. My job when I finally took over, as caretaker coach, was quite merely to carry on in the consequence of all the players leaving the club and merely fulfilling the fixtures. ” [ 14 ]

Oddevold, Örebro [edit ]

In 1982, Hodgson moved rear to Sweden to take over second-tier side IK Oddevold part-way through the 1982 season. Hodgson could not save the club from relegation as they finished 11th, one orient off safety. In 1983, he moved to fellow Division 2 side Örebro SK. [ 13 ] In his inaugural season, Örebro finished third base. In his second season, the club finished first but the missed out on promotion to Allsvenskan after losing in the play-off to Mjällby AIF. [ 15 ]

Malmö FF [edit ]

Hodgson in 1987 In 1985, he took over at Malmö FF, which he led to five back-to-back league championships, two swedish championships ( at the fourth dimension the swedish championship was decided through play-offs ) and two swedish Cups. In european competitions, Malmö took part in the Intertoto Cup in 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 and 1989. At the time, there were no winners as only the group stages were contested. In the 1985–86 UEFA Cup, Malmö lost to Videoton on away goals in the first round. In the 1986–87 european Cup Winners ‘ Cup, they beat Apollon Limassol in the first round and Tirana in the second gear round, losing to Ajax in the quarter finals. In the 1987–88 european Cup, Malmö were eliminated in the inaugural round of golf by Anderlecht. In the 1988–89 UEFA Cup, Malmö beat Torpedo Moscow in the first gear round after extra time and lost to the club Hodgson would manage seven years later, Inter Milan, in the moment round. Narrowly losing 1–0 at base, they secured a 1–1 pull at the San Siro. Hodgson ‘s greatest continental accomplishment at Malmö came the take after class in the 1989–90 european Cup. The club knocked the italian champions Inter Milan out of the european Cup in the first turn, winning 1–0 at home and drawing 1–1 at the San Siro. In the second round, Malmö lost to Mechelen. Due to his successful fourth dimension at Malmö, Hodgson is placid highly appreciated by the clubhouse ‘s fans who have unofficially named a section of the Stadion “ Roy ‘s Hörna ” ( Roy ‘s Corner ). [ 16 ] Hodgson continues to be held in high respect at Malmö, where he is known as “ Royson ”. [ 17 ]
His early coach career was close linked to that of his ally Bob Houghton ; they worked together at Maidstone, Stranraer and Bristol City and they both worked in swedish football at the lapp time. Houghton moved to Sweden with Malmö in 1974 and two years late installed Hodgson at Halmstad. The pair are credited with transforming football in Sweden [ 18 ] and bring in zonal marking for the first clock to Swedish football. [ 18 ] swedish teams at the time were influenced by german football [ 19 ] and used a sweeper with three or five in defense mechanism, favouring man-marking. [ 20 ] The two were known in Sweden as English Roy and English Bob. [ 21 ] Besides zonal marker, the defense pressed hard and maintained a high offside line. [ 19 ] Their teams counter-attacked with long passes played in behind the enemy ‘s defense mechanism. [ 19 ] rather of playing with a team that was very circulate out from one end of the field to the other, with a libero who stayed in his penalty area and a centre-forward who never tracked back, they set up a organization of zonal defense, a bet on four, players pushing up and getting the ball forward into the final examination sphere much more cursorily. [ 19 ] [ 22 ] Houghton and Hodgson had considerable success, winning five out of six swedish titles between 1974 and 1979 with Malmö reaching the 1979 european Cup Final, losing 1–0 against Nottingham Forest .

Neuchâtel Xamax [edit ]

Malmö offered Hodgson a life contract, but he declined, saying later that “ moving to another place seemed stimulate. The decision was besides fiscal. swedish taxes were therefore high that even if you were being paid reasonable money, after losing 65 % in tax there was n’t a fortune left. ” [ 12 ] Hodgson moved to swiss side Neuchâtel Xamax in July 1990. In his first season in charge, Xamax finished third in both the league and the subsequent backing play-off league, qualifying for the 1991–92 UEFA Cup. In the take after season, Xamax finished fifth in the league and then finished second gear in the backing play-off league, missing out on the title to Sion by fair two points. In Europe, he led Xamax to a 2–0 winnings on aggregate over Floriana and then a 5–2 aggregate succeed over Celtic. In the third polish, Xamax were drawn against Real Madrid and they won their home plate tie 1–0 but were eliminated after a 4–0 frustration at the Bernabéu. [ 14 ]

Switzerland [edit ]

