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{{Short description|Israeli association football manager}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Avram Grant<br>אברהם "אברם" גרנט
| image = Avram Grant 2012.jpg
| upright = 1.2
| caption = Grant as [[FK Partizan]] coach in 2012
| fullname = Avraham Grant<ref name=BDFutbol>{{cite web |url=http://www.bdfutbol.com/en/l/l95067.html |title=Grant: Avraham Grant: Manager |publisher=BDFutbol |access-date=21 December 2017}}</ref>
| birth_name = Avraham Granat<ref name=":0" />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|5|6|df=y}}<ref name=BDFutbol/>
| birth_place = [[Petah Tikva]], Israel
| currentclub = 
| manageryears1 = 1972–1986
| managerclubs1 = [[Hapoel Petah Tikva]] (youth)
| manageryears2 = 1986–1991
| managerclubs2 = [[Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C.|Hapoel Petah Tikva]]
| manageryears3 = 1991–1995
| managerclubs3 = [[Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]]
| manageryears4 = 1995–1996
| managerclubs4 = [[Hapoel Haifa F.C.|Hapoel Haifa]]
| manageryears5 = 1996–2000
| managerclubs5 = [[Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]]
| manageryears6 = 2000–2002
| managerclubs6 = [[Maccabi Haifa F.C.|Maccabi Haifa]]
| manageryears7 = 2002–2006
| managerclubs7 = [[Israel national football team|Israel]]
| manageryears8 = 2007–2008
| managerclubs8 = [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]
| manageryears9 = 2009–2010
| managerclubs9 = [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]]
| manageryears10 = 2010–2011
| managerclubs10 = [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]]
| manageryears11 = 2012
| managerclubs11 = [[FK Partizan|Partizan Belgrade]]
| manageryears12 = 2014
| managerclubs12 = [[BEC Tero Sasana]] (technical director)
| manageryears13 = 2014–2017
| managerclubs13 = [[Ghana national football team|Ghana]]
| manageryears14 = 2018
| managerclubs14 = [[NorthEast United]] (interim)
| medaltemplates = {{medalSport|Men's [[Association football|football]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{fb|GHA}}}} <small>(as manager)</small>
{{MedalComp|[[Africa Cup of Nations]]}}
{{Medal|RU|[[2015 Africa Cup of Nations|2015]]|}}
| managerclubs15 = [[Zambia national football team|Zambia]]
| manageryears15 = 2022–
}}

'''Avraham''' '''"Avram"''' '''Grant''' ({{langx|he|אברהם "אברם" גרנט}}; [[né]] '''Granat'''; born {{birth date|1955|5|6|df=y}}) is an Israeli professional football [[Manager (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 football team|Israel national team]] for four years.
 
Grant moved to England in 2006 to become technical director of [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]] before being appointed [[director of football]] at [[Chelsea F.C.|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 [[2008 UEFA Champions League Final|Champions League]] and [[2008 Football League Cup Final|League Cup]] finals, as well as contesting the [[2007–08 Premier League|Premier League]] title to the last day, his contract was terminated at the end of the season.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/7418774.stm Grant sacked as Chelsea manager] ''BBC Sport'' Retrieved 24 May 2008</ref>

Grant returned to [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]] as [[director of football]] in October 2009, and was made manager the following month.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/News/news/Grant-To-Be-Boss.aspx |title=Grant to be boss |publisher=Portsmouth football club |access-date=26 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091129083931/http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/News/news/Grant-To-Be-Boss.aspx |archive-date=29 November 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> After the club's relegation to the [[Football League Championship]] Grant resigned<ref name="BBCresign">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/8696013.stm|title=Avram Grant resigns as Portsmouth manager|publisher=BBC|access-date=3 June 2010 | date=21 May 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100603061725/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/8696013.stm| archive-date= 3 June 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> and, in June 2010, was appointed as manager of [[West Ham United]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/8717102.stm|title=Avram Grant confirmed as West Ham United manager|publisher=BBC|access-date=3 June 2010 | date=3 June 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160112211334/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/8717102.stm| archive-date=12 January 2016| url-status= live}}</ref> a role he held up until May 2011, when he was sacked after the club was relegated to the Football League Championship.<ref name="GrantWHsacked">{{cite news|url=http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/West-Ham-have-parted-company-with-Avram-Grant-article736550.html |title=Relegated West Ham part company with Grant |publisher=Mirror Football |access-date=16 May 2011 |date=15 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015110758/http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/West-Ham-have-parted-company-with-Avram-Grant-article736550.html |archive-date=15 October 2012 }}</ref>

After one championship season managing [[FK Partizan|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/30230997|title=Ghana: Avram Grant appointed new Black Stars coach|date=27 November 2014|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=29 August 2019}}</ref> He stepped down from the position after a defeat in the semi-finals of the [[2017 Africa Cup of Nations]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2017/m=2/news=grant-to-step-down-as-ghana-head-coach-2866579.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207174840/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/y=2017/m=2/news=grant-to-step-down-as-ghana-head-coach-2866579.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 February 2017|title=Grant to step down as Ghana head coach|last=FIFA.com|date=7 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/38885629|title=Avram Grant ends reign as Ghana coach to seek new challenge|date=7 February 2017|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=29 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.skysports.com/football/news/17243/10759176/avram-grant-resigns-as-ghana-head-coach-after-afcon-semi-final-exit|title=Avram Grant leaves post as Ghana head coach after AFCON semi-final exit}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espnfc.com/world-cup-qualifying-caf/story/3055624/avram-grant-to-leave-role-as-coach-of-ghana-after-african-nations-cup|title=Avram Grant to leave role as coach of Ghana after African Nations Cup|date=7 February 2017}}</ref>

In January 2018, Grant moved to India to join the [[Indian Super League]] side [[NorthEast United FC|NorthEast United]] as a technical advisor,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/NEUtdFC/status/948804137881186304|title=Grants takes up technical advisor job at NorthEast United |website=NorthEast United FC(twitter)}}</ref> a day after the team head coach [[Joao Carlos Pires de Deus|João de Deus]] was sacked due to a poor start.

