Steve Potts (footballer)

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Steve Potts
Personal information
Full name Steven Potts
Date of birth May 7, 1967 (1967-05-07) (age 41)
Place of birth    Hartford, U.S.A.
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Playing position Defender
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1984-2002
2002-2003
West Ham United
Dagenham & Redbridge
Total
399 (1)
021 (0)
420 (1)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Steve Potts (born 7 May 1967 in Hartford, Connecticut) is an American-born English former professional football (soccer) player. He played as a defender and is chiefly associated with his time spent at West Ham United.

Potts started his career at West Ham as an apprentice in 1983, making his first appearance against Q.P.R. on 1 January 1985. He played for the club for the next seventeen years, spending much time as captain and amassing a total of 505 appearances, scoring only one goal, in a 7-1 win against Hull City in 1990. His last appearance for the club was in 2001, although he stayed on until 2002.

Potts transferred to Dagenham & Redbridge on 13 September 2002 and played there for a full season before retiring from football.

Potts passed "the Knowledge" in 2007 and now works as a London Black Cab driver.

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Steve Potts career stats at Soccerbase