Alan Wright

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Alan Wright
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Alan Wright
Personnel
Surname Alan Geoffrey Wright
birthday September 28, 1971
place of birth Ashton-under-Lyne ,  England
position Full-back (left)
Juniors
Years station
0000-1989 Blackpool FC
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1989-1991 Blackpool FC 98 (0)
1991-1995 Blackburn Rovers 74 (1)
1995-2003 Aston Villa 260 (5)
2003-2004 Middlesbrough FC 2 (0)
2003-2004 →  Sheffield United  (loan) 9 (0)
2004-2007 Sheffield United 33 (1)
2006 →  Derby County  (loan) 7 (0)
2006 →  Leeds United  (loan) 1 (0)
2006-2007 →  Cardiff City  (loan) 7 (0)
2007 →  Doncaster Rovers  (loan) 3 (0)
2007 →  Nottingham Forest  (loan) 9 (0)
2007-2009 Cheltenham Town 56 (1)
2009-2011 Fleetwood Town
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1992 England U-21 2 (0)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
2013 Southport FC
1 Only league games are given.

Alan Geoffrey Wright (born September 28, 1971 in Ashton-under-Lyne ) is a former English football player and current coach . As a short full-back , he has been in English football for more than two decades. He made 304 Premier League appearances, played for twelve different clubs and won the League Cup in 1996 with Aston Villa .

Athletic career

Blackpool & Blackburn (1988-95)

Wright was classified as a great talent at a young age and as a 16-year-old he made his first-team league debut in March 1988 at fourth division Blackpool FC against Chesterfield FC . It didn't take long for him to develop into a serious contender for a regular place. Only slightly taller than 1 meter 60, he impressed with his speed, ball control and a style of play that seemed very relaxed for his young age. After signing the first professional contract in 1989, he was a constant in Blackpool's defense on the left. The "Seasiders" reached the end of the 1990/91 season, the play-off games for promotion to the third division, but lost the final against Torquay United on penalties. Wright's performances had meanwhile got around to the English first and second division teams and so he moved to the Blackburn Rovers in October 1991 for a transfer fee of 450,000 pounds - he was the first engagement of the new coach Kenny Dalglish .

In Blackburn he was part of the team that reached sixth place in the league at the end of the 1991/92 season and after successful playoffs against Derby County and Leicester City ensured promotion to the 1992 newly created Premier League . There he found himself often on the bench after initial missions and the arrival of Graeme Le Saux . So his contribution on Blackburn's road to winning the English league title in 1995 was small. Shortly before the championship decision, he had moved on to Aston Villa for £ 900,000 and he had previously played for Blackburn in just five league games (four of them in the starting XI).

Aston Villa (1995-2003)

After the path from championship contender to relegation candidate, Wright's debut was positive and both in relegation in 1995 Wright was jointly responsible for the subsequent high flight from Aston Villa in the 1995/96 season - he benefited from the injury of his competitor Steve Staunton . In addition to surprising fourth place in the Premier League , Aston Villa also won the League Cup and in the final, Wright and his men clearly beat Leeds United 3-0. In recognition of his achievements this year, he was voted “ Team of the Year ” (“ PFA Team of the Year ”). In addition, after two nominations for the English national team, he almost made it into the squad for the Euro 1996 in his own country , before Graeme Le Saux was again preferred to him, as in Blackburn. Even after Staunton's return, Wright kept his place in the team, acting as a "wingback" in the half position between defense and midfield, harmonizing well with Dwight Yorke , who was placed in front of him, and Staunton moved in a little bit (mostly the central defender stayed for it Paul McGrath outside).

Despite a poor start to the 1997/98 season with only seven wins from the first 23 league games, Wright Aston Villa still led to seventh place , which again qualified for participation in the UEFA Cup . In the following 1998/99 season he was the only player on his team to complete all games and after Aston Villa had played for a long time for the top places, the team slipped to sixth place in the end. His streak of 97 Premier League appearances ended in September 1999 due to an abdominal muscle injury and as his representative Gareth Barry convinced, Wright had to wait until October before an injury at Ugo Ehiogu enabled his return. In May 2000, he stood in the Finalelf that in the FA Cup against Chelsea 0: lost first After a system change from 3-5-2 to 4-4-2 tactics under coach John Gregory Wright then returned to his conventional left-back position in the back four in the 2000/01 season and in the following two years he fell under Pressure when the young Jlloyd Samuel successfully competed in his position and Barry also claimed a place on the left.