== Biography ==
Avraham Granat<ref name=":0">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/avram-grant-out-of-the-blue-820382.html|title=Avram Grant: Out of the blue|work=The Independent |access-date=15 December 2009 | location=London | first=Brian | last=Viner | date=3 May 2008}}</ref> was born in [[Petah Tikva]], Israel.<ref name=BDFutbol/> His father, Meir Granat, was born into a devout [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox Jewish]] family in [[Mława]], Poland. Meir's family fled to the [[Soviet Union]] in 1941, during the [[Holocaust]]; there they were exiled to [[Kolyma]], Siberia, where most of the family died. In a 2008 interview his father recalled burying his grandfather, Avraham Granat—after whom Grant was named—with his own hands.<ref name="Father">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/2288551/Avram-Grants-family-haunted-by-Holocaust.html |title=Avram Grant's family haunted by Holocaust|work=The Daily Telegraph  |date=11 January 2008 |access-date=1 November 2010 |location=London |first=Simon |last=Griver| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100918131029/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/2288551/Avram-Grants-family-haunted-by-Holocaust.html| archive-date= 18 September 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> After being repatriated to Poland after the war's end in 1945, Meir [[Aliyah|emigrated]] to the [[Mandatory Palestine|British Mandate of Palestine]] (now Israel) in violation of the policy of that time, and was arrested and [[Cyprus internment camps|detained in Cyprus]].<ref name="Father"/> He ultimately settled in Petah Tikva,<ref name="Father"/> where he and Grant's mother Aliza Nisan, an Iraqi-Jewish immigrant to Israel, met.<ref name="Times Online on Grant">{{cite news| title = I didn't stab Jose Mourinho in the back, says Avram Grant| url = https://www.thetimes.com/article/i-didnt-stab-jose-mourinho-in-the-back-says-avram-grant-hz75xsstlxd|work=The Sunday Times | access-date =23 September 2007 | location=London| date=23 September 2007| first=Shaul| last=Adar}}</ref>

Grant shortened his surname from Granat in the late 1980s.<ref name="Father"/> He was married to Israeli television personality [[Tzufit Grant]]. They have a son and a daughter.<ref name=times>{{Cite news
| last = Chittenden | first = Maurice | title = The Chelsea girl ready for a spanking | work = Times Online | access-date = 14 April 2008 | date = 23 September 2007 | url = http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article2512393.ece | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110524004909/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article2512393.ece | url-status = dead | archive-date = 24 May 2011 | location=London}}</ref> The couple have announced they split up in September 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4572775,00.html|title=אוי לא: צופית ואברם גרנט נפרדו|date=18 September 2014|via=Ynet}}</ref>

In October 2009, Grant's father died aged 82 from complications following surgery to remove a kidney stone. Grant had flown to Israel and was by his side.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thejc.com/sport/sport-news/21093/avram-grants-father-dies|title=Avram Grant's father dies|work=The Jewish Chronicle|access-date=25 December 2009}}</ref>

On 20 February 2008, [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea Football Club]] announced that Grant had received [[anti-Semitic]] death threats from unknown sources. One of the packages sent to Grant's home was said to have contained a white powder that, after investigation, proved to be harmless.<ref>{{cite news
| title = Chelsea boss gets death threats
| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7254547.stm
|publisher=BBC
| access-date =20 February 2008 | date=20 February 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080225165130/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7254547.stm| archive-date= 25 February 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>

On 4 February 2010, it was reported that Grant was facing police questioning over an incident on 18 December 2009 at a Thai brothel in [[Horton Heath, Hampshire]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/news/7151797/Avram-Grant-Premier-League-bosss-brothel-visit.html|title = Avram Grant: Premier League boss's brothel visit|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=4 February 2010 | location=London | date=4 February 2010 | first=Gordon | last=Rayner| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100206033730/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/news/7151797/Avram-Grant-Premier-League-bosss-brothel-visit.html| archive-date= 6 February 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref>

On 13 June 2016, following extensive research into his father's Polish-Jewish heritage, Avram Grant received his Polish passport from the Polish Embassy in London.<ref name="timesofisrael1">{{cite news|url=http://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/avram-grant-accepts-polish-passport-after-years-of-researching-heritage/|title = Avram Grant accepts Polish passport after years of researching heritage|work=Jewish News|access-date=14 June 2016|date=14 June 2016}}</ref>- His Polish passport has his name written as Abraham Grant.<ref name="sport3">{{cite news|url=http://www.sport.pl/pilka/1,65080,20235177,byly-trener-chelsea-avram-grant-odebral-polski-paszport.html|title=Były trener Chelsea Avram Gran odebrał polski paszport|work=Sport.pl|access-date=4 January 2017|date=13 June 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104163406/http://www.sport.pl/pilka/1,65080,20235177,byly-trener-chelsea-avram-grant-odebral-polski-paszport.html|archive-date=4 January 2017}}</ref>

