David Wright (footballer)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | David Wright[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1 May 1980[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Warrington, England[2] | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2] | ||
| Playing position | Defender / Defensive midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Colchester United | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1997 | Crewe Alexandra | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1997–2004 | Crewe Alexandra | 211 | (3) |
| 2004–2007 | Wigan Athletic | 45 | (0) |
| 2005 | → Norwich City (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2007–2010 | Ipswich Town | 120 | (5) |
| 2010–2013 | Crystal Palace | 51 | (0) |
| 2012 | → Gillingham (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2013– | Colchester United | 31 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:37, 18 January 2014 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). | |||
David Wright (born 1 May 1980) is an English footballer who plays as a defender or defensive midfielder for Colchester United. Wright began his career at Crewe Alexandra, going on to make over 200 league appearances for the club. He also played over 100 league games for Ipswich Town. He has also represented Wigan Athletic, Norwich City, Crystal Palace and Gillingham.
Career
Crewe Alexandra
Wright rose through the youth team ranks at Crewe Alexandra, where he was youth team captain. He made his debut for Crewe in 1997 was a regular during the 1998–99 season. He scored his first goal for the club in a 5–1 win over West Bromwich Albion.[3] Wright made 211 league appearances scoring three goals between 1997 and 2004 for Crewe.[4]
Wigan Athletic
In the summer of 2004, Wright signed for Wigan Athletic for an undisclosed fee in the region of £250,000.[4] After a successful first season with the Latics promoted to the Premier League, Wright found himself out of favour in the 2005–06 season and joined Norwich City on a one-month loan deal, where he made five appearances.[5] Following his loan spell, Wright made his first Premier League start for Wigan, replacing Leighton Baines at left back in what was a 2–0 away defeat to Birmingham City.[6]
In December 2006, Wright was involved in an accidental collision with goalkeeper Chris Kirkland during a 1–1 draw with Middlesbrough, leaving Kirkland in hospital having gone into shock.[7]
Ipswich Town
Having made 12 Premier League appearances for Wigan in the 2006–07 season, Wright joined Ipswich Town on a three-and-a-half year contract in January 2007.[8] On 20 January 2007, Wright was sent off in a 3–2 win for Ipswich over neighbours Colchester United for a handball offence in the 90th minute.[9] He scored an equalising goal in the East Anglian derby over former club Norwich in April 2007.[10]
In the 2007–08 season, Wright scored in a 6–0 thrashing of Bristol City[11] and against West Bromwich Albion,[12] and scored an own goal in a 4–1 away defeat to Barnsley.[13]
Although born in Warrington, England, during the 2008–09 season Scotland and former Ipswich manager George Burley was considering calling-up Wright to the national team due to his grandparents Scottish ancestry. However, this never came to fruition.[14][15]
Wright scored the only goal of the game in a match against Derby County on 31 October 2009 to halt manager Roy Keane's winless run of 15 games, in what was the team's first win of the season.[16][17]
Crystal Palace
Former Scotland manager George Burley signed Wright for his Crystal Palace side on 30 June 2010 on a two-year contract.[18]
In September 2012, Wright signed on a one-month loan for League Two leaders Gillingham.[19] He made seven appearances during the spell, and although the club attempted to extend his loan, the deal fell through as it was not confirmed before a 17:00 GMT transfer deadline on 22 November 2012.[20] Following this loan spell, Wright did not make an appearance for Palace before leaving the club.[21]
Colchester United
On 25 January 2013, Wright signed for Colchester United on a free transfer.[21] He made his debut for the club in a 2–0 win over Walsall, a win which marked the first points in nine games for the U's.[22]
Career statistics
- As of match played 18 January 2014.
