Bradley Wright-Phillips
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| Bradley Wright-Phillips | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bradley Edward Wright-Phillips | |
| Date of birth | March 12, 1985 | |
| 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) 78 (16) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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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, with whom he used to play at Manchester City. 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 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 £500,000 in the summer of 2006. The fee was partly funded by a prize from Coca-Cola won in a competition amongst fans. He is currently paid £10,000 a week[1]. 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. He scored a total of 11 goals in the 2006-07 season.
In 2007-08 he started the season with goals against Burnley and Queens Park Rangers.
On 9 March 2008, Wright-Phillips, along with team-mate Nathan Dyer, were accused of stealing money and mobile phones from bar staff at Bar Bluu in Southsea. Criminal investigations are ongoing; however CCTV footage appears to show a theft taking place.[2]
On the morning of March 25, 2008, both Wright-Phillips and Dyer were arrested by police over the theft and were being questioned at a Portsmouth police station.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ "Bradley Wright-Phillips on £10,000", www.thisishampshire.net, 2008-03-09. Retrieved on 2008-05-12.
- ^ "Saints players filmed during alleged theft", www.thisishampshire.net, 2008-03-09. Retrieved on 2008-03-10.
- ^ "Saints players arrested in theft probe", www.thisishampshire.net. Retrieved on 2008-03-25.
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