Personal information | |||
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Full name | Glenn Victor Roeder | ||
Date of birth | 13 December 1955 | ||
Place of birth | Woodford, England | ||
Playing position | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
1970–1973 | Arsenal | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1973–1978 | Leyton Orient | 115 | (4) |
1978–1983 | Queens Park Rangers | 157 | (17) |
1983 | → Notts County (loan) | 4 | (0) |
1983–1989 | Newcastle United | 193 | (8) |
1989–1992 | Watford | 78 | (2) |
1992 | Leyton Orient | 8 | (0) |
1992–1993 | Gillingham | 6 | (0) |
Total | 561 | (31) | |
National team | |||
England B | 7 | (0) | |
Teams managed | |||
1992–1993 | Gillingham (Player-manager) | ||
1993–1996 | Watford | ||
2001–2003 | West Ham United | ||
2006–2007 | Newcastle United | ||
2007–2009 | Norwich City | ||
2016–Present | Stevenage (Managerial Advisor) | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Glenn Victor Roeder (born 13 December 1955 in Woodford, Essex) is an English football manager and former player. He is a managerial assistant at Stevenage. As a player, Roeder represented England B on seven occasions. A defender, he played club football for Leyton Orient, Queens Park Rangers, Notts County, Newcastle United, Watford and Gillingham. His managerial career included spells with Gillingham, Watford, West Ham United, Newcastle United and Norwich City.
Roeder failed to earn a scholarship at Arsenal and began his professional playing career at Leyton Orient, making his name as a classy ball-playing defender before moving to Queens Park Rangers.
At QPR, Roeder captained the second tier team in the 1982 FA Cup Final against Tottenham but missed the replay due to suspension.. The following season he was part of the team that won the Division 2 title.
In 1984, Roeder was transferred to Newcastle United, where he was to make close to 200 appearances during five years at the club. Roeder then had a two-year spell at Watford, followed by a return to Leyton Orient for whom he played eight games in 1992, before a six-game stint to finish his playing career at Gillingham, whom he had joined as player-manager.