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Glenn Hoddle Biography and Timeline

Follow Glenn Hoddle through 10 dated historical records for Great Britain.

Glenn Hoddle, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

10Distinct records
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1957–1996Years on this page

1957

Birth of Glenn Hoddle

Hayes · Sport / Football

Birth of Glenn Hoddle

1979

International Caps

Sport / Football

Full international debut against Bulgaria

1980

PFA

Sport / Football

Awarded the PFA Young Player of the Year

1981

FA Cup

Sport / Football

Spurs win the FA Cup for the sixth time, defeating Manchester City in a memorable replay.

1982

FA Cup

Sport / Football

Tottenham retain the FA Cup (Hoddle scores in both the Final and Final replay).

1988

Best Foreign Player

Sport / Football

Hoddle is voted the Best Foreign Player in French football

League Championship

Sport / Football

Joins AS Monaco alongside George Weah and fellow Englishman Mark Hateley and immediately inspires the club to the 1988 Ligue 1 championship

1991

Manager

Manager of Swindon · Swindon · Sport / Football

Appointed Manager of Swindon Town

1993

Manager

Manager of Chelsea · Sport / Football

Appointed Player-Manager of Chelsea

1996

Manager

Manager · Sport / Football

Appointed England Manager

Records, sources and methodology

These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.