Hodgson took over as coach of the Switzerland national team from Uli Stielike on 26 January 1992. [ 23 ] Stielike had been the first gear swiss passenger car to have a gain record, [ 23 ] winning 13 of the 25 games he was in charge of. As Hodgson was succeeding Stielike at the national level, Stielike took over the job Hodgson had fair vacated at baseball club tied with swiss Super League side Neuchâtel Xamax. Switzerland had not qualified for a major external tournament since the 1966 World Cup. Hodgson took the Schweizer Nati to the 1994 World Cup, losing only one crippled during qualification, from a group that included Italy and the more visualize Portugal and Scotland. [ citation needed ] The swiss took four points from Italy ( managed by Arrigo Sacchi, the italian team made it to the World Cup final and lost on penalties ). The swiss won 1–0 at home and in the game in Italy, the swiss were at one phase leading 2–0 before being pegged back to 2–2. The Swiss besides took four points from Scotland, winning 3–1 at home and drawing 1–1 away. Against Portugal, they drew 1–1 at home and suffered their merely frustration of the crusade, losing 1–0 in Porto. In the tournament the Swiss were drawn in Group A aboard Romania, Colombia and the hosts, United States. The opening match of the group was between Switzerland and the United States and is memorable as the beginning World Cup pit to take position indoors, at the Pontiac Silverdome. The swiss drew 1–1 against the United States, beat Romania 4–1 and lost 2–0 to Colombia, finishing as runner-up in their group, qualifying for the Round of 16, where they lost 3–0 to Spain. [ citation needed ] The swiss easily qualified for Euro 1996, again losing entirely one game during reservation. Finishing top of Group 3, the Swiss began well. They beat Sweden 4–2 at home with two former goals, beat Iceland 1–0 at home and won 2–1 away to Turkey before coming back from 2–0 down with fifteen minutes remaining to draw 2–2 away to Hungary and losing 2–1 at home to Turkey. This was followed up by a 2–0 succeed against Iceland, a 0–0 draw away at Sweden and a final 3–0 win at home to Hungary. [ citation needed ] With their place at Euro 1996 assured, Hodgson left immediately after qualification, on 15 November 1995, to join italian club Inter Milan. [ citation needed ] He had in fact been doing both jobs from October of that year. [ 24 ] Without Hodgson, the Swiss had a unmanageable time at Euro 1996. In their first step match, they secured a 1–1 draw with England only after scoring a identical late penalty. The swiss went on to lose 2–0 to the Netherlands and 1–0 to Scotland. Switzerland finished bottom of their group with only one compass point from the three matches. At their point while managed by Hodgson, Switzerland were rated the third gear best international side in the populace, according to the FIFA World Rankings. [ 12 ]

Inter Milan [edit ]

Before the european Championships, Hodgson joined italian Serie A giants Inter Milan, where he worked from 1995 to 1997. With significant investment, he presided over a rebuild phase. Inter had finished thirteenth and sixth in the seasons prior to his arrival. After a severe start to the temper that saw the team bottomland of Serie A, Hodgson was brought in and guided the club to one-seventh place in the 1995–96 season, qualifying for the UEFA Cup. In an interview with FourFourTwo in a May 2005 return, Roberto Carlos stated that he had difficulties with Hodgson throughout the 1995–96 season, and that his decision to leave Inter at the end of the season was largely due to Hodgson ‘s refusal to field him in his preferable position, as a left-back, rather than in a more advance position on the wing. [ 25 ] The 1996–97 temper saw Hodgson leave Inter after guiding them to a third-place ending. He was replaced by Luigi Simoni whose side finished second in the league in the 1997–98 season and won the UEFA Cup. In an interview in 2009, Hodgson recalled his prison term at Inter : “ We lacked stars, apart from Paul Ince. It was n’t the Inter we see today of family names. They were n’t the best technically but physically they were like machines. The Premier League is like that immediately, but back then Italy was far ahead. ” [ 12 ] Hodgson managed to get his Inter team, containing Javier Zanetti, Youri Djorkaeff and Ince, through to the 1997 UEFA Cup Final, where they played Schalke 04. Given that Inter had a late history of winning UEFA Cup finals, with victories in both 1991 and 1994, the italian side started as favourites. It was the stopping point UEFA Cup final to be played over two legs, with each club winning their home leg 1–0. When the german underdog won the concluding in Milan on penalties, Inter fans pelted Hodgson with coins and lighters. [ 26 ] The final was his last match in charge and he subsequently left to become the coach of Blackburn Rovers. In the lapp 2009 interview, Hodgson recalled how clubhouse president Massimo Moratti tried to talk him out of leaving : “ I could have stayed. They offered me a newfangled narrow, but I had a feeling that they wanted a change. So I allowed my contract at Inter to run out. even after I agreed to join Blackburn, Moratti did say to me : ‘I do n’t know why you did n’t stay here, but if that ‘s what you want to do I wo n’t stand in your direction. ‘ ” [ 27 ] Speaking about Hodgson ‘s meter at Inter, club president Massimo Moratti said : “ Roy Hodgson was an important person in the development of Inter Milan to the point we have reached today. He saved us at the right clock time. When he came we were in disturb and things appeared dark. He did n’t panic, he was steady and made us calm. Disaster was averted at the most important time. Everyone at Inter will remember him for that and his contribution. He is considered by us all as an authoritative person in our history. He left an endowment to this baseball club that ‘s crucial in our history. ” [ 28 ]

Blackburn Rovers [edit ]

