Glenn Hoddle	28 matches in charge P 28 W 17 D 6 L 5 F 42: A 13 71% successful FIFA Rankings: from 13th to 11th 1996-98 discipline:  tbc 2 players managed: tbc
Profile
	Glenn Hoddle
Birth	27 October 1957 in Hayes, Middlesex [registered in Uxbridge, December 1957].
first marriage	to Christine Anne Stirling [registered in Harlow, Essex, September 1979]. Three children, Zoe Anne (1983), Zara Marie (March 1986) and Jamie Glenn (January 1992). Divorced in 1998.
second marriage	to Vanessa J. Shean, 11 June 2000 [registered in Windsor & Maidenhead, Berkshire, June 2000].
Playing Career
	Midfielder who began at Harlow and Essex Schools and as a product of the Watford FC youth academy, before joining Tottenham Hotspur FC as an apprentice in in April 1974, turning professional April 1975. He went on to score 88 goals in 377 League appearances before joining AS Monaco, in Ligue 1, in June 1987 for £750,000, but released because of knee injury after playing 69 league matches, scoring 27, in November 1990. He returned to England and Chelsea FC on a non-contract basis until he left in March 1991 without playing. He joined Swindon Town FC as its player/manager in August 1991, scoring once in 64 outings, until he joined Chelsea FC in the same capacity in June 1993, scoring once in 31 outings, until his retirement from playing in 1995.
Club honours	FA Cup winners 1980-81, 1981-82, runners-up 1986-87, 1993-94; FA Charity Shield shared 1981, runners-up 1982; UEFA Cup winners 1983-84; Ligue Champions 1987-88; Coupe de France winners 1990-91; Football League Division One play-off winners 1992-93;
Individual honours	England 1979-86 (53 appearances, eight goals), England B, England U21, England Youth; PFA Young Player of the Year 1980
Distinctions	None
Height/Weight	6' 0", 11st. 6lbs [1984].
Management Career
Club(s)	Began as a player/manager of Swindon Town FC from April 1991, until he joined Chelsea FC in the same capacity in June 1993 until his retirement in 1995. He carried on as Chelsea's manager for a further season.
Club honours	Football League Division One play-off winners 1992-93; FA Cup runners-up 1993-94;
Individual honours	None
Distinctions	None
England Career
England tenure	Appointed 2 May 1996 effective at the conclusion of the European Championship of 1996 in June. Resigned under pressure after bartering terms of departure on 2 February 1999.
Other applicants	Head-hunted by Jimmy Armfield, the FA's own consultant. He visited Bryan Robson, Kevin Keegan and Gerry Francis, who had ruled themselves out of contention before interviews began. A return of Bobby Robson and Howard Kendall had also been discounted. The Manchester United board of directors refused permission for the Football Association to talk to Alex Ferguson. Hoddle was the only serious candidate. Although the Sunday papers had convinced themselves that Nottingham Forest's Frank Clark was the serious contender.
First match	No. 727, 1 September 1996, Moldova 0 England 3, a World Cup qualification match at the Republic Stadium in Chişinău, aged 38 years 310 days.
Last match	No. 754, 18 November 1998, England 2 Czech Republic 0, a friendly match at Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London, aged 41 years 22 days.
Major tournaments	World Cup Finals 1998;
Team honours	Tournoi de France winners 1997;
Individual honours	None
Backroom Staff	Hoddle chose the Scottish-born John Gorman to be his assistant.  Ray Clemence was coach.  Peter Taylor took charge of the under-21's.
Beyond England
Management Career
Club(s)	After almost a year out of the game, Hoddle returned to manage Southampton FC in January 2000, a position he held until Tottenham Hotspur FC took him as their manager in April 2001. He was sacked by Spurs on 21 September 2003 after not getting the required results. After another period of leave, Hoddle returned again to management, to Wolverhampton Wanderers FC on 7 December 2004, until his resignation on 1 July 2006.
Club honours	Football League runners-up 2001-02;
Individual honours	Premiership Manger of the Month October 2001, August 2002;
	Has since forged out a career as a co-commentator on BT Sport.

