Career
He is a former Liverpool schoolboy captain who hails from the Scotland Road area of the city and is a full Irish international. Liverpool
Born in Liverpool, Potter is a central midfielder who is a product of the Liverpool Academy. He started out at Everton before transferring to Blackburn Rovers and then, Liverpool.
He made his senior debut for the Reds on 10 August 2004 as a substitute for Steve Finnan in a Union of European Football Associations Champions League qualifier against Grazer Alaska, playing the last five minutes, and the whole of the return leg at home.
In total, he made 10 appearances in the 2004-2005 season, mostly in cup competitions. He featured in Liverpool"s run to the 2005 Union of European Football Associations Champions League Final, coming on as a substitute in the round of 16 home tie against Bayer Leverkusen.
The following season, he was involved in pre-season friendlies and the Champions League qualifying rounds but did not feature in the Premier League. Instead, he saw league action on loan at Championship side Southampton, during the second half of the season.
He joined Southampton on loan in January 2006, making a total of 12 appearances, remaining with the club until the end of the season.
Wolverhampton Wanderers
He returned to Anfield in the summer but was swiftly loaned out again, this time to another Championship club, Wolves, for the 2006-2007 season. After impressing, the move was made permanent in a £250,000 three-and-a-half-year deal during the January 2007 transfer window. His second season with Wolves was less successful though, and manager Mick McCarthy offered him the option of going on the transfer list during the January transfer window to seek more playing time at a new club
Potter rejected the offer and remained at Molineux for the rest of the season, however the club transfer-listed him at its conclusion.
After finding no takers for him during the Summer transfer window, he was taken off the transfer list and told to fight for his place. Sheffield Wednesday
Potter scored for the Owls 16 minutes into his debut against Charlton with a 30-yard drive into the bottom corner.
He signed for Sheffield Wednesday in a permanent deal on 10 July 2009 for an undisclosed fee. Potter scored his first goal of the 2009-2010 season on 22 August in a 4–0 thumping of newly promoted Scunthorpe United.
His next goal was to be much later on in the season with a left-footed curler in the bottom corner against Blackpool at Hillsborough on 9 February.
Potter left Hillsborough on 23 June 2011 by mutual consent. Milton Keynes Dons
On 23 June 2011, Potter signed a one-year contract for Milton Keynes Dons. He was given the number 8 shirt.
On 21 February 2014, Potter signed a new two-year contract extension.
Potter has been capped multiple times for Republic of Ireland youth teams – appearing at the 2003 Fédération internationale de football association World Youth Championship – and later made his debut for Ireland"s senior team in a friendly against Ecuador in Giants Stadium, New York on 23 May 2007.