Personal information | |||
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Full name | Raymond Wilfred Hudson[1] | ||
Date of birth | 24 March 1955 | ||
Place of birth | Gateshead, England | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1974–1977 | Newcastle United | 25 | (1) |
1975 | → Greenock Morton (loan) | 4 | (0) |
1977 | → Fort Lauderdale Strikers (loan) | 25 | (4) |
1978–1983 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 151 | (38) |
1983–1984 | Union Solingen | 10 | (0) |
1984 | Minnesota Strikers | 21 | (2) |
1984–1988 | Minnesota Strikers (indoor) | 112 | (41) |
1987 | Edmonton Brick Men | 17 | (4) |
1988–1989 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | ? | (?) |
1990 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 13 | (2) |
1991 | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | ? | (?) |
Managerial career | |||
2000–2001 | Miami Fusion | ||
2002–2004 | D.C. United | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Raymond Wilfred Hudson (born 24 March 1955) is an English former professional football player and manager who currently works as a radio host for SiriusXM FC 157. He started playing professionally at 17, in 1973, with Newcastle United. Fans nicknamed him Rocky and he stayed with the Football League First Division side for four years before moving to the U.S. and playing with various teams for about 15 years.
When he finished his playing career, he started coaching. He was named the head coach in the middle of the 2000 season of the Miami Fusion and was then hired by D.C. United on 8 January 2002 to be their head coach. He was replaced in 2004.
Hudson then began a broadcasting career as color commentator in television and radio. In 2012, he joined Sirius XM Radio as the morning show host of The Football Show on SiriusXM FC 157.