Qualified dentist who knocked England out of Euros: Who is Ireland boss Heimir Hallgrimsson?

Heimir Hallgrimsson has been appointed as the new head coach of the Republic of Ireland.

The former Iceland and Jamaica coach replaces interim manager John O’Shea, who took charge following Stephen Kenny’s departure in November.

Here, we pick out five things you may not know about Icelander Hallgrimsson.

Hallgrimsson was joint manager of Iceland, alongside Swede Lars Lagerback, when they embarrassed England at Euro 2016. The smallest nation to grace a major tournament came from behind to win the last-16 tie 2-1 as Roy Hodgson’s reign as England boss ended in ignominious fashion in Nice. Hallgrimsson has another chance to upset England as his first fixture with Ireland will be a Nations League meeting on September 7th in Dublin.

Landed in Ireland: 11.30am
Photo-shoot in a (secret) location: 12.30pm
First FAI TV Interview: 1pm
Announced: 3pm

Quite the day for our new MNT Head Coach Heimir Hallgrímsson