In the 1997 close season, Hodgson was tempted by Jack Walker to become director of Blackburn Rovers. Rovers had finished 13th the previous temper – only two seasons after winning the title – and had been in danger of delegating. Manager Ray Harford had resigned on 25 October 1996 with Blackburn winless, bottom of the Premier League and good knocked out of the Football League Cup by Division Two underdogs Stockport County. Manager Tony Parkes had been put in charge for the pillow of the temper and had overseen an improvement in league form to secure survival, but Walker decided to have a more feel director, [ citation needed ] and Hodgson accepted the offer to take over. In the 1997–98 season, his beginning season in charge, Blackburn finished sixth, qualifying for the UEFA Cup and appearing to be in the dominance, particularly as they had been outsiders in the entitle race for more than half of the season and Hodgson had been voted Premier League Manager of the Month on two occasions, in August and December 1997. however, the team ‘s form collapsed dramatically in the second gear half of the season and it was merely on the last day of the season that they secured a UEFA place. [ 29 ] Hodgson ‘s second season with Blackburn did not match the relative success of the first, due to numerous injuries, [ 30 ] dressing board unrest, and the bankruptcy to find an adequate replacement for dead person central defender Colin Hendry. [ 31 ] As a solution, Blackburn had a hapless begin to the season. After Berti Vogts resigned as coach of the Germany national team in September 1998, Hodgson was contacted by the german FA to succeed him. [ 30 ] Hodgson declined. [ 32 ] When England coach Glenn Hoddle faced calls for him to resign following a much-criticised serialize diary in a national newspaper and a 2–1 kill to Sweden, followed by a 0–0 draw with Bulgaria in the open games of Euro 2000 qualification, Hodgson was the favorite among the media and the bookmakers to take over. [ 33 ] ultimately, Hoddle stayed in the job and Hodgson was dismissed two months late on 21 November 1998, with Blackburn buttocks of the league table. [ 29 ] As Hodgson late explained, Blackburn ‘s owner gave him the chance to resign honorably, but he refused to do so, leaving the cabaret with no choice but to dismiss him : “ To Blackburn ‘s honor, Jack Walker wanted me to resign, he wanted to distillery pay for the rest of my abridge. He said, ‘Why do n’t you resign ? You ‘ve had adequate, it ‘s not working out. ‘ I refused to do that, arrogant of run as I was in those days. I thought if they stuck with me I ‘d save them from relegation. I do think that the players were very much calm with me, so I could n’t resign because that would be a suggestion that in some way I was doing something or something was happening which I did n’t see to be the character or the truth. I gave him no choice but to sack me ”. [ 34 ] His final game was a dwelling get the better of by Southampton. [ 29 ] [ 35 ] Hodgson late complained that his bankruptcy at Blackburn tarnished his repute in England, whilst his record on the continent should have made him comparable to Sir Alex Ferguson : “ Of course, my lead record, if people bothered to study it, would put me in the like class as [ Sir Alex ] Ferguson enjoys today, but people do n’t talk about what I ‘ve done outdoor England ”, he says. “ here, they precisely talk about Blackburn Rovers, but that ‘s good a very minor separate of a 26-year career. To most english journalists it ‘s the only separate. I ‘ve got an excellent track record in Sweden, Switzerland, Italy and in Denmark, where FC Copenhagen was my last job before I went to Udinese. We won the league there by seven points. true, the fact that I walked out and went to Italy to some extent tarnished that repute … ” [ 4 ]

render to Inter, Grasshoppers [edit ]

In February 1999, Glenn Hoddle was dismissed as England director and Hodgson was considered an outside gamble for the job. [ 24 ] ultimately, it went to Kevin Keegan. shortly after, Austria were beaten 9–0 by Spain in a Euro 2000 qualifier and director Herbert Prohaska resigned. Hodgson was shortlisted to become the future coach, but the character went alternatively to Otto Barić. [ 13 ] Hodgson then returned to Inter as technical conductor and had a brief second least sandpiper as caretaker before returning to Switzerland to coach Grasshoppers for a season. He led the team to a fourth-placed finish in the 1999–2000 Nationalliga A in both the league and the subsequent backing play-off league. After Kevin Keegan resigned as coach of the England home football team in October 2000, Hodgson was one of three shortlist candidates to take over ; [ 13 ] [ 36 ] however, after having agreed to move to FC Copenhagen anterior to the FA showing interest in interviewing him for the place, he was obliged to refuse any extend and the problem went to Sven-Göran Eriksson .

Copenhagen, Udinese [edit ]

Hodgson moved to Denmark in July 2000 and became coach of F.C. Copenhagen, where he proved an instantaneous success, taking a team that had finished seventh and eighth in the two previous seasons to the Superliga championship in the 2000–01 season – the club ‘s first championship since 1993. His team besides won the 2001 Danish Supercup. In 2001, he left Copenhagen to move to Serie A side Udinese. With the golf club in one-ninth position and in the quarter finals of the 2001–02 Coppa Italia, Hodgson was fired in December 2001 after less than six months in commit after allegedly stating that he regretted taking up the post. [ 37 ] Newspapers quoted him saying : “ obviously I ‘m very happy to be back at this flush of football, but I could have chosen a better club to come back to. It ‘s an extremely strange baseball club. ” Hodgson denied making the comments [ 38 ] [ 39 ] but later claimed that he wanted to leave thus was happy to be dismissed. [ 4 ] In January 2002, Hodgson was linked to the vacant managerial character at Shakhtar Donetsk. [ 40 ]

United Arab Emirates [edit ]

Hodgson took over as coach of the United Arab Emirates in April 2002, [ 41 ] managing the senior and Olympic sides. [ 42 ] Hodgson ‘s reign began with six friendlies. The first two ended in frustration and the subsequent four were draws. [ 43 ] Hodgson then successfully led the team through qualification to the 2004 asian Cup as runner-up of their group. Before the asian Cup took put, Hodgson led the team during the 16th Arabian Gulf Cup. He was dismissed in January 2004 after a fifth-placed finish in the round-robin tournament. Without him, the team went on to finish penetrate of their group at the asian Cup, collecting a unmarried point. [ 13 ] talk of his time as coach of the United Arab Emirates, Hodgson said : “ That was a menstruation where I did n’t know where my career was going. But all these experiences enrich you and it was good to know I could get my message to players who many say are uncoachable. It ‘s hard work ; they ‘re basically lazy. But I had them drilled and pressuring opponents about like an english team. Most coaches who go there are just fannying around, but it ‘s not my nature. ” [ 12 ] In 2012, the president of the interim committee of the United Arab Emirates Football Association, Yousuf al-Serkal, said : “ From what I remember of the period he was here, he did n’t have a good opportunity of preparing his team for any tournament. There were no discipline camps and players were not made available to him. It must have been difficult for him to build the correct air. ” [ 44 ]

