#3 Roy Hodgson
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Hodgson started his managerial career in 1976 at Allsvenkan, the top flight of the Swedish football league system. He managed Halmstads BK and won the championship twice in a span of five years. His success with Halmstads BK is considered as one of the biggest surprises of all time in Swedish football.
In 1985, he was appointed as the manager of Malmo FF. He led them to five consecutive league championships, two Swedish championships and two Swedish cups (Svenska Cupen). He, along with his friend Bob Houghton, are credited with transforming football in Sweden and bringing in zonal marking for the first time to Swedish football.
After short managerial stints at various other clubs, he moved to Denmark and became the manager of FC Copenhagen. He turned out to be a big success as he led a team that finished seventh and eighth in the two previous seasons to the Superliga championship.
He was appointed as the manager of England national team in 2012. This was not his first stint as an international manager, having already managed Switzerland (1992-95) and Finland (2006-07).
At his first major competition, Euro 2012, England topped the group convincingly and faced Italy in the quarterfinals. Despite a defeat on penalties against Italy, the England national team were praised for being well-organized and putting up a good fight. A good showing at Euro 2012 and the qualifying stages of the World Cup raised the hopes of the fans for the 2014 World Cup.
To the disappointment of the entire footballing fraternity, England got eliminated from the World Cup at the group stage for the first time since 1958.
After an unsuccessful campaign at Euro 2016, Roy Hodgson decided to resign after failing to beat the minnows Iceland in the quarterfinal fixture.
