A West Ham United player since the age of six, Freddie Potts became the third member of his famous footballing family to pull on a Claret and Blue shirt when he debuted in a UEFA Europa League group-stage tie against Dinamo Zagreb at London Stadium in December 2021.
The son of long-serving defender Steve and younger brother of former left-back Dan, the youngest of the Potts' is a tall, strong, all-round central midfielder who signed his first professional contract with the Club in the summer of 2021.
After being part of the Hammers squad which won the UEFA Europa Conference League in June 2023, Potts has spent two successful seasons out on loan, first winning Player of the Year honours at EFL League One club Wycombe Wanderers in 2023/24, then at EFL Championship side Portsmouth in 2024/25.
Career
Spent the season on loan at EFL Championship club Portsmouth...Made his Portsmouth debut in a 2-1 EFL Championship defeat at Burnley on 21 September 2024...Scored his first EFL Championship and Portsmouth goal in a 2-1 win at Queens Park Rangers on 19 October 2024...Totalled 37 EFL Championship appearances, 35 of them starts, one goal and four assists...Signed a new contract until summer 2029 in March 2025.
Spent the season on loan at EFL League One club Wycombe Wanderers...Made his EFL debut in a 3-0 home defeat by Exeter City on 5 August 2023...Scored his first EFL goal in a 3-1 League One defeat at Charlton Athletic on 23 September 2023...Scored one goal and assisted another in a 4-1 EFL League One win at Fleetwood on 7 October 2023...Totalled 36 EFL League One appearances, 32 of them starts, two goals and two assists...Started the EFL Trophy quarter-final win over Brighton & Hove Albion U21s, semi-final victory at Bradford City and final defeat by Peterborough United at Wembley Stadium...Also appeared in the FA Cup and EFL Cup...Totalled 43 appearances, two goals and three assists in all competitions...Won Wycombe Wanderers' Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year awards.
Started 23 of 26 Premier League 2 matches and made 24 appearances overall, registering three assists...Started EFL Trophy group-stage wins at Walsall and Cheltenham Town, scoring in the latter...Appeared as a substitute in the UEFA Europa League group-stage win at FCSB in Romania and round of 16 second leg victory over AEK Larnaca at London Stadium...Named in eight matchday squads in the UEFA Europa Conference League, including the final win over Fiorentina in Prague on 7 June 2023...Totalled 28 appearances, one goal and three assists in all competitions at all levels.
Made his first-team debut for West Ham United in a UEFA Europa League group-stage tie against Dinamo Zagreb at London Stadium in December 2021...In the matchday squad for the UEFA Europa League round of 16 first-leg tie at Sevilla on 10 March 2022...Started the EFL Trophy group-stage win at Gillingham on 26 October 2021...Appeared 13 times in Premier League 2, making ten starts...Started the 3-2 FA Youth Cup third-round defeat by Newcastle United...Totalled 16 appearances in all competitions.
Established himself as a regular in U18 Premier League South, making 14 starts and 16 appearances overall...Scored his first U18 Premier League South goal in a 4-1 defeat at Chelsea on 19 September 2020...Broke into the development team and made his Premier League 2 debut in a 2-1 home defeat by Tottenham Hotspur on 22 January 2021...Scored his first Premier League 2 goal in a 3-1 home win over Leicester City on 19 March 2021...Started all three FA Youth Cup ties as the U18s reached the fifth round before being eliminated by Arsenal...Totalled 27 appearances and two goals in all competitions.
Made his U18 Premier League debut as a substitute in a 2-1 home win over Swansea City on 10 August 2019, aged 15 years and eleven months...Totalled two U18 Premier League South appearances.
Honours
West Ham United
UEFA Europa Conference League (2023)
Wycombe Wanderers
Player of the Year (2023/24)
Young Player of the Year (2023/24)