Glenn Hodel

Not to be confused with Glenn Hoddle.

Glenn Hodel

Hodel at the 2021 World Cup.
Personal information
Full name	Glenn David Hodel
Date of birth	(1996-11-22) 22 November 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth	Lucerne, Switzerland[1]
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Position(s)	Forward
International career^‡
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–	Switzerland	150
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 1 August 2022

Glenn Hodel (born 22 November 1996) is a Swiss beach soccer player who plays as a forward for the Switzerland national team.

He is the nephew of former Swiss association football international, Marc Hodel.[3]

Career

Hodel is an Aargau native.[4] The similarity of his name to that of former England midfielder, Glenn Hoddle, is not a coincidence – his father, a fan of Tottenham Hotspur, gave his son the first name Glenn in honour of Hoddle.[5]

He originally pursued association football but switched to beach soccer aged 14.[4][6] He debuted in the Swiss National League aged 15,[7] and subsequently made his debut for Switzerland in 2013 in a friendly versus Poland aged 16.[1] Aged just 18, he was top scorer of the 2015 Swiss League season.[7] That year, he represented the Swiss national team at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup for the first time, and has since appeared at three more editions (2017, 2019, 2021). At the latter, he won the Golden Boot (top scorer award) with 12 goals,[6][8] despite being suspended for one match.[9]

In 2022, he surpassed 150 caps for Switzerland,[3][10] and his goal in the final versus Portugal helped Switzerland become Euro Beach Soccer League champions.[4][11] He was then European club champion with Israeli side Kfar Qassem at the 2023 Euro Winners Cup[12] and won the gold medal with Switzerland at the 2023 European Games[13] (albeit he did not feature in the gold medal match itself due to injury).[14]

Statistics

Competition	Year	Apps	Goals	Ref.
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
	2015	2	0	[1]
	2017	4	5	[2]
	2019	4	2	[3]
	2021	5	12	[4] Archived 2024-02-27 at the Wayback Machine
Total		15	19	—

Honours

As of 2023.

The following is a selection, not an exhaustive list, of the major international honours Hodel has achieved:

• FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
  • Third place (1): 2021
  • Golden Boot (1): 2021
• Euro Beach Soccer League
  • Winner (1): 2022
• European Games
  • Gold medal (1): 2023
  • Bronze medal (1): 2019
• UEFA qualifiers for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
  • Runner-up (1): 2016
• Euro Winners Cup
  • Winner (1): 2023
• Beach Soccer Stars
  • World's best players shortlist (3): 2021,[15] 2022,[16] 2023[17]

References

1. "Swiss Beach Soccer National Team" (PDF). Swiss Football Association. 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 February 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
2. Hannes, Hurter (2019). ""Beach Soccer Ist Ein Toller Lifestyle"" (PDF). Hattrick (in German). No. 2. Aargauer Fussballverband AFV. p. 19. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 February 2024.
3. Fretz, Andreas (28 July 2022). "Beachsoccer-Star Glenn Hodel gründet eigenen Klub BSC 54 in Baden". Aargauer Zeitung (in German). Archived from the original on 1 February 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
4. Dotti, Fabio (8 May 2023). "Glenn Hodel, il bomber part time della sabbia". Radiotelevisione svizzera (in Italian). Archived from the original on 1 February 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
5. Адамов, Алексей (28 March 2019). ""ЦСКА - большой клуб с богатой историей. Будет волнительно представлять его в пляжном футболе" – пляжный футбол на BSRussia". BS Russia (in Russian). Archived from the original on 21 April 2023. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
6. Baranzini, Fabio (30 August 2021). ""Dass ich WM-Topskorer bin, ist absolut surreal"". aargauersport.ch (in German). Retrieved 1 February 2024.
7. Muggler, Christopher (29 September 2015). "Beach Soccer: Senkrechtstarter Glenn Hodel". Grasshopper Club Zürich (in German). Archived from the original on 21 April 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
8. "Beachsoccer-Spieler Hodel: "Wir verdienen nichts, sind Amateure"". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). 30 August 2021. Archived from the original on 1 February 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
9. Hänggi, Niles (28 August 2021). "Beachsoccer-Star Glenn Hodel - "Es ist ein geiles Gefühl, wenn man gegen die ganze Welt antritt"". 20 Minuten (in German). Archived from the original on 1 February 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
10. "Beachsoccer-Nati besiegt Frankreich in Aarau". Aargauer Fussballverband AFV (in German). 15 August 2022. Archived from the original on 1 February 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
11. "Die Schweiz ist Beach-Soccer-Europameister". Blick (in German). 12 September 2022. Archived from the original on 13 January 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
12. "In first: Israeli beach soccer team wins European championship". Ynet. 19 June 2023. Archived from the original on 13 January 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
13. Baranzini, Fabio (21 June 2023). "Schweizer Beachsoccer Nati gewinnt Gold zum Abschluss". aargauersport.ch (in German). Retrieved 1 February 2024.
14. "Das Schweizer Beachsoccer-Team gewinnt Gold". bluenews (in German). 1 July 2023. Archived from the original on 1 February 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
15. "Best Player of the Year shortlist announced". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 21 September 2021. Archived from the original on 25 March 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
16. "Shortlists for Best Men's and Women's Player and Best Coach announced". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 28 September 2022. Archived from the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
17. "Shortlists for Best Men's and Women's Player and Best Coach announced". Beach Soccer Worldwide. 12 December 2023. Archived from the original on 23 January 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2024.

External links

• Glenn Hodel Archived 2023-12-06 at the Wayback Machine, profile at Beach Soccer Worldwide
• Glenn Hodel Archived 2023-05-31 at the Wayback Machine, profile at Swiss Football Association (in German)