Bradley Wright-Phillips

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Personal information
Bradley Wright-Phillips
Full name	Bradley Edward Wright-Phillips
Date of birth	March 12, 1985 (age 22)
Place of birth	Lewisham, London, England
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Southampton
Number	8
Youth clubs
	Manchester City
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2004-2006 2006-	Manchester City Southampton	32 (2) 34 (7)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 06:58, 29 March 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Bradley Edward Wright-Phillips (born March 12, 1985 in Lewisham, London) is an English footballer. He currently plays for Southampton, whom he joined on 5 July 2006.

He is the biological son of Arsenal and England player Ian Wright, and younger half-brother to Chelsea and England player Shaun Wright-Phillips, Ian's adopted son. He grew up in Brockley South London and attended the state school Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham College nearby in New Cross Gate.

He was the top-scorer for the Manchester City reserve team in the season 2003-04. On 6 December 2004, he scored his first Premiership goal within minutes of making his Premiership debut against Middlesbrough. After his superb swivel and kick goal in the 3-2 loss to Middlesbrough he had become somewhat of a favourite with the Manchester City fans. He has also played for England Under 19s.

However, after many frustrating appearances with few goals, he was sold to Championship team Southampton for an undisclosed fee in the summer of 2006. The fee was partly funded by a prize from Coca-Cola[1] won in a competition amongst fans. He made an immediate impact at Southampton, scoring on his debut against Derby County at Pride Park, and scoring an impressive goal against Wolverhampton Wanderers in a 2-0 win at St. Mary's.

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Southampton F.C. - Current Squad
1 Davis \| 2 Östlund \| 3 Pelé \| 4 Saganowski \| 5 Lundekvam \| 6 Powell \| 7 Skácel \| 8 Wright-Phillips \| 9 Rasiak \| 10 Wright \| 11 Svensson \| 12 Lička \| 15 Jones \| 17 Belmadi \| 18 Dyer \| 19 Makin \| 21 Baird \| 22 Bale \| 23 Viáfara \| 24 Guthrie \| 25 Poke \| 26 Miller \| 27 Best \| 28 Białkowski \| 29 Surman \| 34 James \| 41 Lallana \| Manager: Burley