Viking [edit ]

In July 2004, Hodgson moved to norwegian club Viking, replacing director Bjarne Berntsen, who resigned to become director of the Norway women ‘s national football team. [ 45 ] The golf club had finished fifth in the temper before Hodgson took over and finish ninth under Hodgson in their first season in their new stadium, Viking Stadion. They besides qualified for the 2005–06 UEFA Cup through their UEFA Fair Play ranking. The succeed season, in the UEFA Cup, Viking progressed through two qualifying rounds, beating Rhyl and Austria Wien. In the group degree, Viking finished fourthly, missing out on progressing to the smasher phase by just two points. The highlight of their campaign was a 1–0 victory over Monaco. In the 2005 Premier League, following a spell at the top of the mesa, Viking finished fifth, five points off crown spot. Hodgson resigned in December 2005 to become coach of the Finland national football team .

finland [edit ]

Hodgson was to begin exercise with Finland in June 2006 [ 46 ] but after resigning as director of Viking in December 2005, he began the function early, in January 2006. [ 47 ] Hodgson ‘s beginning matches in cathexis were against Saudi Arabia and South Korea in a friendly tournament at the end of January. [ 48 ] Finland played five more friendlies before qualification for UEFA Euro 2008 got under way, drawing three and losing two. Drawn in Group A, Finland, a state who have never qualified for a major tournament, narrowly failed to qualify. [ 49 ] Their reservation campaign began well, winning three and drawing two of their opening five matches, leaving them briefly top of the table. Defeats to Azerbaijan and Serbia saw them fall from top spot. Wins against Belgium and Kazakhstan renewed their hopes of qualification but they drew their following three games 0–0. A subsequent friendly against Spain besides finished 0–0. A win against Azerbaijan kept the prospect of qualification possible and it was merely when their final examination match against Portugal ended in a 0–0 draw that Finland were eliminated. [ 50 ] Although Hodgson ‘s win ratio of just 27.3 % was the worst of any Finland director since 2000, this is attributable to his read in friendlies. Out of eight friendly matches, Finland drew five and lost three. All six of his wins came in official passing matches, allowing Finland to come fourthly in their group with a respectable 24 points, [ 51 ] finishing below third-placed Serbia on goal dispute and missing out on reservation by just three points. [ 14 ] Hodgson drew plaudits for his work with the team and Finland were praised for well-organised maintain but criticised for inefficient attacking – five of Finland ‘s 14 qualification games ended in 0–0 draws. [ 52 ] In May 2007, when Lawrie Sanchez resigned as coach of the Northern Ireland national football team to manage Premier League side Fulham, Hodgson was considered for the role, but he committed himself to staying with Finland. [ 53 ] Hodgson would go on to succeed Sanchez as director of Fulham seven months later. Hodgson ‘s shrink expired at the end of November 2007 and although the finnish FA expressed their willingness to extend it, he decided to move on. [ 50 ] [ 54 ] Prior to taking up an ambassadorial role at Inter, Hodgson was linked with the vacant Republic of Ireland director ‘s job. [ 55 ] He was besides considered an outside candidate to replace Steve McClaren as England coach, [ 56 ] having been linked previously to the job after the departures of Glenn Hoddle and Kevin Keegan [ 41 ] and given his external management phonograph record and nationality .

Fulham [edit ]