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Crewe Alexandra | 1997–98[23] | First Division | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
| 1998–99[24] | First Division | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 21 | 1 | ||
| 1999–2000[25] | First Division | 45 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 49 | 0 | ||
| 2000–01[26] | First Division | 42 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 48 | 0 | ||
| 2001–02[27] | First Division | 30 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 34 | 0 | ||
| 2002–03[28] | Second Division | 31 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 40 | 1 | |
| 2003–04[29] | First Division | 40 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 43 | 1 | ||
| Total | 211 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 238 | 3 | ||
| Wigan Athletic | 2004–05[30] | Championship | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 32 | 0 | |
| 2005–06[31] | Premier League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2006–07[32] | Premier League | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | ||
| Total | 45 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 49 | 0 | |||
| Norwich City (loan) | 2005–06[31] | Championship | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |
| Ipswich Town | 2006–07[32] | Championship | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 20 | 1 | |
| 2007–08[33] | Championship | 41 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 43 | 2 | ||
| 2008–09[34] | Championship | 34 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 36 | 1 | ||
| 2009–10[35] | Championship | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 29 | 1 | ||
| Total | 120 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 128 | 5 | |||
| Crystal Palace | 2010–11[36] | Championship | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 29 | 0 | |
| 2011–12[37] | Championship | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 25 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13[38] | Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| Total | 51 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 57 | 0 | |||
| Gillingham (loan) | 2012–13[38] | League Two | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Colchester United | 2012–13[38] | League One | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 2013–14[39] | League One | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Total | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 470 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 517 | 8 | ||
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Appearance in Football League Trophy
References
- ↑ "Search 1984 to 2006 – Birth, Marriage and Death indexes". Findmypast.com. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "FootballSquads – Colchester United – 2012/13". FootballSquads. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
- ↑ "David Wright - Crewe Chronicle". Crewe Chronicle. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Wright moves to Wigan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
- ↑ "Canaries swoop for Wigan defender". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
- ↑ "Birmingham 2–0 Wigan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
- ↑ "Keeper Kirkland leaves hospital". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
- ↑ "Ipswich snap up Wright from Wigan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
- ↑ "Ipswich 3–2 Colchester". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
- ↑ "Norwich 1–1 Ipswich". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
- ↑ "Ipswich 6–0 Bristol City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
- ↑ "Ipswich 2–0 West Brom". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
- ↑ "Barnsley 4–1 Ipswich". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
- ↑ "Scotland to watch Ipswich defender David Wright". The Telegraph. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
- ↑ "Burley to check Wright's ancestry". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
- ↑ "Ipswich 1–0 Derby". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
- ↑ "Wright expects more from Ipswich". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
- ↑ "Crystal Palace swoop for defender David Wright". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
- ↑ "Gillingham sign Crystal Palace's David Wright on loan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
- ↑ "Gillingham: Bid for Crystal Palace's David Wright falls through". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 "David Wright leaves Crystal Palace to join Colchester". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
- ↑ "Colchester 2–0 Walsall". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
- ↑ "Games played by David Wright in 1997/1998". Soccerbase. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- ↑ "Games played by David Wright in 1998/1999". Soccerbase. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- ↑ "Games played by David Wright in 1999/2000". Soccerbase. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- ↑ "Games played by David Wright in 2000/2001". Soccerbase. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- ↑ "Games played by David Wright in 2001/2002". Soccerbase. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- ↑ "Games played by David Wright in 2002/2003". Soccerbase. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- ↑ "Games played by David Wright in 2003/2004". Soccerbase. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- ↑ "Games played by David Wright in 2004/2005". Soccerbase. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 "Games played by David Wright in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 "Games played by David Wright in 2006/2007". Soccerbase. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- ↑ "Games played by David Wright in 2007/2008". Soccerbase. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- ↑ "Games played by David Wright in 2008/2009". Soccerbase. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- ↑ "Games played by David Wright in 2009/2010". Soccerbase. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- ↑ "Games played by David Wright in 2010/2011". Soccerbase. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- ↑ "Games played by David Wright in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- ↑ 38.0 38.1 38.2 "Games played by David Wright in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
- ↑ "Games played by David Wright in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
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