PLAYER PROFILE / Attacking Midfield
John Swift.
Portsmouth FC · England
TM 197693 · Current player profileAge today31
Recorded moves11
Peak recorded value€7.00m
Current market value€800k
01 / PLAYER DETAILS
At a glance
- Full name
- John David Swift
- Born
- 23 Jun 1995
- Nationality
- England
- Position
- Attacking Midfield
- Preferred foot
- right
- Height
- 182
- Joined current club
- 15 Jul 2025
- Contract expires
- 30 Jun 2027
02 / THE JOURNEY
Previous clubs
- West Bromwich AlbionLast recorded move · 15 Jul 2025
- Reading FCLast recorded move · 01 Jul 2022
- Chelsea FC U21Last recorded move · 14 Jul 2016
- Brentford FCLast recorded move · 31 May 2016
- Swindon TownLast recorded move · 10 May 2015
- Rotherham UnitedLast recorded move · 14 Nov 2014
- Chelsea FC U18Last recorded move · 01 Jul 2013
Clubs from completed, dated transfers, most recent first. Repeat spells are listed in the full transfer history.
03 / VALUE OVER TIME
Market value history
| Valuation date | Age then | Club at the time | Market value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 May 2026 | 30 | Portsmouth FC | €800k |
| 03 Mar 2026 | 30 | Portsmouth FC | €1.00m |
| 03 Dec 2025 | 30 | Portsmouth FC | €1.50m |
| 06 Oct 2025 | 30 | Portsmouth FC | €1.80m |
| 27 May 2025 | 29 | West Bromwich Albion | €2.80m |
| 30 Dec 2024 | 29 | West Bromwich Albion | €3.00m |
| 24 May 2024 | 28 | West Bromwich Albion | €3.20m |
| 21 Dec 2023 | 28 | West Bromwich Albion | €3.80m |
| 01 Jun 2023 | 27 | West Bromwich Albion | €5.00m |
| 27 Oct 2022 | 27 | West Bromwich Albion | €4.50m |
| 13 May 2022 | 26 | Reading FC | €7.00m |
| 24 Nov 2021 | 26 | Reading FC | €6.00m |
| 30 Jun 2021 | 26 | Reading FC | €4.00m |
| 10 Mar 2021 | 25 | Reading FC | €4.00m |
| 15 Oct 2020 | 25 | Reading FC | €5.00m |
| 08 Apr 2020 | 24 | Reading FC | €4.00m |
| 27 Feb 2020 | 24 | Reading FC | €5.00m |
| 17 Oct 2019 | 24 | Reading FC | €4.50m |
| 28 Jun 2019 | 24 | Reading FC | €3.50m |
| 24 Sep 2018 | 23 | Reading FC | €2.50m |
| 27 Feb 2018 | 22 | Reading FC | €2.50m |
| 18 Sep 2017 | 22 | Reading FC | €2.50m |
| 27 Feb 2017 | 21 | Reading FC | €1.50m |
| 01 Sep 2016 | 21 | Reading FC | €1.00m |
| 20 Apr 2016 | 20 | Brentford FC | €750k |
| 27 Feb 2015 | 19 | Swindon Town | €250k |
| 25 Jul 2013 | 18 | Chelsea FC U21 | €250k |
Each row is a dated valuation. The bar shows its share of the player’s peak recorded value. — means not recorded.
04 / EVERY MOVE
Full transfer history
| Date | From | To | Move | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Jul 2025 | West Bromwich Albion | Portsmouth FC | Transfer | Free |
| 01 Jul 2025 | West Bromwich Albion | Not recorded | Not recorded | — |
| 01 Jul 2022 | Reading FC | West Bromwich Albion | Transfer | Free |
| 14 Jul 2016 | Chelsea FC U21 | Reading FC | Transfer | Free |
| 31 May 2016 | Brentford FC | Chelsea FC U21 | Loan return | — End of loan |
| 01 Oct 2015 | Chelsea FC U21 | Brentford FC | Loan | — loan transfer |
| 10 May 2015 | Swindon Town | Chelsea FC U21 | Loan return | — End of loan |
| 03 Jan 2015 | Chelsea FC U21 | Swindon Town | Loan | — loan transfer |
| 14 Nov 2014 | Rotherham United | Chelsea FC U21 | Loan return | — End of loan |
| 01 Aug 2014 | Chelsea FC U21 | Rotherham United | Loan | — loan transfer |
| 01 Jul 2013 | Chelsea FC U18 | Chelsea FC U21 | Internal move | — |
Includes loans, loan returns, internal moves and scheduled transfers. Free means a recorded €0 fee; — means no figure was recorded.