Graham Potter
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Graham Stephen Potter | ||
Date of birth | 20 May 1975 | ||
Place of birth | Solihull, England | ||
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Position(s) | Full back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team
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Östersunds FK (manager) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1992–1993 | Birmingham City | 25 | (2) |
1993 | → Wycombe Wanderers (loan) | 3 | (0) |
1993–1996 | Stoke City | 45 | (1) |
1996–1997 | Southampton | 8 | (0) |
1997–2000 | West Bromwich Albion | 43 | (0) |
1997 | → Northampton Town (loan) | 3 | (0) |
1997–1998 | → Northampton Town (loan) | 1 | (0) |
1999 | → Reading (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2000–2003 | York City | 114 | (5) |
2003–2004 | Boston United | 12 | (0) |
2003 | → Shrewsbury Town (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2004–2005 | Macclesfield Town | 57 | (8) |
Total | 320 | (16) | |
International career | |||
England U21 | 1 | (0) | |
Managerial career | |||
2011– | Östersunds FK | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Graham Stephen Potter (born 20 May 1975) is an English former footballer who made 320 career league appearances and is now head coach for Swedish Allsvenskan outfit Östersunds FK.
Playing career
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Born in Solihull, Potter began his career as a trainee at Birmingham City. After a loan spell at Wycombe Wanderers, he moved on to Stoke City, then to Southampton, where he played in the 6–3 win over Manchester United in 1996. He then joined West Bromwich Albion.
Potter played two Under 21 Internationals for England in 1998. After loan spells at Northampton Town and Reading, he signed for York City.
Potter moved from York City to Boston United in the summer of 2003.[1] He joined Shrewsbury Town on loan in November 2003.[2] In 2004 he moved to Macclesfield Town on a free transfer.
Coaching career
He graduated from the Open University in December 2006 with a degree in Social Sciences[3] after support from the Professional Footballers' Association.
He worked as a Football Development Manager for the University of Hull and is assistant coach for the England Universities Squad[4]
After leaving the University of Hull, he then joined Leeds Metropolitan University in July 2008 as Football Coaching Manager[5] and left his post in January 2011 and he is now a coach for Swedish Allsvenskan club Östersunds FK. Potter signed a 3-year contract with the Swedish tier 4 club.[6] In 2013, after two very successful season which earned Östersunds FK two successive promotions he prolonged his contract with the Swedish club for another 3 years.[7] On 27 October 2015, Östersunds FK secured promotion to the Swedish top flight, Allsvenskan for the 2016 season for the first time in Östersund's history.[8]
Career statistics
- Sourced from Graham Potter profile at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other[A] | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Birmingham City | 1992–93 | First Division | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 2 |
1993–94 | First Division | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |
Wycombe Wanderers (loan) | 1993–94 | Third Division | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Stoke City | 1993–94 | First Division | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
1994–95 | First Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
1995–96 | First Division | 41 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 51 | 1 | |
Southampton | 1996–97 | Premier League | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
West Bromwich Albion | 1996–97 | First Division | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
1997–98 | First Division | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
1998–99 | First Division | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
1999–2000 | First Division | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
Northampton Town (loan) | 1997–98 | Second Division | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Reading (loan) | 1999–2000 | Second Division | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
York City | 2000–01 | Third Division | 38 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 3 |
2001–02 | Third Division | 37 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 4 | |
2002–03 | Third Division | 39 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 1 | |
Boston United | 2003–04 | Third Division | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
Macclesfield Town | 2003–04 | Third Division | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 |
2004–05 | League Two | 41 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 48 | 6 | |
Career Total | 315 | 16 | 22 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 372 | 19 |
- A. ^ The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Anglo-Italian Cup, Football League Trophy.
References
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