Avraham "Avram" Grant (; born
Avraham Granat on 6 February 1955) is an
Israeli association football manager. Grant 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
Israeli 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 manager of
Chelsea. Despite steering the team into the
Champions League final, the
League Cup final and contesting the Premier League title to the last day, his contract was terminated at the end of the season.
BBC Sport Retrieved 24 May 2008
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, on 3 June 2010, was appointed as manager of
West Ham United,
Career
Israel
Grant's professional coaching career started at age 18, in 1972, as youth coach of...
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