44 Facts About Glenn Hoddle

Glenn Hoddle was born on 27 October 1957 and is an English former football player and manager.

Glenn Hoddle played as a midfielder for Tottenham Hotspur, Monaco, Chelsea and Swindon Town and at international level for England.

Glenn Hoddle was known for his tactical intelligence and work-rate.

Glenn Hoddle has been manager of Swindon Town, Chelsea, Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur and Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Glenn Hoddle managed England to the second round of the 1998 FIFA World Cup, where they lost to Argentina on penalties.

Glenn Hoddle was dismissed from the England job in 1999 for a newspaper interview in which he was widely interpreted as saying that people with disabilities and others are affected by karma from past lives.

Glenn Hoddle said that his words were "misconstrued, misunderstood and misinterpreted" and that disabled people had his "overwhelming support, care, consideration and dedication".

Glenn Hoddle has been supporting Tottenham Hotspur since he was eight, and his favourite player was Martin Chivers.

Glenn Hoddle first came to the attention of Spurs when Chivers and Ray Evans went to present prizes at a local school cup final and noticed the potential of the 11-year-old schoolboy, and on Chivers' recommendation he was invited to train with the club at Tottenham's practice ground in Cheshunt.

At the age of 15, Glenn Hoddle played for Harlow-based Sunday league club Longmans alongside his father.

Glenn Hoddle joined the club as a junior when he was 12, and signed for the club as an apprentice on 17 April 1974.

Glenn Hoddle successfully overcame knee problems in his early teens and collected eight England Youth caps, the first of these on 18 March 1975 against Spain.

Glenn Hoddle was forced to wait until 21 February 1976 to start a First Division match and immediately announced his arrival with the winning goal, a spectacular strike past Stoke City and England goalkeeper Peter Shilton.

Glenn Hoddle would collect another eleven caps at that level, and play twice for the England 'B' team prior to scoring on his full international debut against Bulgaria on 22 November 1979.

At international level, Glenn Hoddle won 44 caps for England during his Tottenham career.

Glenn Hoddle announced in 1987 that he would be leaving Tottenham Hotspur at the end of the season to pursue a career overseas where his style of play would be appreciated by continental managers and supporters, and to play European level football with English clubs banned after the Heysel disaster.

Glenn Hoddle joined AS Monaco alongside George Weah and fellow Englishman Mark Hateley and immediately inspired the club to the 1988 Ligue 1 championship, its first league title in six seasons.

Glenn Hoddle returned to England and signed for Chelsea on a non-contract basis to regain his fitness, leaving Stamford Bridge in March 1991 without playing a senior match to become player-manager of Swindon Town in the Second Division.

Glenn Hoddle scored in his third appearance against Australia on 31 May 1980 in a friendly in Sydney.

Glenn Hoddle was included in the 1982 and 1986 FIFA World Cup squads, and England reached the quarter-finals against Argentina in the latter.

When Glenn Hoddle arrived at Swindon in March 1991, the club was struggling in the aftermath of a financial scandal which had seen them stripped of promotion to the First Division at the end of the previous season, a controversy which had negatively impacted the team's league form as they had been forced to sell several key players including midfielder Alan McLoughlin.

Glenn Hoddle later caused controversy by omitting Paul Gascoigne from the squad and installing supposed faith healer Eileen Drewery as part of the England coaching staff, which led to the team being dubbed "The Hod Squad".

Glenn Hoddle stated his words were misinterpreted and pointed out his contributions and commitment to organisations helping disabled people.

Glenn Hoddle apologised for the offence that had been caused, stating it had never been his intention and continued to fundraise for disabled groups after being dismissed.

Glenn Hoddle was back in football within a year as Southampton manager, succeeding Dave Jones, who had been suspended to concentrate on clearing his name in connection with child abuse charges.

Glenn Hoddle kept the Saints in the Premier League with a 15th-place finish, but left in March 2001 to return to Tottenham as manager.

Glenn Hoddle was appointed manager of Tottenham in March 2001 with John Gorman as his assistant, following the sacking of George Graham.

Glenn Hoddle was linked with a return to Southampton in March 2004, but opposition from supporters meant chairman Rupert Lowe pursued alternative targets and ultimately selected Paul Sturrock instead.

In June 2011, it was announced that The Glenn Hoddle Academy had linked up with English Conference North side Hyde.

Glenn Hoddle said in December 2013 that he been offered a chance to return to management no less than 26 times in seven years, but commented that he would not return to management until his academy was able to run itself.

However, on 3 February 2015, Redknapp resigned, following which Glenn Hoddle left the club.

Glenn Hoddle has done punditry work since his retirement from coaching.

Glenn Hoddle has worked for ESPN, ITV Sport and BT Sport.

Glenn Hoddle began working with ESPN during Euro 2012 as a pundit.

In May 1987, Glenn Hoddle released the pop single "Diamond Lights'", which reached number 12 in the UK Singles Chart.

In 2021, Glenn Hoddle appeared as a contestant on the second series of the British version of The Masked Singer, masked as the Grandfather Clock.

In 1986, while on holiday in Israel, Glenn Hoddle said that he had an experience which led him to become a born-again Christian.

Glenn Hoddle has been married twice, firstly to Christine Ann Stirling and subsequently to Vanessa Colburn.

Glenn Hoddle has three children with his first wife.

In 1996, his younger brother, former footballer Carl Glenn Hoddle, overdosed on paracetamol, but recovered.

In March 2008, Carl Glenn Hoddle died at the age of 40 after collapsing suddenly from a brain aneurysm.

Glenn Hoddle was reportedly "devastated" by the death of his brother.

On 27 October 2018, his 61st birthday, Glenn Hoddle suffered a cardiac arrest in a London TV studio and was taken to hospital for emergency heart surgery.

On 23 November 2018, Glenn Hoddle left St Bartholomew's Hospital to recuperate at home after his hospital treatment.