==Career==

===Israel===
Grant's professional coaching career started at age 18, in 1972, as youth coach of his home-town team, [[Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C.|Hapoel Petah Tikva]]. In 1986, after a 14-year spell in this job, he was promoted to first team coach, leading the club to two [[Toto Cup]] victories, in 1990 and 1991, thus bringing Hapoel Petah Tikva back to the top of Israeli football after nearly 25 years.  During this era Petah Tikva fought regularly for the championship against [[Shlomo Scharf]]'s [[Maccabi Haifa F.C.|Maccabi Haifa]]. In his last season in Petah Tikva, Grant lost both the championship and the [[Israel State Cup]] within 3 days to Maccabi Haifa, in a chain of events which is commonly known in Israel as "[[Double (association football)|the Double]] robbery".<ref name="The double robbery">{{cite news
| title = A history of matches between Hapoel Petah Tikva and Maccabi Haifa
| url = http://www.hpt.co.il/?article=6
| publisher = The Hapoel Petah Tikva museum (Hebrew)
| access-date =23 September 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071014081528/http://hpt.co.il/?article=6| archive-date= 14 October 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref>
The next year the club won its first major title in 30 years, by winning its second-ever [[Israeli Football State Cup|Israeli Cup]].

The following season Grant moved to coach [[Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]] winning [[Liga Leumit]] (then the top division) in his first season with them, with a 13-point advantage over the second place team. Maccabi Tel Aviv lost out closely in the final of the Israeli Cup and was thus denied a historic double. The cup was won by Maccabi Tel Aviv under Grant's control, however, in 1994, followed with another championship in 1995.

Following this, Grant moved to [[Hapoel Haifa F.C.|Hapoel Haifa]] for what has been described as a short and unsuccessful spell, finishing fourth in the Israeli championship. Grant returned to Maccabi Tel Aviv between 1997 and 2000, although this period was less successful than his previous one at the club, winning just the Toto Cup in 1999.

Grant moved to [[Maccabi Haifa F.C.|Maccabi Haifa]] in 2000, where he coached until 2002. There, he led the team to great success, winning the [[Israeli Premier League]] in 2001 and 2002, as well as the Toto Cup in 2002, whilst narrowly missing out on the Israeli Cup, to miss winning the treble. In 2001 the club participated in the 2nd qualifying round of the [[UEFA Champions League]] competition against the Finnish team [[FC Haka]]. Despite winning both legs (1–0 and 4–0) with an aggregate score of 5–0 the club did not progress further. The use of [[Walid Badir]] as a substitute in the final ten minutes of the second leg while under suspension caused disqualification on the grounds of "culpable negligence" and FC Haka proceeded to the next round against [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/champions_league/1471169.stm Liverpool opponents expelled] BBC Sport</ref>

====Israeli national team====
After leaving Haifa in 2002, Grant became the youngest team coach of [[Israel national football team|Israel]], replacing the former [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]] coach [[Richard Møller Nielsen]]. The team participated in Group 1 of the [[UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying]] round but finished third and so did not take part in the finals in Portugal.

Although not qualifying for the [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006 World Cup]], Israel finished third in their [[Football World Cup 2006 (qualification)|qualifying]] [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)#Group 4|group]] behind winners [[France national football team|France]] and runners-up [[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland]]. Israel missed on qualification to the finals, despite remaining undefeated in the group with four wins and six draws.

====Management style====
Grant is known in Israel for giving a chance to young players in almost every club he coached, such as [[Alon Hazan]] and goalkeeper Raffi Cohen at Petah Tikva, [[Avi Nimni]] and [[Itzik Zohar]] at Maccabi Tel Aviv, [[Gal Alberman]] in the Israeli team, and many more. Grant famously did not include Israeli star [[Eyal Berkovic]] in the national squad during 2005, saying he wanted to create "a younger team", but, nonetheless, retaining 34-year-old [[Avi Nimni]]. In 2007, Berkovic described the way Grant became Chelsea's manager as "disgusting" and "disrespectful".<ref name="Berkovic Grant">{{cite news
 |title       = Berkovic: Grant won Chelsea job in disgusting, disrespectful way
 |url         = http://www.tribalfootball.com/article.php?id=58138
 |publisher   = Tribalfootball.com
 |date        = 24 September 2007
 |access-date  = 4 October 2007
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20071014081455/http://tribalfootball.com/article.php?id=58138
 |archive-date = 14 October 2007
 |url-status     = dead}}</ref> Another known critic of Grant in Israel is [[Shlomo Scharf]], who was Israel's coach during most of the 1990s.

Grant, as is also the case with another coach from Petah Tikva, past Israel coach [[Dror Kashtan]], is considered one of the most successful Israeli coaches. He has a reputation of a lucky winner in Israel, which caused the invention of the frequently used humorous term 'Hatachat shel Avram'. This means 'Avram's [[Buttocks|Ass]]', a reference to the allegedly large amount of luck Grant enjoyed during the 2006 World Cup campaign.<ref name="Grant's arse">{{cite news
| title = Poor view of Wayne Rooney
| url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2007/09/23/sfnwee123.xml
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071014070020/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2007/09/23/sfnwee123.xml
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 14 October 2007
|work=The Daily Telegraph  | date = 23 September 2007
| access-date =4 October 2007
| location=London
| first=Roy
| last=Collins}}</ref><ref name="Why Avraham Grant is the right man to succeed Mourinho">{{cite news
 |title=Why Avraham Grant is the right man to succeed Mourinho 
 |url=http://www.sportingo.com/football/why_avraham_grant_is_right/1001,4985 
 |publisher=Sportingo.com 
 |date=20 September 2007 
 |access-date=4 October 2007 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071101095531/http://www.sportingo.com/football/why_avraham_grant_is_right/1001%2C4985 
 |archive-date=1 November 2007 
 |url-status=dead 
}}</ref>

Congolese forward [[Lomana LuaLua]], presently with [[Blackpool F.C.|Blackpool]] of the English Premier League, stated that it was Grant's encouragement and emotional support that kept him from ending his career after the loss of his son Yoshuha to [[pneumonia]]. Grant was director of football at [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]] during LuaLua's stint at the club.{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

===England===
In October 2005, Grant announced that he would step down from the national team as his contract was due to expire in June of the following year. Subsequently, he took up the position of Technical Director at [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]] in June 2006, overseeing [[Harry Redknapp]]'s side.

