Graham Potter

Quick Facts

Full Name	Graham Potter
Occupation	Association Football Player
Date Of Birth	May 20, 1975(1975-05-20)
Age	49
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	Solihull
Horoscope	Taurus

Graham Potter Biography

Graham Potter is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Player who was born on May 20, 1975 in Solihull, United Kingdom. Graham Stephen Potter (born 20 May 1975) is a English professional manager of football, and Former player, who played left back. He is also the head coach of Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion.

In December of 2010, Potter signed a three-year contract as the head coach of Ostersund which was operating in the 4th division in Swedish football. Potter was given the job following Graeme Jones, his friend and assistant to Roberto Martinez at Swansea City suggested him to the the chairman Daniel Kindberg after their pre-season match against Swansea.

Potter describes his teams as “tactically flexible, attacking, [and] possession-based”. At Östersund, he deployed a flexible 3–5–2 formation centred on ball possession. Former Celtic and Barcelona player Henrik Larsson commented on Potter’s pattern of play, stating he “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.”

Potter won his first match as Swansea boss with a 2–1 victory over Sheffield United, with goals from striker Oli McBurnie and former Liverpool youngster Yan Dhanda. His first game at Swansea’s Liberty Stadium was a 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, where they hosted Manchester City. They initially led the Premier League champions 2–0 after 30 minutes but three goals in the last 20 minutes, one from Bernardo Silva, an own goal from Kristoffer Nordfeldt and a late winner from Sergio Agüero defeated Potter’s side. They finished 10th in the league, after a strong end of season run gave Swansea a slim chance of making the play-offs going into the last three matches of the season.

With the support of the Professional Footballers Association Potter completed his studies at the Open University in December 2005 with an honours degree in Social Sciences. He was a football development manager at Hull University University of Hull and as technical director for the Ghana women’s squad at the 2007 FIFA Women’s World Cup. He was appointed assistant coach of England’s England Universities Squad, before taking over at Leeds Metropolitan University as a coach in the same position. While at Leeds where he was completing an MBA in emotional intelligence and leadership.

Graham Potter Net Worth

Graham Potter is one of the richest Association Football Player from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Graham Potter 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was signed by West Bromwich Albion in 1997 After three and a half years, including loans to Northampton Town and Reading, the club signed him to York City.

Potter relocated to York City to Boston United in the summer of 2003. The club became a member of Shrewsbury Town on loan in November 2003. The following year, he was transferred by way of a free transfer Macclesfield Town, where he ended his playing career.

Potter started his managerial career in December 2010 with Swedish club Östersund. He won three promotions and the Svenska Cupen with Östersund, leading them to the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League knockout stage. He was appointed manager of Championship club Swansea City in June 2018, and moved on to Brighton & Hove Albion a year later.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Graham Potter Dating?

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After Chris Hughton was dismissed as Brighton & Hove Albion manager at the end of the 2018–19 season, Potter was heavily linked with the managerial vacancy, with Albion making an official approach for his services which Swansea initially rejected. However, several days later, Potter informed Swansea of his desire to leave the club and bring several of his backroom staff with him to Brighton. Swansea initially offered Potter a new contract to remain at the club, which would have made him one of the Championship’s highest earning managers. However, the club eventually granted permission for Potter to begin talks with Brighton, who would reportedly pay Swansea about £3m in compensation for Potter and his backroom staff.

Facts & Trivia

Graham Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Graham Potter celebrates birthday on May 20 of every year.

Potter was appointed head coach of Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion on 20 May 2019, signing a four-year contract. Brighton were victorious in Potter’s first match, defeating Watford in a 3–0 away victory in what was also his first game in charge of a Premier League side. Potter’s first official home game in charge of Brighton came on 17 August against West Ham where a Leandro Trossard goal was correctly ruled out for offside by VAR which denied Brighton the lead. However, he later went on to score an equaliser to make it 1–1 shortly after Javier Hernández put West Ham a goal up. His first defeat in the Premier League came on 24 August coming at Falmer Stadium against south coast rivals, Southampton where they lost 2–0 with Florin Andone receiving a straight red card for a poorly judged tackle on Yan Valery. His second win Brighton manager came at Bristol Rovers where they won 2–1 in the EFL Cup. They went on to lose in the next round on 25 September, losing 3–1 at home to Aston Villa where Potter gave 10 Brighton players their debuts in the youthful side of an average age of just over 21. After without a league win since the opening game of season Brighton were starting to drop down the table sitting in 16th after 7 games. On 5 October, the 8th league game of the season Brighton claimed a 3–0 home win over Tottenham Hotspur where Aaron Connolly – who has benefited in game time under Potter – scored 2 goals in his first ever Premier League start.

Who did Graham Potter play for?

Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.

What nationality is Graham Potter?

English

Who is Brighton's manager?

Graham Potter

How long has Brighton been in EPL?

It first played in the Southern League, and was elected to the Football League in 1920. They won promotion to the First Division in the 1978–79 season, but were relegated in the 1982–83 season. They returned to the top flight for the 2017–18 season playing in the Premier League.

How old is Graham Potter?

47 years (May 20, 1975)