Graham Potter

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Graham Potter
Personal information
Full name Graham Stephen Potter
Date of birth (1975-05-20) 20 May 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth Solihull, England
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Position(s) Full back
Team information
Current team
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

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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
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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