====Chelsea====
[[File:Avram Grant Chelsea.jpg|thumb|Grant with Chelsea]]

A personal friend of [[Roman Abramovich]], on 8 July 2007 Avram Grant was appointed Director of Football at Chelsea FC.<ref name="Grant given position at Chelsea">{{cite news
| title = Grant given position at Chelsea
| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/6246796.stm
|publisher=BBC Sport
| date = 8 July 2007
| access-date =20 September 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071006181812/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/6246796.stm| archive-date= 6 October 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref> After the departure of [[José Mourinho]] from Chelsea on 20 September 2007, Grant was assigned the manager's role, with [[Steve Clarke]], and later [[Henk ten Cate]] (on 11 October 2007) as his assistants, and becoming the first Israeli to manage an English football club.<ref name="Chelsea name Grant as new manager">{{cite news
| title = Chelsea name Grant as new manager
| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/7004083.stm
|publisher=BBC Sport
| date = 20 September 2007
| access-date =20 September 2007}}</ref><ref name="Ten Cate completes Chelsea switch">{{cite news 
|title = Ten Cate completes Chelsea switch 
| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/7040270.stm
|publisher=BBC Sport
| date = 11 October 2007
|access-date =11 October 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071012231545/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/7040270.stm| archive-date= 12 October 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref>

When he took the helm at Chelsea, Grant did not hold the required top-flight coaching certification from UEFA.  In fact, he had never received the lower-level coaching certifications from UEFA for "B" and "A" level coaching in Europe.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/chelsea/article2508204.ece | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011214915/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/chelsea/article2508204.ece | url-status=dead | archive-date=11 October 2008 | location=London |work=The Times  | title=Avram Grants job under threat from lack of Uefa licence | first1=Matt | last1=Hughes | first2=Martin | last2=Samuel | date=22 September 2007}}</ref> Many Chelsea fans did not take well to Grant's appointment. They protested Mourinho's departure, holding banners at games, which read "Mourinho – The Special One", and chanting Mourinho's name.<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7008196.stm
|title=Chelsea 0–0 Fulham
|work=BBC Sport
|access-date=30 September 2007 | date=29 September 2007
| first=Paresh
| last=Soni}}</ref> Chelsea stated that some of the protests directed towards Grant constituted abuse of a racist nature. [[Bruce Buck]], chairman of Chelsea, claimed they had received points of view which are racist and [[anti-semitic]]. Buck stated: "[This] unfairly smears the reputation of the vast majority of the Chelsea fans who rightly do not want to be associated with such activity." .<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/7020854.stm
|title=Chelsea angry at Grant barracking
|work=BBC Sport
|access-date=30 September 2007 | date=30 September 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071011024419/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/7020854.stm| archive-date= 11 October 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref> However, many Chelsea fans felt their objections against Grant being appointed as the team's manager are justified, citing his "lack of expertise at the highest levels of football" and Grant's lack of a formal UEFA qualification as manager.

Several unnamed Chelsea players were quoted as saying Grant's methods were "25 years behind the times" and "Chelsea deserve a bigger coach than him. Grant does not have the quality to coach a team like this. When we play big opponents we will suffer because of him." At least one of Grant's staff told friends that they considered leaving the club.<ref>{{cite news
 |url=http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,2180213,00.html 
 |title=Chelsea players: Grant 'not good enough' 
 |work=The Guardian 
 |access-date=30 September 2007 
 |location=London 
 |first=Duncan 
 |last=Castles 
 |date=30 September 2007 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021040526/http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0%2C%2C2180213%2C00.html 
 |archive-date=21 October 2007 
 |url-status=live 
}}</ref>

Grant faced his first game only 3 days after taking up the manager's role, losing 2–0 to [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] on 24 September. At his first [[UEFA Champions League]] match as a coach (with Chelsea and in general) he led Chelsea to a 2–1 away win over [[Valencia CF|Valencia]], replicating one of Mourinho's most celebrated wins.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/6534987.stm|title=Valencia 1-2 Chelsea (agg 2-3)|date=10 April 2007|access-date=3 January 2020|work=BBC News}}</ref> Chelsea went on to register a 16-game unbeaten run under Grant, including beating Manchester City 6–0 in one of Chelsea's biggest wins.  Subsequently, Grant was offered and signed a four-year contract with Chelsea in December 2007.<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/7143125.stm
|title=Chelsea extend Grant's contract 
|work=BBC Sport
|access-date=14 December 2007 | date=13 December 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071214142557/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/7143125.stm| archive-date= 14 December 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref>

In January 2008, [[Nicolas Anelka]] from [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]], [[Branislav Ivanović]] from [[FC Lokomotiv Moscow|Lokomotiv Moscow]], and [[Franco Di Santo]] from [[Audax Club Sportivo Italiano|Audax Italiano]] were added to Grant's Chelsea squad.

