David Wright (footballer)
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| Personal information | |||
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| 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 | 49 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:49, 21 January 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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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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[edit] Club career
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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. He then, around the beginning of December, began sporting a moustache which soon made him a favourite among the female support at Selhurst Park.
[edit] Club career statistics
- (correct as of 21 January 2012)
| Club | Season | League | Cup[1] | Europe | Play-Offs | Total | ||||||||||
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| 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 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 2010– | 49 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 53 | 0 | 0 |
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Career totals |
429 | 9 | 10 | 31 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 460 | 9 | 10 | |
[edit] Notes
- ^ Includes FA Cup, League Cup and FA Community Shield
[edit] 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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