David Wright (footballer)

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David Wright

Personal information
Full name	David Wright
Date of birth	1 May 1980 (1980-05-01) (age 31)
Place of birth	Warrington, England
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position	Defender, Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current club	Crystal Palace
Number	3
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1997–2004	Crewe Alexandra	213	(3)
2004–2007	Wigan Athletic	45	(0)
2005	→ Norwich City (loan)	5	(0)
2007–2010	Ipswich Town	120	(5)
2010–	Crystal Palace	45	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:42, 20 November 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals).

David Wright (born 1 May 1980 in Warrington) is an English footballer who plays as a defender for Crystal Palace. During his professional career, he has also played for Crewe Alexandra, Wigan Athletic and Ipswich Town, and had a loan spell at Norwich City.

Club career

Crewe Alexandra

He began his career with Crewe Alexandra where he made his debut in 1997, and became a regular in the 1998–99 season, before playing in Crewe's promotion season, in 2002–03.

Wigan Athletic

In the following season, he joined Wigan Athletic for £500,000 where he achieved promotion as well.

He lost his first-team place to teammate Nicky Eaden, but continued with Wigan throughout their march to the Premier League. In search of first-team football, he joined Norwich City in 2005, playing five games.

Ipswich Town

Wright joined Ipswich Town for around £200,000 on a three-year contract in January 2007. He made his debut against Sunderland at the Stadium of Light on 13 January, and was sent off a week later in his home debut against Colchester United. He scored his first goal for the club on 22 April against Norwich in the 1–1 draw. His first home goal for Ipswich came against Bristol City in a 6–0 win in November.

Ahead of the 2008–09 season, Wright was considered for the captaincy at Ipswich Town, although missed out to Gareth McAuley. Again, in March 2009, while McAuley was suspended, Wright admitted his desire to captain Ipswich in a game against Wolverhampton Wanderers, but again missed out, this time to Tommy Miller. Ipswich drew that game 0–0. Wright missed most of the rest of the season through a hamstring injury.

At the start of the 2009–10 season, Wright fell out of favour with manager Roy Keane. He did, however, work his way back into the team at left back and on 31 October scored against Derby County at Portman Road to give Ipswich their first win of the season—the last team in the whole league to record their first win. However he was released from the club at the end of the season.

Crystal Palace

Wright then signed for Crystal Palace on a free transfer. The club was still in administration at the time but was soon to exit it, with George Burley having been appointed manager.

Club career statistics

(correct as of 20 November 2011)

Club	Season	League			Cup[1]			Europe			Play-Offs			Total
		Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists
Crewe	1997–98	3	0	?	?	?	?	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	0	?
Crewe	1998–99	20	1	?	?	?	?	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	1	?
Crewe	1999-00	45	0	?	?	?	?	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	0	?
Crewe	2000–01	42	0	?	?	?	?	-	-	-	-	-	-	42	0	?
Crewe	2001–02	28	1	0	4	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	32	1	0
Crewe	2002–03	31	1	0	9	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	40	1	0
Crewe	2003–04	40	1	3	3	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	43	1	3
Total	1997–2004	209	4	3	16	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	225	4	3
Wigan	2004–05	31	0	2	1	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	31	0	2
Wigan	2005–06	2	0	0	2	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	0	0
Wigan	2006–07	13	0	1	1	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	0	1
Total	2004–2007	46	0	3	4	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	50	0	3
Norwich (loan)	2005–06	5	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	0	0
Total	2005–2006	5	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	0	0
Ipswich	2006–07	19	1	0	1	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	1	0
Ipswich	2007–08	41	2	1	1	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	43	2	1
Ipswich	2008–09	34	1	1	2	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	36	1	1
Ipswich	2009–10	26	1	1	3	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	29	1	1
Total	2007–2010	120	5	3	7	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	127	5	3
Crystal Palace	2010–11	28	0	0	1	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	29	0	0
Crystal Palace	2011–12	17	0	0	1	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	0	0
Total	2010–	45	0	0	2	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	47	0	0
Career totals		425	9	10	29	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	454	9	10

Notes

1. ^ Includes FA Cup, League Cup and FA Community Shield

External links

• David Wright player profile at itfc.co.uk
• David Wright player profile at crewealex.net
• David Wright career stats at Soccerbase
• Career information at ex-canaries.co.uk

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Name	Wright, David
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Date of birth	1 May 1980
Place of birth	Warrington, England
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