| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas James Wright | ||
| Date of birth | 29 August 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| Linfield | |||
| 1988–1993 | Newcastle United | 73 | (0) |
| 1991 | → Hull City (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 1993–1997 | Nottingham Forest | 11 | (0) |
| 1996 | → Reading (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| 1997 | → Manchester City (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 1997–2001 | Manchester City | 29 | (0) |
| 1999 | → Wrexham (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 1999 | → Newcastle United (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2001 | → Bolton Wanderers (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2001 | Bolton Wanderers | 0 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1989–1999 | Northern Ireland | 31 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2003-2005 | Limavady United | ||
| 2005-2008 | Ballymena United | ||
| 2009-2011 | Lisburn Distillery | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Tommy Wright (born 29 August 1963 in Belfast) is a former Northern Ireland football goalkeeper.
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Wright won 31 caps for Northern Ireland in a ten year period from 1989 to 1999. The high point of his Northern Ireland career was his performance in Nuremberg in 1996, as Northern Ireland earned a 1-1 draw against reigning European champions, Germany, in a 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification match. Wright hadn't played an international match in over two years prior to that point and had just returned to club action, on loan at Reading, after a prolonged injury absence.
Wright was first a goalkeeping coach for Norwich City but left when Glenn Roeder resigned. He was then appointed youth development officer at Ballyclare Comrades. In November 2003 he made his first move into management at Limavady United [1] and stayed for a couple of years. Wright was then appointed manager of Ballymena United and reached the County Antrim Shield against Linfield at Seaview. Wright resigned at the end of the 2007/08 season.
He was a full time goalkeeping coach at Shamrock Rovers for the 2009 League of Ireland season under his former team mate Michael O'Neill (footballer). In September 2009 he was appointed new manager of Lisburn Distillery [2]. His first game was against his former club Ballymena United which former Crusaders manager Roy Walker was in charge. A 1-0 victory for Distillery gave Wright a good start. Wright left Distillery in November 2011, to become assistant manager of Scottish Premier League club St. Johnstone.[1]