Glenn Hodel

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

[5] He originally pursued association football but switched to beach soccer aged 14.

[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.

[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).