Tottenham maestro, England midfielder, and a footballer who saw the game a second before everyone else
FootballGlenn Hoddle was the English footballer foreign coaches kept asking why England did not build a team around.
Born in Hayes in 1957, Hoddle spent 12 years at Tottenham Hotspur, scoring 110 goals as an attacking midfielder with the range of a quarterback and the touch of a No 10. He won two FA Cups in 1981 and 1982 and a UEFA Cup in 1984, and provided two of the most elegant moments in English club football of the era, including a famous volley against Manchester United.
He won 53 England caps across a decade in the national side, played at the 1982 and 1986 World Cups, and at 29 moved to Monaco under Arsene Wenger, where he won the French title and earned a reputation on the continent that he never quite received at home. He later returned to England as a player manager at Swindon and Chelsea before taking the England job himself.
As England manager he led the country to the 1998 World Cup in France, where a 10 man side pushed eventual semi finalists Argentina to a penalty shootout in one of the most dramatic nights in English football history. He has been a broadcaster and coach ever since, and his on field intelligence now translates into some of the most insightful tactical punditry in the British game.
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