Hodgson as director of Fulham in 2009 On 28 December 2007, in a surprise appointment, [ 57 ] Hodgson accepted the post of coach at struggling Premier League team Fulham, with his contract beginning on 30 December 2007. [ 58 ] The cabaret were 18th, two points from safety and had alone won two Premier League games all season. Hodgson ‘s first base game in charge was the West London bowler hat against Chelsea at Craven Cottage which his club lost, 2–1. Hodgson made half a twelve signings in the January transfer window, the most crucial prove to be center half Brede Hangeland, who would go on to become a key player for the clubhouse and who Hodgson had managed at Viking. Hodgson initially endured a run of very poor people results with the baseball club, including being knocked out of the FA Cup on penalties after two draws against League One side Bristol Rovers. Apparently certainties for relegation to the Championship, Fulham picked up good nine points from Hodgson ‘s first thirteen league games. however, a run of twelve points from the last five games of the season, including a 3–2 winnings over Manchester City after being 2–0 down with twenty minutes remaining, secured the Cottagers ‘ survival, which was confirmed on the final day of the season with a 1–0 gain over Portsmouth. [ 59 ]
Hodgson in 2009 ahead of the 2008–09 season, Hodgson made several crucial signings. Goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer and midfielder Zoltán Gera arrived on free transfers, as did teenage defender Chris Smalling, who would go on to be sold to Manchester United for £12 million. [ 60 ] other signings included striker Bobby Zamora and defender John Paintsil for a compound £6.3 million and striker Andy Johnson for £10.5 million. In the Premier League, Hodgson led Fulham to unprecedented success, guiding his side to seventh place in the Premier League, the baseball club ‘s highest ever complete and ensuring qualification for the newfangled UEFA Europa League. [ 61 ] Fulham besides enjoyed a cup run, reaching the quarter finals of the FA Cup. The club received a number of extra awards from the Premier League, namely the Fair Play Award, [ 62 ] the Behaviour of the Public Award and the Barclays Spirit Award for Hodgson. [ 63 ] There were calls for Hodgson to be given the Premier League Manager of the Year award [ 64 ] and he received much praise for the signings of Mark Schwarzer, Andy Johnson and Brede Hangeland and for the improvement in Bobby Zamora ‘s performances. [ 65 ] Hodgson ‘s spell at Fulham greatly revived his reputation in England after his fourth dimension in appoint of Blackburn over a ten earlier, with renewed speculation linking him to the England job should Fabio Capello have left. [ 66 ] Players joining Fulham before the 2009–10 season included right back Stephen Kelly and midfielders Bjørn Helge Riise, Damien Duff and Jonathan Greening. Hodgson enjoyed a antic run in the Europa League. The club ‘s political campaign, which started in July 2009 in the third gear passing round, featured impressive performances in the group stage, including defeating Basel at the hostile St. Jakob-Park in the final group crippled to qualify for the hard stagecoach at the expense of the swiss club. In the following rounds, Fulham went on to eliminate holders Shakhtar Donetsk 3–2 on aggregate, italian runner-up Juventus 5–4 on aggregate and german champions Wolfsburg 3–1 on aggregate. The victory against Juventus was specially memorable. Fulham lost 3–1 in Turin and went 4–1 down on aggregate in the second base minute of the second gear leg at Craven Cottage. however, a goal from Bobby Zamora, a brace from Zoltán Gera and a deep achiever from Clint Dempsey meant that Fulham won the tie 5–4 on aggregate. On 29 April 2010, Hodgson guided Fulham to their first major european final in their 130-year history, winning the home branch 2–1 after a 0–0 away trace to gain a 2–1 aggregate victory over Hamburg in the Europa League semi-final. [ 67 ] In the final on 12 May at the HSH Nordbank Arena in Hamburg, Fulham played spanish club Atlético Madrid. The game went to extra clock at 1–1 after first-half goals from Diego Forlán and Simon Davies. With a punishment shoot-out brood and precisely four minutes remaining, Forlán scored again to win the game for Atlético Madrid. In the Premier League, the Europa League commitments showed as their League form became inconsistent. Fulham lost four of their first six games before losing merely one of their follow twelve. Five consecutive defeats preceded a run of five unbeaten. Three square defeats were then followed by three unbeaten before their final examination four games garnered one succeed and three defeats, meaning the club finished twelfth, just four points off ninth place. The baseball club besides enjoyed another dear run in the FA Cup, again reaching the quarter-final before losing the replay to Tottenham Hotspur .
Hodgson in 2009 In May 2010, Hodgson was voted the 2010 LMA Manager of the class by a record margin. Hodgson received the award after a poll of coaches, including managers from the top four leagues in England. [ 68 ] Two days late, his Fulham side lost the club ‘s first european final 2–1 to Atlético Madrid. [ 69 ] On 30 June 2010, the Liverpool Echo reported that Hodgson would be named as the raw Liverpool coach after the club had agreed a £2 million compensation deal with Fulham. [ 70 ] The announcement came after weeks of meditation following the deviation of Rafael Benítez .

liverpool [edit ]

On 1 July 2010, Hodgson was appointed as director of Liverpool, signing a three-year contract. [ 71 ] The appointment came against the backdrop of an unexpected campaigning offer from former Liverpool striker and coach and then-club ambassador Kenny Dalglish. [ 72 ] Dalglish ‘s application was rejected by the club, who publicly never gave a reason for their decision but it was suggested that he had been away from management for excessively long. [ 73 ] rather, Hodgson was chosen as the candidate that could use his across-the-board experience in management ‘to firm the ship ‘. [ 74 ] [ 75 ] [ 76 ] With the club up for sale at the fourth dimension, Liverpool were likely to face some churning times, but Hodgson ‘s appointee met with interracial reactions from fans. There were suggestions of insufficient experience with ‘big clubs ‘ despite his tenure at Inter and that he might struggle to manage high-profile players. [ 77 ] Former Marseille and Juventus director Didier Deschamps late claimed that he had been offered the job before Hodgson, but turned it down. [ 78 ] Having signed Milan Jovanović and Joe Cole, Hodgson ‘s first game as coach was a friendly against one of his former clubs, Grasshoppers, on 21 July, which ended as a scoreless reap. [ 79 ] On 29 July, his beginning competitive game in charge was a 2–0 away win against FK Rabotnički in the Europa League. [ 80 ] In the revert leg at Anfield, Liverpool again won 2–0, winning the tie 4–0 on aggregate. Hodgson ‘s first league plot with Liverpool was against Arsenal, being denied a debut win only after a last hour own goal by Pepe Reina resulted in a absorb. [ 81 ] Hodgson made far signings in goalkeeper Brad Jones, defenders Danny Wilson and Paul Konchesky, midfielders Christian Poulsen and Raul Meireles, american samoa well as re-signing full-back Fábio Aurélio, who had been released by the club earlier in the summer. meanwhile, Benitez signings Albert Riera, Diego Cavalieri and Javier Mascherano were all sold, whilst Alberto Aquilani was loaned out to Juventus and Emiliano Insúa was loaned out to Galatasaray. On 29 August, Hodgson achieved his first base league gain, defeating West Bromwich Albion 1–0 at Anfield. [ 82 ] After that, Liverpool had a series of poor results, one of which saw the golf club eliminated from the League Cup on 23 September by League Two strugglers Northampton Town at Anfield, losing on penalties. [ 83 ] Prior to the home game against newly promoted Blackpool on 3 October, Hodgson responded to his critics, describing himself as “ one of the most respect coaches in Europe ” and said it was “ diss ” to suggest he could not handle Liverpool ‘s big-name players. [ 84 ] leaving them third base from bottom after seven games and Hodgson admitted that his side were potentially facing a relegation battle. [ 85 ] By late October, guess was overabundant that Hodgson would be dismissed. [ 86 ] [ 87 ] Hodgson stated that he had no purpose of resigning and responded aggressively to suggestions that Frank Rijkaard, who had recently been dismissed as director of Galatasaray, would be appointed in his place. [ 88 ] [ 89 ] Three straight Premier League victories, including a 2–0 home winnings over league leaders Chelsea, reduced meditation as Liverpool returned to the crown half of the table. New club owner John W. Henry stated his second for Hodgson. [ 90 ] Hodgson left the club by common consent on the dawn of 8 January 2011, with Kenny Dalglish announced as his replacement. [ 91 ] [ 92 ]

