- David Wright (footballer)
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David Wright Personal information Full name David Wright Date of birth 1 May 1980 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.
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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
- ^ 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
Crystal Palace F.C. – current squad 1 Speroni · 2 Clyne · 3 Wright · 4 Parr · 5 McCarthy · 6 Gardner · 7 Ambrose · 8 Dikgacoi · 9 Iversen · 10 Garvan · 11 Scannell · 12 Marrow · 14 Cadogan · 15 Jedinak · 16 Zaha · 17 Murray · 18 Hills · 19 Easter · 20 Williams · 21 Moxey · 22 Wynter · 24 Holland · 25 Pedroza · 26 Parsons · 27 Sekajja · 28 O'Keefe · 31 Andrew · 32 Holness · 33 Caprice · 34 Price · 38 Ramage · 39 Taylor · Manager: Freedman
Categories:- 1980 births
- People from Warrington
- Living people
- Association football defenders
- English footballers
- Crewe Alexandra F.C. players
- Wigan Athletic F.C. players
- Norwich City F.C. players
- Ipswich Town F.C. players
- Crystal Palace F.C. players
- The Football League players
- Premier League players
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