In February, Chelsea reached the [[2008 Football League Cup Final|2008 League Cup Final]], their first competition final under Grant's management. They lost 2–1 to [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]] at [[Wembley Stadium]] on 24 February, with an extra time winner from centre-back [[Jonathan Woodgate]].<ref name="lg08">{{cite news|last=Stevenson|first=Jonathan|title=Tottenham 2-1 Chelsea|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/7256729.stm|access-date=16 November 2015|work=BBC Sport|date=24 February 2008}}</ref> On 8 March, at [[Barnsley F.C.|Barnsley]], Chelsea were eliminated from the [[FA Cup]] 1–0. On 23 March, Grant secured his first win against one of the other big four clubs when Chelsea came from behind after two substitutions that were ridiculed by Chelsea fans to beat [[Arsenal FC|Arsenal]] 2–1. On 26 April, Grant got his second big win when Chelsea beat Manchester United 2–1, to move Chelsea into second place in the [[FA Premier League|Premier League]] level on points with first place [[Manchester United]] with two games remaining in the season. They eventually finished the season in second place, as the team had done the previous year.<ref name="pl08">{{cite news|title=Grant gracious after title blow|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7395137.stm|access-date=16 November 2015|work=BBC Sport|date=11 May 2008}}</ref>

Grant was chosen as [[Premier League Manager of the Month]] in April in his first season as Chelsea's manager.

On 30 April 2008, Grant's Chelsea beat [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] 3–2 (4–3 on aggregate) to advance to the [[2008 UEFA Champions League Final]], something they failed to achieve under former manager José Mourinho. Chelsea drew 1–1 with [[Manchester United]] in the final, only to lose out on the [[European Champion Clubs' Cup|European Cup]] in a penalty shootout which United won 6–5. In the heavy rain, [[John Terry]] slipped on his team's fifth penalty, clipping the ball off the post and wide. Had he scored, Chelsea would have won the tournament.<ref name="ec08">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/7419271.stm|title=Penalty miss will haunt me forever, says distraught Terry|date=25 May 2008|agency=Reuters|access-date=6 February 2010}}</ref>

Three days later, at around 6&nbsp;pm on 24 May 2008, Chelsea announced in a statement on its website that Grant's contract had been terminated with immediate effect.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chelseafc.com/xxchelsea180706/index.html#/page/Homepage/article_1318728|title=Grant Leaves Chelsea|publisher=chelseafc.com|access-date=24 May 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080522075751/http://www.chelseafc.com/xxchelsea180706/index.html| archive-date= 22 May 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref> Grant later revealed that he turned down the opportunity to return to the club in his former role as [[director of football]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/7421741.stm|title=Grant turned down old Chelsea job|publisher=BBC Sport|date=27 May 2008|access-date=27 May 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080530031809/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/7421741.stm| archive-date= 30 May 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref> Just as his predecessor José Mourinho had done, Grant completed his period as Chelsea manager without losing a single home game in the Premier League.

====Portsmouth====
[[File:Avram Grant (2008).jpg|thumb|left|upright|Grant in 2008]]
On 7 October 2009, Grant returned to [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]] as their new [[Director of football]], following the purchase of the club by [[Ali al-Faraj]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/8295129.stm|title=Grant seals return to Portsmouth |date=7 October 2009|work=BBC Sport|access-date=7 October 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091008101633/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/8295129.stm| archive-date= 8 October 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref> On 26 November 2009, following the release of [[Paul Hart]], Grant was confirmed as the new manager of the club.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/News/Grant-To-Be-Boss.aspx |title=Grant to be boss |work=Portsmouth F.C. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091129081359/http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/News/Grant-To-Be-Boss.aspx |archive-date=29 November 2009}}</ref> His first game as manager was a 4–1 defeat at home to [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] on 28 November 2009. This was followed by a 4–2 home defeat to [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]] in the [[2009–10 Football League Cup|League Cup]]. His first win with Pompey arrived in the Premier League on 5 December 2009, with a 2–0 win over [[Burnley F.C.|Burnley]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/8390381.stm |title=Portsmouth 2–0 Burnley |date=5 December 2009|work=BBC Sport|access-date=5 December 2009 | first=Pranav | last=Soneji| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091207145542/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/8390381.stm| archive-date= 7 December 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref> Following this he led Portsmouth to a 2–0 win over [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] to bring his new side level on points at the foot of the table.<ref>{{cite news|last=Sanghera |first=Mandeep |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/8414887.stm |title=Portsmouth 2 – 0 Liverpool |work=BBC News |date=19 December 2009 |access-date=21 May 2010}}</ref> Although Portsmouth went into [[Administration (British football)|administration]] in March 2010 and had nine points deducted as a result (contributing to their eventual relegation in bottom place), Grant oversaw a run to the [[2010 FA Cup Final|FA Cup final]] which saw them narrowly beaten by his old club Chelsea at [[Wembley Stadium]]. On 20 May 2010, Grant resigned as the manager of Portsmouth. He announced his decision to leave in an open letter to fans on the club's website, stating that "it was the hardest decision I have ever had to make". He went on to say that Portsmouth's fans had brought tears to his eyes with their loyalty, devotion and passion for the club.<ref name="BBCresign"/>

====West Ham United====
[[File:Avram Grant post match v Bolton Wanderers 21Aug10.jpg|thumb|320px|right|Grant signing autographs post match [[West Ham United]] v [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]] 21 August 2010]]