West Bromwich Albion [edit ]

Hodgson was appointed head coach of West Bromwich Albion on 11 February 2011, signing a narrow until June 2012. [ 93 ] Hodgson replaced Roberto Di Matteo, who had been dismissed after a poor people tend of shape which saw West Brom lose thirteen of their previous eighteen matches and slip to seventeenth in the board, only out of the delegating zone on goal dispute. [ 94 ] Hodgson ‘s first game in load ended in a 1–1 home draw against West Brom ‘s Black Country rivals Wolverhampton Wanderers. Hodgson helped West Brom to five wins and five draws from their twelve remaining games, including an important 2–1 win at The Hawthorns against Liverpool, a resultant role that some in the media dubbed “ Roy ‘s retaliation ”. [ 95 ] [ 96 ] West Brom finished 11th in the final board – their highest league coating for three decades. [ 97 ] Despite having to deal with West Brom ‘s notoriously economical approach to the transportation market, Hodgson made several signings in the summer of 2011, replacing goalkeeping duet Boaz Myhill and Scott Carson with former Manchester United goalkeeper Ben Foster on loan from Birmingham City and drafting in Márton Fülöp from Ipswich Town on a free transportation. experience and stature was added to the backline in the shape of Northern Ireland external Gareth McAuley on a free transfer and recently relegated Preston North End ‘s player of the season Billy Jones besides arrived to add shroud at fullback. Prior to the start of the season, erstwhile Hawthorns hero Zoltán Gera besides returned on a exempt transplant from Fulham and a summer-long pursuit for Shane Long was ultimately ended with the Irish external sign for an undisclosed fee reported to be in the region of £4million. long joined the club in meter to make a seduce début in the season ‘s undoer. Following good performances against Manchester United and Chelsea in their open two fixtures, Hodgson ‘s usual 4–4–2 formation was replaced with a 4–4–1–1 or a 4–3–3 formation. [ 98 ] Despite his side being continually beset with injuries to key players and the season-long passing of Zoltan Gera to a cruciate ligament injury in only his second begin after returning, Hodgson ‘s side always remained well above the delegating zone until the Christmas period when consecutive 2–1 home defeats to newly promoted duet Swansea City and Norwich City american samoa well as to bottom golf club Wigan Athletic saw them move within three points of eighteenth-place Bolton Wanderers.

England [edit ]

appointment [edit ]

After England director Fabio Capello resigned, it had been widely reported in the british bid that then- Tottenham Hotspur coach Harry Redknapp was front-runner for the position. [ 106 ] however, the FA chair, David Bernstein, stated that, despite there being a shortlist of candidates, Roy Hodgson was the alone one approached for the position. [ 107 ] On 1 May 2012, the Football Association appointed Hodgson as the director of England after agreeing a four-year contract. [ 108 ] He officially assumed the position on 14 May 2012. [ 109 ]

euro 2012 [edit ]

