Freddie Potts
{{Short description|English footballer (born 2003)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Freddie Potts
| image = Freddie Potts.jpeg
| upright = 0.7
| caption = Freddie Potts warming-up for West Ham United in 2021
| fullname = Freddie Potts{{cite web|url=https://www.premierleague.com/news/2163099|title=Premier League clubs publish 2020/21 retained lists|date=4 June 2021|accessdate=9 December 2021|website=premierleague.com}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2003|9|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = Barking, England{{cite web|url=https://www.whufc.com/teams/academy/squad/freddie-potts|title=Freddie Potts|accessdate=9 December 2021|website=whufc.com}}
| height = 1.83 m{{WorldFootball.net|freddie-potts}}
| position = Midfielder
| currentclub = West Ham United
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 2009–2021
| youthclubs1 = West Ham United
| years1 = 2021–
| clubs1 = West Ham United
| caps1 = 0
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 2023–2024
| clubs2 = → Wycombe Wanderers (loan)
| caps2 = 36
| goals2 = 2
| years3 = 2024–2025
| clubs3 = → Portsmouth (loan)
| caps3 = 37
| goals3 = 1
| club-update = 04 May 2025 (UTC)
}}
Freddie Potts (born 12 September 2003) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for {{English football updater|WestHamU}} club West Ham United.
Career
Joining West Ham United at the age of six, Potts signed his first professional contract with the club in June 2021. On 9 December 2021, Potts made his senior debut for West Ham in a 1–0 loss against Dinamo Zagreb in the UEFA Europa League, coming on as an 87th minute substitute for Andriy Yarmolenko.{{Cite web|title=West Ham United vs. Dinamo Zagreb - 9 December 2021 - Soccerway|url=https://gh.soccerway.com/matches/2021/12/09/europe/uefa-cup/west-ham-united-fc/nk-dinamo-zagreb/3633665/|access-date=2021-12-09|website=Soccerway}}
On 7 June 2023, Potts was part of the squad in the 2023 UEFA Europa Conference League final, against Fiorentina in Prague. West Ham won their first major trophy in 43 years with a 2–1 victory.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jun/07/fiorentina-west-ham-europa-conference-league-final-match-report|title=Jarrod Bowen strikes at the last to earn Conference League glory for West Ham|website=The Guardian|date=7 June 2023 |accessdate=29 July 2023 |last1=Steinberg |first1=Jacob }}
In July 2023, Potts joined League One club Wycombe Wanderers on a season-long loan. Manager, Matt Bloomfield said of Potts, "he plays with real energy and athleticism in the middle of the park and will really suit the way we want to play".{{cite web | last=Wanderers | first=Wycombe | title=West Ham star signs on loan | website=Wycombe Wanderers | date=28 July 2023 | url=https://www.wwfc.com/news/2023/july/28/west-ham-star-signs-on-loan/ | access-date=28 July 2023}} He made his Wycombe debut on 5 August in a 3–0 home defeat by Exeter City.{{cite web | title=Wycombe Wanderers 0-3 Exeter City | website=BBC Sport | date=5 August 2023 | url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/66345675 | access-date=6 August 2023}} He scored his first goal for the club in a 3–1 away defeat to Charlton Athletic on 23 September. His {{convert|20|yds}} volley levelled the score with Wycombe conceding two late goals.{{cite web | title=West Ham ace Freddie Potts hailed for Wycombe Wanderers wonderstrike | website=West Ham Zone | date=23 September 2023 | url=https://www.westhamzone.com/comment/west-ham-united-freddie-potts-wycombe-wanderers-goal-charlton-athletic/ | access-date=24 September 2023}}
At the end of the 2023–24 season, Potts was voted both the Supporters' Player of the Year and the Young Player of the Year by Wycombe Wanderers supporters.{{cite web | last=Wanderers | first=Wycombe | title=Loan stars rewarded at sponsors dinner | website=Wycombe Wanderers | date=27 April 2024 | url=https://www.wwfc.com/news/2024/april/26/loan-stars-rewarded-at-sponsors-dinner/ | access-date=27 April 2024}}
On 27 August 2024, Potts joined Championship side Portsmouth on a season-long loan deal.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c8xldkvj0wjo|title=Pompey sign West Ham midfielder Potts on loan|publisher=BBC|date=27 August 2024|accessdate=28 August 2024}}
Personal life
Potts is the son of former West Ham United player and current coach, Steve Potts and the brother of former Luton Town player Dan Potts.
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|match played 1 February 2025}}{{Soccerway|freddie-botts/623079}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="2"|West Ham United U21
|colspan="9"|– |1{{efn|name=EFT|Appearance in EFL Trophy}} | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| 2022–23
|colspan="9"|– |2{{efn|name=EFT|Appearance in EFL Trophy}} | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
| rowspan="4"|West Ham United
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1{{efn|name=UEL|Appearance in UEFA Europa League}} | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2022–23
|Premier League |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2{{efn|name=UECL|Appearance in UEFA Europa Conference League}} | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2023–24
|Premier League |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total
!0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Wycombe Wanderers (loan)
|36 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3{{efn|name=EFT|Appearance in EFL Trophy}} | 0 | 42 | 2 | |
| rowspan="2"|Portsmouth (loan)
|2024–25{{cite web |url= https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=136048 |title= Games played by Freddie Potts in 2024/2025 |publisher=Soccerbase |access-date=21 September 2024 |df=dmy }} |37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2" |— | 38 | 1 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!73||3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 80||3 | |||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!73||3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 86||3 |
;Notes
{{notelist}}
Honours
West Ham United
- UEFA Europa Conference League: 2022–23{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65826820|title=Fiorentina 1–2 West Ham United: Jarrod Bowen goal decides Europa Conference League final|first=Simon|last=Stone|publisher=BBC Sport|date=7 June 2023|access-date=7 June 2023}}
Wycombe Wanderers
- EFL Trophy runner-up: 2023–24{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68755583 |title=Peterborough United 2–1 Wycombe Wanderers |first=Chris |last=Harby |website=BBC Sport |date=7 April 2024 |access-date=7 April 2024}}
Individual
- Wycombe Wanderers Player of the Season: 2023–24
References
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{{West Ham United F.C. squad}}
{{Wycombe Wanderers F.C. Player of the Year}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Potts, Freddie}}
Category:Footballers from the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
Category:People from Barking, London
Category:English men's footballers
Category:English people of American descent
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:West Ham United F.C. players
Category:UEFA Conference League–winning players
Category:Wycombe Wanderers F.C. players
Category:English Football League players