On 3 June 2010, Grant signed a four-year deal with West Ham subject to a [[Work permit (United Kingdom)|work permit]] which was secured on 8 June.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/8729684.stm|title=West Ham United manager Avram Grant granted work permit  |work=BBC News |date= 8 June 2010|access-date=9 June 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100613111051/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/8729684.stm| archive-date= 13 June 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> Grant said: "I am proud and honoured to be the manager of West Ham. It will be an exciting challenge and I'm ready to do my best".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/8717102.stm |title=Avram Grant confirmed as West Ham United manager |work=BBC News |date= 3 June 2010|access-date=3 June 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160112211334/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/8717102.stm| archive-date=12 January 2016| url-status= live}}</ref> On 5 June 2010, [[Thomas Hitzlsperger]] became Grant's first signing at the club on a free transfer.  At the beginning of the [[2010–11 Premier League|2010–11 season]], Grant led West Ham to its worst-ever start in the Premier League.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/West-Ham-1-3-Chelsea-Sunday-Mirror-match-report-Hammers-ensured-their-worst-ever-start-to-a-top-flight-campaign-article577669.html |title=West Ham 1–3 Chelsea: Sunday Mirror match report |publisher=mirrorfootball.co.uk |date=11 September 2010 |access-date=19 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918134538/http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/West-Ham-1-3-Chelsea-Sunday-Mirror-match-report-Hammers-ensured-their-worst-ever-start-to-a-top-flight-campaign-article577669.html |archive-date=18 September 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Their first point being gained on 18 September with Grant unable to take charge of the team for a game at [[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]] in respect to his Jewish holy day, [[Yom Kippur]] and assistant coach [[Paul Groves (footballer)|Paul Groves]], [[Kevin Keen]] and assistant manager [[Željko Petrović]] taking charge of the game.<ref name="YomKippurGrant">{{cite web|url=http://www.whufc.com/articles/20100918/stoke-city-1-1-west-ham-united-ft_2236884_2157775 |title=Stoke City 1–1 West Ham United FT |publisher=Whufc.com |date=18 September 2010 |access-date=18 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100921001647/http://www.whufc.com/articles/20100918/stoke-city-1-1-west-ham-united-ft_2236884_2157775 |archive-date=21 September 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

A dismal start to the [[2010–11 in English football|2010–11 season]] saw Grant come under fire after the Hammers had won just two Premier League games by the end of November and stood bottom of the table. However, there was some much needed cause for celebration on 30 November 2010 when his side beat [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] 4–0 in the [[Football League Cup]] quarter-final. West Ham became the first side to beat [[Sir Alex Ferguson]]'s team in any competition this season, and were semi-finalists in the competition for the first time since the [[1989–90 in English football|1989–90 season]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/league_cup/9233755.stm|title=West Ham 4-0 Man United|date=30 November 2010|access-date=3 January 2020|work=BBC News}}</ref>

However, the dismissal of [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]] manager [[Sam Allardyce]] on 13 December 2010 was followed by media reports that West Ham were on the verge of dismissing Grant and offering Allardyce his job.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/premier-league/2010/12/13/2259702/west-ham-preparing-to-sack-avram-grant-and-appoint-sam-allardyce-|title=West Ham preparing to sack Avram Grant and appoint Sam Allardyce as manager - Goal.com|date=13 December 2010}}</ref> Indeed, it was reported Grant was handed an unusual ultimatum: win one of the next three games or face losing his job.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/9291825.stm|title=Grant handed West Ham ultimatum|date=15 December 2010|work=BBC Sport|access-date=15 December 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101216041357/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/9291825.stm| archive-date= 16 December 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref>

A 3–1 win at [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]] on Boxing Day—West Ham's first away win of the season—appeared to ease the pressure on Grant,<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/9301855.stm |work=BBC News | title=Fulham 1–3 West Ham | date=26 December 2010}}</ref> as did a 2–0 home win over fellow strugglers Wolverhampton Wanderers on New Year's Day, which lifted the Hammers out of the relegation zone.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/9327943.stm |work=BBC News | title=West Ham 2–0 Wolves | date=1 January 2011}}</ref> However, a 5–0 defeat at [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]] on 5 January put Grant's position in further doubt as the Hammers slid back to the bottom of the table.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/9331257.stm|title=Newcastle 5-0 West Ham|date=5 January 2011|access-date=3 January 2020|work=BBC News}}</ref> The pressure became intense with another defeat on 15 January, as many media sources reported that [[Martin O'Neill]] would replace him as manager, only to later find that O'Neill ruled himself out of the job.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/9364690.stm|title=West Ham to miss out on Martin O'Neill as next manager|date=17 January 2011|work=BBC Sport|access-date=18 January 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110201183208/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/9364690.stm| archive-date= 1 February 2011| url-status= live}}</ref>

West Ham won only seven Premier League games, under Grant, from 37 played in a season where they won more cup games than league fixtures.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=2802#teamTabs=results |title=West Ham Betting Odds &#124; Club Details |publisher=Soccer Base |access-date=16 May 2011}}</ref> During an [[DW Stadium|away]] game to [[Wigan Athletic F.C.|Wigan Athletic]] on 15 May 2011 (a match which West Ham had to win to have any chance of avoiding relegation) a [[airplane|plane]] flew over the ground trailing a [[Banner#Advertising banners: pre-printed banners and custom banners|banner]] reading "''Avram Grant – Millwall legend''", a sarcastic reference to West Ham's fierce local [[Millwall F.C. and West Ham United F.C. rivalry|rivalry]] with [[Millwall F.C.|Millwall]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Horoscopes |url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/grant-pays-the-price-as-hammers-capitulate-2647885.html |title=Grant pays the price as Hammers capitulate – Premier League, Soccer |work=The Irish Independent |date=18 November 2010 |access-date=16 May 2011}}</ref> West Ham lost 3–2 ensuring their relegation from the Premier League. Grant was sacked that day, hours after the end of the match.<ref name="GrantWHsacked"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/13404955.stm|title=West Ham part company with Avram Grant|date=15 May 2011|work=BBC Sport|access-date=16 May 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110516112053/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/13404955.stm| archive-date= 16 May 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref>

