Graham Potter
Graham Potter?s Net Worth, Salary and Endorsements
Graham Potter began his career as a trainee at?Birmingham City. After a brief stint at?Wycombe Wanderers, he moved on to?Stoke City, then to?Southampton.?He joined?West Bromwich Albion?in 1997 spending three-and-a-half years at the club. During that tenure, he had loan spells at?Northampton Town?and?Reading. Finally,?he signed for York City.
Potter moved from York City to?Boston United?in the summer of 2003. He joined Shrewsbury Town on loan in November 2003. In 2004, he moved on a free transfer to?Macclesfield Town, where he finished his senior playing career.
In 2010, Potter started his manager career with ?stersund?in the fourth tier of Swedish football. Three years later, he guided them to?two successive promotions. Finally, in 2015, ?stersund were promoted to the Swedish top flight,?Allsvenskan, for the first time in their history.
In 2018, Graham Potter was appointed manager of Swansea City, who had just been relegate. Upon his arrival, Potter got off to a flying start with a 2?1 victory over?Sheffield United in an away match. It got better though, has he won the team's first home game,?1?0 win against?Preston North End.
In his first season at the club, Swansea reached the quarter-finals of the?2018?19 FA Cup, losing 3-2 to Manchester City. From a League point of view, they finished 10th, with a chance of a playoff spot.
Finally, in 2019, Potter was appointed manager of Brighton & Hove Albion, on a four-year contract.
Achievements
As a manager, he led Ostersund to two Division promotions, the Svenska Cup, and the Superettan runners up spot in 2015.
Managerial Style
Potter has been recognised for his "progressive" and "unconventional" coaching methods. At ?stersund, he encouraged players and staff to get out of their?comfort zone.
Potter describes his teams as "tactically flexible, attacking, and possession-based". According to former Celtic and Barcelona player Henrik Larsson,?Potter "played all different kinds of systems, starting off a match one way, and then halfway through they started playing a different system, and then they ended up with a third system. And all the players knew exactly what they were doing."
Age | 44 |
Marital Status | Married |
Spouse | Rachel Potter |
Residence | Solihull |
Nationality | England |
Clubs Managed | Ostersund, Swansea, Brighton and Hove |