Competition Record

Tournament Record

Match History

Appointed 2 May 1996. Took charge on 27 June 1996
World Cup preliminary matches
1	727	1 September 1996 - Moldova 0 England 3 [0-2] Stadionul Republican, Chişinău (9,500)	Barmby, Gascoigne, Shearer	AW
2	728	9 October 1996 - England 2 Poland 1 [2-1] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (74,663)	Citko Shearer (2)	HW
3	729	9 November 1996 - Georgia 0 England 2 [0-2] Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi (48,000)	Sheringham, L.Ferdinand	AW
4	730	12 February 1997 - England 0 Italy 1 [0-1] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (75,055)	Zola	HL
Friendly match
5	731	29 March 1997 - England 2 Mexico 0 [1-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (48,076)	Sheringham (pen), Fowler	HW
World Cup preliminary match
6	732	30 April 1997 - England 2 Georgia 0 [1-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (71,208)	Sheringham, Shearer	HW
Friendly match
7	733	24 May 1997 - England 2 South Africa 1 [1-1] Old Trafford, Manchester (52,676)	R.Lee, I.Wright Masinga	HW
World Cup preliminary match
8	734	31 May 1997 - Poland 0 England 2 [0-1] Stadion Śląski, Chorzów (32,000)	Shearer, Sheringham	AW
Tournoi de France
9	735	4 June 1997 - Italy 0 England 2 [0-2] Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes (25,000)	I.Wright, Scholes	NW
10	736	7 June 1997 - France 0 England 1 [0-0] Stade de la Mosson, Montpellier (21,331)	Shearer	AW
11	737	10 June 1997 - England 0 Brazil 1 [0-0] Parc des Princes, Paris (33,000)	Romario	NL

Season 1997-98
World Cup preliminary matches
12	738	10 September 1997 - England 4 Moldova 0 [1-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (74,102)	Scholes, I.Wright (2), Gascoigne	HW
13	739	11 October 1997 - Italy 0 England 0 [0-0] Stadio Olimpico, Roma (81,200)		AD
			Angelo Di Livio
Friendly matches
14	740	15 November 1997 - England 2 Cameroon 0 [2-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (46,176)	Scholes, Fowler	HW
15	741	11 February 1998 - England 0 Chile 2 [0-1] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (65,228)	Salas (2 (1 pen))	HL
16	742	25 March 1998 - Switzerland 1 England 1 [1-0] Wankdorfstadion, Bern (17,100)	Vega Merson	AD
17	743	22 April 1998 - England 3 Portugal 0 [1-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (63,463)	Shearer (2), Sheringham	HW
			Capucho
18	744	23 May 1998 - England 0 Saudi Arabia 0 [0-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (63,733)		HD
Coupe Internationale Hassan II de Football in Morocco
19	745	27 May 1998 - Morocco 0 England 1 [0-0] Complexe Sportif Mohamed V, Casablanca (80,000)	Owen	AW
20	746	29 May 1998 - Belgium 0 England 0 [0-0] 4-3 on penalty kicks Complexe Sportif Mohamed V, Casablanca (20,000/25,000)		ND
World Cup Finals in France
21	747	15 June 1998 - England 2 Tunisia 0 [1-0] Le Stade Vélodrome, Marseille (54,587)	Shearer, Scholes	NW
22	748	22 June 1998 - Romania 2 England 1 [0-0] Stade Municipal, Toulouse (37,500)	Moldovan, Petrescu Owen	NL
23	749	26 June 1998 - England 2 Colombia 0 [2-0] Stade Félix-Bollaert, Lens (41,275)	Anderton, Beckham	NW
24	750	30 June 1998 - Argentina 2 England 2 [2-2]ᴭᵀ 4-3 on penalty kicks Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne (35,500)	Batistuta (pen), Zanetti Shearer (pen), Owen	ND
			David Beckham

Season 1998-99
European Championship preliminary matches
25	751	5 September 1998 - Sweden 2 England 1 [2-1] Råsunda Fotbollstadion, Solna (35,394)	A.Andersson, Mjällby Shearer	AL
			Paul Ince
26	752	10 October 1998 - England 0 Bulgaria 0 [0-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (72,974)		HD
27	753	14 October 1998 - Luxembourg 0 England 3 [0-2] Stade Josy Barthel, Stad Lëtzebuerg (8,000 to 8,200)	Owen, Shearer (pen), Southgate	AW
Friendly matches
28	754	18 November 1998 - England 2 Czech Republic 0 [2-0] Wembley Stadium, Wembley (38,535)	Anderton, Merson	HW

Resigned under pressure 2 February 1999

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