===Partizan Belgrade===
On 13 January 2012, [[FK Partizan|Partizan Belgrade]]'s board of directors announced in an official statement to the public that Avram Grant was named the new manager of the club.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://sport.blic.rs/Fudbal/Domaci-fudbal/208593/Stanojevic-smenjen-Grant-i-zvanicno-trener-Partizana | location=Belgrade| work=Blic | title=Stanojević smenjen, Grant i zvanično trener Partizana! (eng. Stanojević sacked, Grant officially the head coach of Partizan!) | date=13 January 2012}}</ref> As Grant was set to have his first match as manager of Partizan in a friendly match against [[Sepahan Isfahan FC|Sepahan Isfahan]], the friendly match was cancelled because Grant is Israeli. This was due to the fact that the Iranian government does not recognise Israel as a country and refers to its government as the 'Zionist regime'. Grant's response was:

{{Blockquote|I never mixed politics with sports, I had worked with many (Muslims) while I was in England, and I made friends with many of them.<ref>{{cite news|title=World Football – Grant fumes over 'shameful' cancellation |url=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/21022012/58/world-football-grant-fumes-shameful-cancellation.html |publisher=Yahoo! Eurosport |date=21 February 2012 |access-date=21 February 2012|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115142706/http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/21022012/58/world-football-grant-fumes-shameful-cancellation.html |archive-date=15 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Iranians cancel game due to Grant|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/1024802/iranians-cancel-game-because-avram-grant-is-israeli?cc=5739|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226024637/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/1024802/iranians-cancel-game-because-avram-grant-is-israeli?cc=5739|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 February 2012|publisher=ESPN Soccernet|date=21 February 2012|access-date=21 February 2012}}</ref>}}

After guiding Partizan to their fifth consecutive Serbian championship, Grant resigned on 14 May 2012, making use of the release clause in his 18-month contract.<ref name="part">{{Cite web|url=http://livefmghana.com/2017/02/07/avram-grant-resigns-as-coach-of-black-stars/|title=Avram Grant resigns as coach of Black Stars|date=7 February 2017|access-date=3 January 2020}}</ref>

===Ghana===
[[File:ACON 2015 GHA GUI (16487041276).jpg|thumbnail|Grant as a coach of Ghana]]
On 27 November 2014, Grant was appointed as coach of the [[Ghana national football team]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/30230997|title=Ghana: Avram Grant appointed new Black Stars coach|date=27 November 2014|access-date=10 February 2015|work=BBC}}</ref> At the [[2015 Africa Cup of Nations]], he led Ghana to the [[2015 Africa Cup of Nations Final|final]], where they were beaten on a penalty shoot-out by [[Ivory Coast national football team|Ivory Coast]], ending the tournament as runners-up.<ref name="ghana">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/31079315|title=Ivory Coast 0-0 Ghana (Ivory Coast win 9-8 on penalties)|date=8 February 2015|work=BBC}}</ref>

On 2 February 2017, Grant resigned as the coach of Ghana after finishing fourth in the [[2017 Africa Cup of Nations]], losing against Cameroon in the semi-final and Burkina Faso in the third place play-off.{{citation needed|date=January 2018}}

===NorthEast United===
Grant joined [[Indian Super League]] side [[NorthEast United FC]] as a technical advisor on 4 January 2018.  He was later promoted to Head Coach on 12 January 2018. The team won 2 out of the first 3 games under Grant, and Seiminlen Doungel scored the club's first ever hat-trick, but the team failed to win a single match after that, ending the season at the bottom of the league points table. Grant was the first head coach from an Asian country in the Indian Super League.

=== Zambia ===
On 22 December 2022, Grant was unveiled as the new manager of the [[Zambia national football team]] after signing a two-year deal.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-12-22 |title=Former Chelsea manager Grant named Zambia coach |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/soccer-zam-idUKKBN2T60RC |access-date=2022-12-22}}</ref>

