A brief rundown of the England Manager's career.

Roy Hodgson was appointed England Manager on 1 May 2012.

Hodgson, 64 and born in Croydon, was a player for Crystal Palace (Youth) and several senior non-League clubs including Gravesend & Northfleet and Tonbridge Angels. His 36-year career as a manager began with Swedish club Halmstad in 1976.

England is the fourth national team he has managed.

Hodgson had three years in charge of Switzerland, guiding them to the last 16 of the 1994 World Cup in America and taking them to the Euro 96, though he had left before the Finals. The Swiss hadn’t qualified for a major tournament since the 1960s.

He had a year with Finland, lifting them to their highest FIFA ranking, and two with the United Arab Emirates.

At club level Hodgson managed top clubs like Internazionale and Udinese, Blackburn Rovers, Malmo, FC Copenhagen and Grasshopper. After his spell with the Finnish national side he became an English Premier League manager with Fulham in 2007.

He took the Cottagers to the UEFA Europa League Final in 2010, emulating his achievement of leading Inter to the UEFA Cup Final of 1997. In the same year the League Managers’ Association chose him as their ‘Manager of the Year’.

He took over at Liverpool in June 2010 but had switched to West Bromwich Albion by February 2011, keeping them in a mid-table position in the Premier League this season.

Hodgson speaks several languages and has served on FIFA and UEFA technical study groups.

Management Career