Leading up to Euro 2012, Hodgson engendered controversy when he left former England captain Rio Ferdinand out of England ‘s initial Euro 2012 team. Hodgson would defend his decisiveness to leave out Ferdinand as due to “ footballing reasons ”, citing Ferdinand ‘s miss of appearances for the national team, his stopping point cap having come in June 2011 and besides concerns over his fitness. [ 110 ] Ferdinand ‘s director Sir Alex Ferguson agreed with Hodgson, saying that at the Euros, “ you play something like a game every four days. Rio Ferdinand could n’t do that ”. [ 111 ] Speculation was overabundant that Ferdinand was not selected due to Hodgson not wanting both Ferdinand and John Terry in the lapp trim room when Terry was due to undergo trial in July for allegedly racially abusing Ferdinand ‘s buddy, Anton. [ 112 ] [ 113 ] After injury ruled centre-back Gary Cahill out of the police squad, Hodgson elected to pick full-back Martin Kelly over Ferdinand, leading to Ferdinand ‘s spokesperson Jamie Moralee accusing Hodgson of disrespecting Ferdinand. [ 114 ] [ 115 ] Hodgson said about the decision that “ When it came to bringing another player in, I was n’t going to bring in a musician of Rio ‘s historic period, class, background and experience to be a cover musician. I had to be convinced, if I was going to take Rio in my 23, he ‘d be one of the first names on the team plane. I could n’t be convinced that would be the case ”. [ 116 ] In Hodgson ‘s first game, a friendly on 26 May in Oslo, England beat Norway 1–0, the first winnings by an England side against Norway for 32 years. [ 117 ] Hodgson ‘s second plot in charge, and his first base game at Wembley Stadium, was against Belgium on 2 June. England ran out 1–0 winners courtesy of a first one-half Danny Welbeck fall upon. Although England did not enjoy the higher share of possession, the signs were they would be a hood defensive unit to beat. [ 118 ] This irregular acquire besides ensured that Hodgson maintained his 100 % win phonograph record as England director. [ 119 ] In the build-up to Euro 2012, Hodgson added Ray Lewington, Gary Neville and goalkeeping bus Dave Watson to his coaching team. [ 109 ] It was widely reported in the build-up to Euro 2012 that, with England ‘s alleged “ golden genesis ” at an end, a team hit by injuries and with Hodgson having only a matter of weeks to prepare for the tournament, expectations for the national team, normally quite high, were well lower than usual. [ 120 ] [ 121 ] [ 122 ] [ 123 ] Hodgson ‘s first competitive bet on as England coach ended in a 1–1 trace with France in England ‘s first Euro 2012 group stage catch. [ 124 ] England faced Sweden in the second group game, which England won 3–2. After leading 1–0, Olof Mellberg scored doubly in ten minutes to bring the grudge to 2–1. Hodgson made the decision to replace James Milner with Theo Walcott and this substitution changed the crippled with Walcott scoring the equalising goal and then assisting Danny Welbeck ‘s achiever. This was England ‘s first ever competitive victory over Sweden. [ 125 ] In England ‘s final group match, starting in second place behind France and needing only to avoid get the better of to qualify, Wayne Rooney, returning from suspension, scored the merely goal as England beat co-hosts Ukraine 1–0. Combined with Sweden ‘s shock 2–0 victory over France, the solution meant England qualified as group winners with France finishing second base. [ 126 ] Winning the group meant that England played the runner-up of Group C, Italy, thus avoiding reigning World and european champions Spain. [ 127 ] In the quarter finals, England lost 4–2 to Italy on penalties after the equal ended 0–0. Although Italy dominated possession throughout the match, Hodgson ‘s side were praised for being defensively well-organised and hard to beat, [ 128 ] [ 129 ] [ 130 ] [ 131 ] [ 132 ] [ 133 ] and the team were reported to have either met or exceeded their expectations. [ 134 ] Under Hodgson ‘s management England rose to third in the FIFA World Rankings, their highest ever put since the rankings were introduced in 1992. [ 135 ]

2014 World Cup qualification [edit ]

Less than two months after being eliminated by Italy at Euro 2012, England played them again in a friendly in Bern, Switzerland, recording a 2–1 winnings, with Jermain Defoe coming off the bench to score the achiever in the 79th minute. England were drawn in Group H of the European Zone of qualification for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, aboard Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, San Marino and Ukraine. Hodgson ‘s England started their World Cup reservation campaign on 7 September 2012 with a convincing 5–0 away win over Moldova, with Frank Lampard scoring twice, his first within three minutes from the penalty spot. [ 136 ] In their second modifier on 11 September the team drew 1–1 to Ukraine. [ 137 ] On 12 October 2012, England recorded a moment 5–0 gain, at dwelling to San Marino, and drew 1–1 away to Poland on 17 October. The game was scheduled for 16 October but was delayed by torrential rain that left the pitch unplayable. England played Sweden in a friendly in Stockholm on 14 November 2012, losing 4–2, Hodgson ‘s foremost get the better of as England director. England were 2–1 astir but Zlatan Ibrahimović scored three times in the final 15 minutes to take his reckoning in the match to four and win the game for Sweden. In a friendly at Wembley Stadium on 6 February 2013, England beat Brazil 2–1, their first succeed against the south american side for twenty-three years. England resumed World Cup qualifiers on 22 March when they thumped San Marino 8–0 at the Stadio Olimpico. The goals came from seven different scorers and included a brace for Jermain Defoe, an own goal and a first England goal for Daniel Sturridge. The succeed was England ‘s biggest since they beat turkey 8–0 in October 1987, and it vastly improved their goal remainder ahead of their aside connect against Montenegro on 26 March. [ 138 ] The match in Montenegro finished 1–1 after the hosts cancelled out Wayne Rooney ‘s sixth-minute finish, leaving England still trailing Montenegro by two points in the group. In July 2013, the FA announced that Hodgson would take charge of the England under-21 side for one bet on, against the Scotland under-21s in a friendly on 13 August. [ 139 ] England beat their rivals 6–0 at Bramall Lane. [ 140 ] On 15 October 2013, England beat Poland 2–0 at Wembley, with goals from Wayne Rooney and Steven Gerrard, to qualify unbeaten for the Brazil 2014 FIFA World Cup. [ 141 ] Hodgson said after the match that reaching the 2014 World Cup was his proud moment in football. [ 142 ] After the Poland win Hodgson was criticised [ by whom? ] after information leaked from the preen room about him referring to a antic about a tamper and an astronaut at half-time in the modifier succeed. [ 143 ] [ 144 ] [ 145 ]

2014 World Cup [edit ]

On 12 May 2014, Hodgson announced his police squad for the finals, stating, “ I believe the police squad can win the World Cup. ” [ 146 ] The 23-man team included Everton ‘s Ross Barkley and Liverpool ‘s Raheem Sterling, but not Ashley Cole, who announced his retirement from international football after missing out. [ 147 ] England lost to Italy 2–1 in their opening pit of the World Cup on 14 June, [ 148 ] and in their second match were beaten by Uruguay 2–1. [ 149 ] Following Costa Rica ‘s 1–0 kill of Italy on 20 June, England were eliminated from the World Cup at the group stage for the first gear meter since 1958. After the passing to Uruguay, Hodgson stated, “ I do n’t have any intention to resign. ” [ 150 ] England finished their World Cup campaign on 24 June with a scoreless draw against Costa Rica to finish bottom of Group D. [ 151 ]

post 2014 World Cup [edit ]

