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Graham Potter
Personal information
\n Potter with Brighton & Hove Albion in 2022
Full name	\nGraham Stephen Potter^[1]
Date of birth	\n (1975-05-20) 20 May 1975 (age 49)^[1]
Place of birth	\nSolihull, England
Height	\n6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)^[2]
Position(s)	\nLeft-back^[1]
Team information
Current team	\nWest Ham United (head coach)
Senior career\"
Years	\nTeam	\nApps	\n(Gls)
1992\u20131993	\nBirmingham City	\n25	\n(2)
1993	\n\u2192 Wycombe Wanderers (loan)	\n3	\n(0)
1993\u20131996	\nStoke City	\n45	\n(1)
1996\u20131997	\nSouthampton	\n8	\n(0)
1997\u20132000	\nWest Bromwich Albion	\n43	\n(0)
1997	\n\u2192 Northampton Town (loan)	\n3	\n(0)
1997\u20131998	\n\u2192 Northampton Town (loan)	\n1	\n(0)
1999	\n\u2192 Reading (loan)	\n4	\n(0)
2000\u20132003	\nYork City	\n114	\n(5)
2003\u20132004	\nBoston United	\n12	\n(0)
2003	\n\u2192 Shrewsbury Town (loan)	\n5	\n(0)
2004\u20132005	\nMacclesfield Town	\n57	\n(8)
Total	\n	\n320	\n(16)
International career
1996	\nEngland U21	\n1	\n(0)
Managerial career
2008\u20132011	\nLeeds Carnegie
2011\u20132018	\n\u00d6stersund
2018\u20132019	\nSwansea City
2019\u20132022	\nBrighton & Hove Albion
2022\u20132023	\nChelsea
2025\u2013	\nWest Ham United
\n\"Club domestic league appearances and goals

Graham Stephen Potter (born 20 May 1975) is an English professional football manager who is the head coach of Premier League club West Ham United.\n

In a 13-year playing career, Potter, who played as a left-back, made 307 appearances in the Football League. He also played in the Premier League for Southampton, and the Football Conference for Shrewsbury Town. At international level, he was capped once for England at under-21 level.\n

Potter started his professional managerial career in January 2011 with Swedish club \u00d6stersund. He won three promotions and the Svenska Cupen with \u00d6stersund, leading them to the 2017\u201318 UEFA Europa League knockout stage. He was appointed manager of Championship club Swansea City in June 2018, and moved on to Brighton & Hove Albion of the Premier League a year later. After a successful spell at Brighton, he was hired by Chelsea in 2022, but was dismissed in April 2023, following a steep drop in form. In January 2025, he was hired by West Ham United.\n

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Club\n	Season\n	League\n	FA Cup\n	League Cup\n	Other\n	Total\n
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals\n
Birmingham City\n	1992\u201393\n	First Division\n	18	2	1	0	0	0	4^[a]	0	23	2\n
1993\u201394\n	First Division\n	7	0	0	0	0	0	2^[a]	0	9	0\n
Total\n	25	2	1	0	0	0	6	0	32	2\n
Wycombe Wanderers (loan)\n	1993\u201394\n	Third Division\n	3	0	0	0	1	0	1^[b]	0	5	0\n
Stoke City\n	1993\u201394\n	First Division\n	3	0	2	0	0	0	0^[a]	0	5	0\n
1994\u201395\n	First Division\n	1	0	0	0	1	0	0^[a]	0	2	0\n
1995\u201396\n	First Division\n	41	1	2	0	3	0	5^[a]	0	51	1\n
Total\n	45	1	2	0	4	0	5	0	58	1\n
Southampton\n	1996\u201397\n	Premier League\n	8	0	0	0	2	0	\u2014	10	0\n
West Bromwich Albion\n	1996\u201397\n	First Division\n	6	0	0	0	0	0	\u2014	6	0\n
1997\u201398\n	First Division\n	5	0	0	0	0	0	\u2014	5	0\n
1998\u201399\n	First Division\n	22	0	1	0	1	0	\u2014	24	0\n
1999\u20132000\n	First Division\n	10	0	0	0	2	0	\u2014	12	0\n
Total\n	43	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	47	0\n
Northampton Town (loan)\n	1997\u201398\n	Second Division\n	4	0	0	0	0	0	1^[b]	0	5	0\n
Reading (loan)\n	1999\u20132000\n	Second Division\n	4	0	0	0	0	0	1^[b]	0	5	0\n
York City\n	2000\u201301\n	Third Division\n	38	2	4	1	2	0	0^[b]	0	44	3\n
2001\u201302\n	Third Division\n	37	2	6	2	1	0	0^[b]	0	44	4\n
2002\u201303\n	Third Division\n	39	1	2	0	1	0	1^[b]	0	43	1\n
Total\n	114	5	12	3	4	0	1	0	131	8\n
Boston United\n	2003\u201304\n	Third Division\n	12	0	1	0	1	0	1^[b]	0	15	0\n
Shrewsbury Town (loan)\n	2003\u201304^[99]\n	Football Conference\n	5	0	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	5	0\n
Macclesfield Town\n	2003\u201304\n	Third Division\n	16	2	0	0	0	0	0^[b]	0	16	2\n
2004\u201305\n	League Two\n	41	6	3	0	1	0	3^[b]	0	48	6\n
Total\n	57	8	3	0	1	0	3	0	64	8\n
Career total\n	320	16	22	3	16	0	19	0	377	19\n

Team\n	From\n	To\n	Record\n	Ref.\n
P	W	D	L	Win %\n
\u00d6stersund\n	24 January 2011\n	11 June 2018\n	249\n	127\n	60\n	62\n	051.00\n	^[16]^[28]^[100]\n
Swansea City\n	11 June 2018\n	20 May 2019\n	51\n	21\n	11\n	19\n	041.18\n	^[101]\n
Brighton & Hove Albion\n	20 May 2019\n	8 September 2022\n	135\n	42\n	46\n	47\n	031.11\n	^[101]\n
Chelsea\n	8 September 2022\n	2 April 2023\n	31\n	12\n	8\n	11\n	038.71\n	^[101]\n
West Ham United\n	9 January 2025\n	present\n	6\n	1\n	1\n	4\n	016.67\n	^[101]\n
Total\n	472\n	203\n	126\n	143\n	043.01\n	\n

Playing career

Coaching and managerial career

Early career

Leeds Carnegie

\u00d6stersund

Swansea City

Brighton & Hove Albion

Chelsea

West Ham United

Managerial style

Tactics

Reception

Personal life

Career statistics

Managerial statistics

Honours

Manager

References

External links

Graham Potter

Talks

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