==Managerial statistics==
{{updated|match played 11 June 2025}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|Nat
!rowspan="2"|From
!rowspan="2"|To
!colspan="5"|Record
|-
!G!!W!!D!!L!!Win %
|-
|align=left|[[Hapoel Petah Tikva F.C.|Hapoel Petah Tikva]]
|{{flagicon|ISR}}
|align=left|1986
|align=left|1991
{{WDL|158|72|52|34}}
|-
|align=left|[[Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]]
|{{flagicon|ISR}}
|align=left|1991
|align=left|1995
{{WDL|193|125|31|37}}
|-
|align=left|[[Hapoel Haifa F.C.|Hapoel Haifa]]
|{{flagicon|ISR}}
|align=left|1995
|align=left|1996
{{WDL|30|19|7|4}}
|-
|align=left|[[Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]]
|{{flagicon|ISR}}
|align=left|1996
|align=left|2000
{{WDL|172|87|29|56}}
|-
|align=left|[[Maccabi Haifa F.C.|Maccabi Haifa]]
|{{flagicon|ISR}}
|align=left|2000
|align=left|2002
{{WDL|77|48|21|8}}
|-
|align=left|[[Israel national football team|Israel]]
|{{flagicon|ISR}}
|align=left|2002
|align=left|2005
{{WDL|33|14|13|6}}
|-
|align=left|[[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]
|{{flagicon|ENG}}
|align=left|20 September 2007
|align=left|24 May 2008
{{WDL|54|36|12|6}}
|-
|align=left|[[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]]
|{{flagicon|ENG}}
|align=left|26 November 2009
|align=left|21 May 2010
{{WDL|33|10|7|16}}
|-
|align=left|[[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]]
|{{flagicon|ENG}}
|align=left|3 June 2010
|align=left|16 May 2011
{{WDL|47|15|12|20}}
|-
|align=left|[[FK Partizan|Partizan]]
|{{flagicon|SER}}
|align=left|13 January 2012
|align=left|14 May 2012
{{WDL|16|11|2|3}}
|-
|align=left|[[Ghana national football team|Ghana]]
|{{flagicon|GHA}}
|align=left|27 November 2014
|align=left|6 February 2017
{{WDL|27|12|8|7}}
|-
|align=left|[[NorthEast United FC|NorthEast United]]
|{{flagicon|IND}}
|align=left|4 January 2018
|align=left|17 March 2018
{{WDL|17|2|1|14}}
|-
|align=left|[[Zambia national football team|Zambia]]
|{{flagicon|ZAM}}
|align=left|22 December 2022
|align=left|Present
{{WDL|36|16|7|13}}
|-
!colspan=4|Total
{{WDLtot|893|467|202|224}}
|}

==Honours==
'''Hapoel Petah Tikva'''
*[[Toto Cup]] Leumit: 1989–90, 1990–91<ref name="cups">{{cite news|title=Avram Grant as Ghana's technical adviser|url=http://amensupernews.com/avram-grant-ghanas-technical-adviser/|access-date=16 November 2015|work=Amen Supernews}}</ref>

'''Maccabi Tel Aviv'''
*[[Liga Leumit]]: [[1991–92 Liga Leumit|1991–92]], [[1994–95 Liga Leumit|1994–95]]<ref name="islg">{{cite news|title=Avram Grant: profile|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/portsmouth/6651022/Avram-Grant-profile.html|access-date=16 November 2015|work=The Telegraph|date=26 November 2009}}</ref>
*[[Israel State Cup]]: [[1993–94 Israel State Cup|1993–94]]<ref name="hons">{{cite news|last=Lipton|first=Martin|title=Tragedies drive Chelsea boss Avram Grant to fulfil his ambitions|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/tragedies-drive-chelsea-boss-avram-723447|access-date=16 November 2015|work=The Mirror|date=23 February 2008}}</ref>
*Toto Cup Leumit: 1992–93, [[1998–99 Toto Cup Leumit|1998–99]]<ref name="hons" />

'''Maccabi Haifa'''
*[[Israeli Premier League]]: [[2000–01 Israeli Premier League|2000–01]], [[2001–02 Israeli Premier League|2001–02]]<ref name="islg" />
*Toto Cup Al: [[2001–02 Toto Cup Al|2001–02]]<ref name="cups" />

'''Chelsea'''
*[[Football League Cup]] runner-up: [[2007–08 Football League Cup|2007–08]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/7256729.stm |title=Tottenham 2–1 Chelsea |first=Jonathan |last=Stevenson |website=BBC Sport |date=24 February 2008 |access-date=25 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[UEFA Champions League]] runner-up: [[2007–08 UEFA Champions League|2007–08]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/7406252.stm |title=Man Utd earn dramatic Euro glory |first=Phil |last=McNulty |website=BBC Sport |date=22 May 2008 |access-date=31 May 2021}}</ref>

'''Partizan Belgrade'''
*[[Serbian SuperLiga]]: [[2011–12 Serbian SuperLiga|2011–12]]<ref name="part" />

'''Individual'''
*[[Premier League Manager of the Month]]: [[2007–08 Premier League#Monthly awards|April 2008]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.premierleague.com/managers/3369/Avram-Grant/overview |title=Manager profile: Avram Grant |publisher=Premier League |access-date=19 September 2018}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Israel|Biography|Association football}}
*[[List of Jews in sports (non-players)]]
*[[Sports in Israel]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Avram Grant}}
*{{soccerbase (manager)|2086|Avram Grant}}

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[[Category:Premier League managers]]
[[Category:Serbian SuperLiga managers]]
[[Category:Indian Super League managers]]
[[Category:2015 Africa Cup of Nations managers]]
[[Category:2017 Africa Cup of Nations managers]]
[[Category:2023 Africa Cup of Nations managers]]
[[Category:Israeli expatriate football managers]]
[[Category:Israeli expatriate sportspeople in England]]
[[Category:Israeli expatriate sportspeople in Serbia]]
[[Category:Israeli expatriate sportspeople in Thailand]]
[[Category:Israeli expatriate sportspeople in Ghana]]
[[Category:Israeli expatriate sportspeople in India]]
[[Category:Expatriate football managers in England]]
[[Category:Expatriate football managers in Serbia]]
[[Category:Expatriate football managers in Ghana]]
[[Category:Expatriate football managers in India]]
[[Category:NorthEast United FC managers]]
[[Category:Israeli people of Iraqi-Jewish descent]]
[[Category:Israeli people of Polish-Jewish descent]]
[[Category:Association football coaches]]
[[Category:20th-century Israeli sportsmen]]