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Personal information | |||
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Full name | David James Hodgson | ||
Date of birth | 6 August 1960 | ||
Place of birth | Gateshead, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1978–1982 | Middlesbrough | 125 | (16) |
1982–1984 | Liverpool | 48 | (4) |
1984–1986 | Sunderland | 40 | (5) |
1986–1987 | Norwich City | 6 | (1) |
1987 | → Middlesbrough (loan) | 2 | (0) |
1987–1988 | Xerez | 14 | (0) |
1988–1989 | Sheffield Wednesday | 11 | (1) |
1989–1990 | Mazda | ? | (?) |
1990–1992 | Metz | 38 | (0) |
1992 | Swansea City | 3 | (0) |
1978–1992 | Total | 287 | (27) |
International career | |||
1980–1982 | England U-21s | 7 | (3) |
Managerial career | |||
1995 | Darlington | ||
1996–2000 | Darlington | ||
2003–2006 | Darlington | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
David James Hodgson (born 6 August 1960) is an English former footballer who played for Middlesbrough, Liverpool, [2] Norwich City, Sunderland, Swansea [3] and Sheffield Wednesday, as well as top division clubs FC Metz in France, Mazda in Japan, and Jerez Club Deportivo in Spain. During his two-year spell at Liverpool he helped them win the First Division twice. He made 49 appearances in total between 1982 and 1984. [4]
He was director of sport at bhpsport, a division of Blackett Hart & Pratt LLP. He left his post as Darlington manager in October 2006, [5] where he was in his third spell in charge of the team, managing over 400 games. In 2004, he wrote a book titled Three Times A Quaker: My World of Football and Passion for Darlington F.C. published by Speakeasy Publishing. Voted in top 25 North East Managers of all time.
Liverpool
Sunderland
England U21
Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
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G | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
Darlington) | ![]() | August 1995 | December 1995 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 33.3 |
Darlington | ![]() | August 1996 | August 2000 | 215 | 76 | 81 | 58 | 35.3 |
Darlington | ![]() | October 2003 | September 2006 | 144 | 51 | 51 | 42 | 35.4 |
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