Avraham "Avram" Grant (Hebrew: אברהם "אברם" גרנט; né Granat; born (1955-05-06)6 May 1955) is an Israeli professional football manager who currently manages the Zambia national football team. He has spent the majority of his career coaching and managing in Israel, winning a number of national league and cup victories with different teams, and also managing the Israel national team for four years.
Grant moved to England in 2006 to become technical director of Portsmouth before being appointed director of football at Chelsea in July 2007. Two months later, in September 2007, following the departure of José Mourinho, Grant was appointed as Chelsea's manager. Despite steering the team into the Champions League and League Cup finals, as well as contesting the Premier League title to the last day, his contract was terminated at the end of the season.
Grant returned to Portsmouth as director of football in October 2009, and was made manager the following month. After the club's relegation to the Football League Championship Grant resigned and, in June 2010, was appointed as manager of West Ham United, a role he held up until May 2011, when he was sacked after the club was relegated to the Football League Championship.
After one championship season managing Partizan Belgrade and one season as the technical director for Thai club BEC Tero Sasana, Grant was appointed coach of the Ghana national football team in 2014. He stepped down from the position after a defeat in the semi-finals of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.
In January 2018, Grant moved to India to join the Indian Super League side NorthEast United as a technical advisor, a day after the team head coach João de Deus was sacked due to a poor start. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article |
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12 lineups analysed - Number represent player in starting lineup. Click to show Lineups not confirmed are not included. See also Team Substitutions
Lineups found Starting lineup changes since last game | | | | | | | | | October 2007 | | | M2 | 03Oct | | Valencia | | 1-2 | 4-2-3-1 | Initial team: Čech, P Ferreira, R Carvalho, Terry, Cole, A, Makelele, Mikel, Cole, J, Essien, Malouda, Drogba, | | M3 | 24Oct | H | Schalke | | 2-0 | 4-3-3 | In:Alex, Bridge, Lampard, Out:Terry, Cole, A, Mikel, | | November 2007 | | | M4 | 06Nov | | Schalke | | 0-0 | 4-3-3 | In:Belletti, Out:P Ferreira, | | | 11-Nov to 16-Dec R Carvalho back injury | M5 | 28Nov | | Rosenborg | | 0-4 | 4-1-4-1 | In:Cudicini, Terry, Cole, A, Wrig'ps, Out:Čech, R Carvalho, Bridge, Malouda, | | December 2007 | | | | 06-Dec to 04-Jan Drogba meniscus | M6 | 11Dec | H | Valencia | | 0-0 | 4-4-2 | In:Čech, P Ferreira, B Haim, Bridge, Kalou, Shev'ko, Pizarro, Out:Cudicini, Belletti, Alex, Cole, A, Makelele, Cole, J, Drogba, | | February 2008 | | | | 16-Dec to 01-Feb Terry broken foot | | 23-Dec to 25-Dec Čech bruised hip | | 26-Dec to 08-Feb Lampard thigh injury | | 26-Dec to 14-Jan Čech recurring of hip injury (Cech: comback vs. Vila too early) | | 27-Dec to 15-Jan Makelele ear injury | | 28-Dec to 15-Jan Shev'ko leg injury | | 07-Jan to 10-Feb Drogba on international duty at the African Cup of Nations | | 07-Jan to 10-Feb Essien on international duty at the African Cup of Nations | | 07-Jan to 10-Feb Kalou on international duty at the African Cup of Nations | | 09-Jan to 10-Feb Mikel on international duty at the African Cup of Nations | | 19-Jan to 22-Jan Wrig'ps ankle problem | M7 | 19Feb | | Olympiacs | | 0-0 | 4-3-2-1 | In:Belletti, R Carvalho, Alex, Cole, A, Makelele, Ballack, Malouda, Cole, J, Drogba, Out:P Ferreira, Terry, B Haim, Bridge, Wrig'ps, Lampard, Kalou, Shev'ko, Pizarro, | | March 2008 | | | M8 | 05Mar | H | Olympiacs | | 3-0 | 4-3-3 | In:Cudicini, P Ferreira, Terry, Lampard, Kalou, Out:Čech, Belletti, Alex, Essien, Malouda, | | April 2008 | | | M9 | 02Apr | | Fenerbhce | | 2-1 | 4-1-4-1 | In:Essien, Malouda, Out:P Ferreira, Kalou, | | M10 | 08Apr | H | Fenerbhce | | 2-0 | 4-3-3 | In:Kalou, Out:Malouda, | | M11 | 22Apr | | Liverpool | | 1-1 | 4-1-2-3 | In:Čech, P Ferreira, Malouda, Out:Cudicini, Essien, Kalou, | | M12 | 30Apr | H | Liverpool | | 3-2 | 4-3-3 | In:Essien, Kalou, Out:P Ferreira, Malouda, | | May 2008 | | | M13 | 21May | | Man.Utd | | 1-1 | 4-5-1 | In:Malouda, Out:Kalou, | | Color References: GK, DF, DM, MF, FW , Unknown Pos |
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