Paul Konchesky

Charlton Athletic

Konchesky signed for Charlton as a trainee in August 1997. He became the youngest player to appear in the first team for Charlton (a record later broken by Jonjo Shelvey) when he played against Oxford United in August 1997 at the age of 16 years and 93 days but it was not until the 2000–01 season when he made 27 appearances, that he became a regular in the first team. In June 2003, frustrated by a lack of first-team opportunities at his preferred position of left back, Konchesky made a written request for a transfer, which was accepted by Charlton. However, firm offers were not forthcoming. Instead Konchesky joined Tottenham on loan. A spate of injuries at Charlton led to Konchesky being recalled from Spurs in December 2003, when he also came off the transfer list.

Tottenham Hotspur (loan)

In September 2003, Konchesky joined Tottenham Hotspur on one-month loan. The loan was extended for a further month and then until January 2004. Although Konchesky was keen on a permanent move to Tottenham, no move materialised.

West Ham United

Konchesky joined West Ham United in July 2005 for a fee of £1.5 million, having made a total of 168 appearances for Charlton in all competitions, scoring six goals, and 15 appearances for Tottenham. He made 45 league and cup appearances in the 2005–06 season, helping West Ham to ninth place in the Premier League and to the 2006 FA Cup Final, where he scored when his cross went straight into the net but…

Konchesky made 15 appearances for the England national under-21 football team, and has two caps for the senior England team. He made his England first team debut in a half-time substitution in the friendly against Australia in February 2003 and made a second appearance for England again in a half-time substitution in the friendly against Argentina in November 2005.

In 2017, Konchesky returned to West Ham in a coaching capacity. In August 2020, Konchesky re-joined Billericay as assistant manager to Jamie O'Hara. He was also registered as a player. However, on 3 December 2020, both Konchesky and O'Hara left the club. Konchesky became the assistant manager of West Ham United Women in May 2021, and in May 2022 he succeeded Olli Harder as the manager ahead of the 2022–23 FA WSL season. On 28 May 2023 West Ham announced Konchesky was leaving his job as manager after the team only won one league game in 2023.

Charlton Athletic

Football League First Division: 1999–2000 West Ham United

FA Cup runner-up: 2005–06 Fulham

UEFA Europa League runner-up: 2009–10 Leicester City

Football League Championship: 2013–14 Billericay Town

Isthmian League Premier Division: 2017–18