One of the most controversial figures of EnglishFootball is former England coach Roy Hodgson. He was born on August 9, 1947 in London. In 2012, Hodgson was appointed to the post of head coach of the England national team, but he did not manage to achieve anything special until 2016. After the European Championship 2016, which was held in France, Hodgson left his post.
Roy Hodgson was not the highest level player.His career as a player could have been completely different if he could get into the main team of the Crystal Palace football club, but this did not happen, and Roy went to play in low-grade teams. Speaking for weak clubs, he didn't have a chance to make a name for himself in England. But he decided to become a coach, even though he had no connections and a name in world football. No one knew who Hodgson was. In such a situation, the best option was a trip abroad.
After working for some time as an assistant.head coach at Maidstone United, Roy Hodgson was able to get a certain base, which gave him the opportunity to find his first club in the coaching career. The team where Roy began his coaching career is Halmstad, which before the arrival of the Englishman fought for survival. For four years, the club has twice won the national championship, and in the 1977/78 season, the coach made his debut in European competition.
The famous coach was when he worked in Switzerland.For a long time the Swiss team could not get to the world championships. But then Roy Hodgson was appointed to the position of head coach. The 1994 World Cup was the first in his career as a coach and the first for his team in the last 28 years, and Euro 1996 for 36 years.
England squad at the beginning of the 21st century suffered fromperturbations on the coaching bridge. In the spring of 2012, Roy Hodgson was appointed head coach. The coach received his first serious call immediately after the appointment. Euro 2012 Championship, which was held in Ukraine, was the first test for an Englishman as head coach of England. You can not call the performance of the national team successful. The team with great difficulties and the scandal associated with the uncalculated goal of the Ukrainian national team, went into the playoffs of the tournament. Already in the first round of games for the departure, England met with Italy and lost in the penalty shootout. In 2014, at the World Championships in Brazil, the team could not even leave the group, and in 2016, the UEFA Iceland team lost in the quarterfinals.
Roy Hodgson worked not only as a national team coach.teams and football clubs. During the World Cup in 2006, which was held in Germany, he was a member of the UEFA technical research group. He also held this position in several European championships.
Roy speaks five languages, and this gave him the opportunity to work as a football expert on television in the countries where his coaching career came.
За свою длинную тренерскую карьеру Ходжсону had the opportunity to train a lot of clubs. The most famous of them were Liverpool and Inter. In addition, Roy was a coach of several national teams, including his own. But if with the Swiss national team he was able to earn a name for himself in world football, then by training the English national team, he failed to achieve any special results.
English coach managed to win four timesthe Swedish Championship (twice with Malmo and Halmstad), two Swedish cups, the championship and the Danish Supercup with Copenhagen. Training English Fulham, Hodgson was able to reach the final of the first Europa League in the 2009/10 season. This achievement can be considered the most significant in the career of an English manager.