Hodgson named Wayne Rooney as the new master of England in August 2014, following the retirement of Steven Gerrard from external football. [ 152 ] Hodgson ‘s first match after the World Cup was a 1–0 gain against Norway in an external friendly match at Wembley on 3 September 2014. [ 153 ] During the match, England made only two shots on aim. Hodgson was infuriated when asked about this, describing the statistic as “ fucking bollocks ”. [ 154 ] Former England actor, Alan Shearer stated that he found the match dull, adding that “ those who did go credibly wish they had n’t. ” [ 155 ] Under Hodgson, England dropped to 20th in the FIFA World Rankings, their worst position since May 1996. [ 156 ]

euro 2016 [edit ]

England started their euro 2016 qualifying campaign with a 2–0 win against Switzerland, with Danny Welbeck scoring both goals. In March 2015, England won 4–0 against Lithuania, their fifth competitive gain in a rowing to maintain their 100 % record in qualifying for Euro 2016. [ 157 ] On 5 September 2015, England beat San Marino 6–0 at San Marino Stadium, Serravalle, to qualify for Euro 2016. [ 158 ] England concluded its reservation having won all ten of its matches becoming only the one-fifth national side to qualify for a european championship with a 100 % record, and the sixth case, after France ( 1992 and 2004 ), Czech Republic ( 2000 ), Germany and Spain ( both 2012 ). [ 159 ] Prior to the tournament, Hodgson was praised in the media for introducing several promising young players, and for giving a more offensive play style to the team. [ 160 ] [ 161 ] [ 162 ] In the Euro 2016 tournament, England progressed from the group stage ( though only moment to Wales in their group, after drawing 0–0 with Slovakia ). On 27 June, after England were knocked out by Iceland in the round of 16, Hodgson ‘s contract as coach finished. Following England ‘s elimination from the tournament, Hodgson endured media criticism for the team ‘s negative performance, and for making several questionable selections and tactical decisions, such as the six changes made to the squad that had defeated Wales 2–1, which resulted in a 0–0 guide against Slovakia and a second-place complete in the group. He was besides accused of failing to give the english sufficient preparation or an identity to their crippled. [ 163 ] [ 164 ]

quartz glass palace [edit ]

On 12 September 2017, Hodgson was appointed director of his boyhood club Crystal Palace, replacing Frank De Boer after signing a biennial condense with the South-London club. [ 165 ] He was tasked with managing a Palace side that had lost their first four league games of the season without scoring a single goal. [ 166 ] Despite losing his inaugural three games in charge, a turnaround in phase mean he led Crystal Palace to safety and an 11th-place finish in the league. No team had previously survived delegating from the top flight after losing their first seven games ( itself a fresh Premier League record ). [ 167 ] crystal Palace finished the 2018–19 season on 49 points, equalling their best ever total in a single Premier League political campaign. During it, in a match against Leicester City that Palace won 4–1, Hodgson beat Sir Bobby Robson ‘s record as the oldest valet to manage in the Premier League, at the age of 71 years and 198 days. [ 168 ] In March 2020, he signed a condense extension, keeping him at the club until the goal of the 2020–21 season. [ 169 ] On 18 May 2021, Hodgson announced that he would be leaving at the conclusion of the season, having preserved Palace ‘s place in the league. [ 170 ] Asked about retirement, he said : “ I in truth am stepping away from football for a while, but who knows what the future will be ? It is a never-say-never here and now. I ‘ve seen then many people retire with all the flourish blaze, only to surface again somewhere in a fairly unretentive period of clock. I ‘d prefer not to do that. ” [ 171 ]

personal biography [edit ]

Hodgson is married to Sheila, and in concert they have a son, Christopher. Hodgson is known to be a fan of the authors Sebastian Faulks, John Updike, Philip Roth and Saul Bellow. [ 172 ] He is multilingual : In addition to his native English, he speaks eloquent Swedish, German, Italian, and French. [ 173 ] Although Hodgson played for Berea Park in South Africa ‘s white-only National Football League during the 1970s, he has stated his admiration for Nelson Mandela [ 174 ] and coached a World XI team in a charity football event in Mandela ‘s honor in August 1999. [ 175 ] Upon his appointment as the director of England ‘s national football team in May 2012 he was asked about his clock time during the apartheid era ; he stated that he only played in South Africa for footballing reasons, as did his teammates at the golf club and not because of a political impression. [ 176 ] Hodgson was made a Knight, First Class, of the Order of the Lion of Finland in September 2012. [ 177 ] He received an honorary doctor’s degree from the University of York on 22 January 2016. [ 178 ] In 2018 Hodgson was made a Freeman of the Borough of Croydon. [ 179 ]

FA commission [edit ]

On 20 October 2013, Hodgson and Rio Ferdinand were appointed to the Football Association ‘s commission to improve the state of the national game. [ 180 ]

managerial statistics [edit ]

As of match played 23 May 2021[181]

Honours [edit ]

Hodgson was appointed Commander of the Order of the british Empire ( CBE ) in the 2021 Birthday Honours for services to football. [ 189 ]

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