Glenn Hoddle

Glenn Hoddle is a name that carries real reverence for me. A midfielder of unusual touch and vision at Tottenham, Monaco, Chelsea and for England, he played with a refinement that felt almost continental in an era of English directness. What I respect most is the full arc: gifted player, then manager, and now a measured pundit on ITV and TNT Sports. His English Football Hall of Fame place is well earned. People who stay close to the game across three different roles tend to understand it more deeply than anyone, and Hoddle strikes me as one of those rare lifelong students of the sport.

Name (English)

Glenn Hoddle

Name (Japanese)

グレン・ホドル

Reading

ぐれん・ほどる

Born

October 27, 1957 (age 68)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Rooster

Origin

Hayes, United Kingdom

Height

183 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Awards & achievements

• English Football Hall of Fame

• Xhttps://x.com/glennhoddle
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn%20Hoddle
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9B%E3%83%89%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q296666

Tags

• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.