Until the end of his career (2003-11)

Wright moved to first division rivals Middlesbrough FC in August 2003 on a free transfer . In Steve McClaren's team , he should primarily serve as a supplementary player and he ultimately only came into play in two league games. Instead, it went to the second division Sheffield United in October 2003 - initially only on loan and in January 2004 "fix" - and with the "Blades" he acted as it were in defense and midfield. After this promising restart, he was injured at the beginning of the 2004/05 season. Although he returned to the team in January 2005, he tore his cruciate ligament on his second assignment after the "comeback" . After his recovery he was mostly in Sheffield only the replacement role and in February 2006 he went on loan to Derby County . There he played seven league encounters up to a further thigh injury. Wright then returned to Sheffield, but where he was "sorted out" put on the transfer list . However, as there was initially no prospective buyer, there were a number of engagements in the context of loan deals and so Wright went to Leeds United, Cardiff City , the Doncaster Rovers, most recently to Nottingham Forest .

Wright was without a club for the first two months of the 2007/08 season and he coached in the youth of his ex-Sheffield club. Keith Downing from Cheltenham Town then offered him a chance to recommend himself initially without a contract. Wright took this up and after consistently performing well, he was offered a firm contract. He became a regular before an ankle injury knocked him out for the last three games. His contract ended in the summer of 2009 after he had continued to serve the club in various defensive positions and was most recently replaced by Yuri Berchiche after a calf injury . In the following two years Wright let his career end at Fleetwood Town , with the club in 2010 the promotion from the sixth division to the Conference National succeeded.

Coaching activities

Wright gained experience in the coaching staff of Blackpool FC, Fleetwood Town and Northwich Victoria before taking up his first position as head coach at fifth division Southport FC in May 2013 . The engagement lasted only a little longer than six months and in 24 games under his direction Southport won only seven times.

Title / Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "England - U-21 International Results 1986–1995 - Details" (RSSSF)
  2. ^ Calley, Roy (2011). Blackpool: The Complete Record, 229 . Breedon Books Sport.
  3. ↑ Jackman, Mike (2009). Blackburn Rovers: The Complete Record, page 522ff . Breedon Books Sport.
  4. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 1996-97 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 1996, ISBN 1-85291-571-4 , pp. 267 .
  5. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 1997-98 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 1997, ISBN 1-85291-581-1 , pp. 299 .
  6. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 1998-99 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 1998, ISBN 1-85291-588-9 , pp. 333 .
  7. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 1999-2000 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 1999, ISBN 1-85291-607-9 , pp. 329 .
  8. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 2000-2001 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2000, ISBN 1-85291-626-5 , pp. 351 .
  9. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 2001-2002 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2001, ISBN 0-946531-34-X , pp. 333 .
  10. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2002/2003 . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2002, ISBN 1-85291-648-6 , pp. 447 .
  11. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2003/2004 . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2003, ISBN 1-85291-651-6 , pp. 463 .
  12. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2004/2005 . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2004, ISBN 1-85291-660-5 , pp. 443 f .
  13. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2005/2006 . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2005, ISBN 1-85291-662-1 , pp. 443 .
  14. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2006-07 . Mainstream Publishing, 2006, ISBN 1-84596-111-0 , pp. 443 .
  15. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2007-08 . Mainstream Publishing, 2007, ISBN 978-1-84596-246-3 , pp. 444 .
  16. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2008-09 . Mainstream Publishing, 2008, ISBN 978-1-84596-324-8 , pp. 446 .
  17. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009-10 . Mainstream Publishing, 2009, ISBN 978-1-84596-474-0 , pp. 444 .
  18. ^ "Alan Wright: Southport name ex-Aston Villa defender as new boss" (BBC Sport)
  19. ↑ "Managers: Alan Wright" (Soccerbase)
personal data
SURNAME Wright, Alan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wright, Alan Geoffrey
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH September 28, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Ashton-under-Lyne