Richard Wright	Ipswich Town FC, Arsenal FC, Everton FC 2 appearances, 1 own goal against one clean sheet, one penalty saved P 2 W 1 D 0 L 1 F 2: A 3 *(actual F 2: A 1) 50% successful 1998-2003 disciplined: none captain: none minutes played: 132
Profile
Full name	Richard Ian Wright	(*Actual for and against are the goals scored while the player was on the field.)
Born	5 November 1977 in Ipswich, Suffolk [registered in Ipswich, December 1977].
Married	to Kelly Hammond [registered in Ipswich, May 2000].
Height/Weight	6' 2", 13st. 0lbs [2000].
Source	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] & FindMyPast.com
Club Career
Club(s)	Began his career as an Ipswich Town FC trainee, signing professionally on 2 January 1995. After 240 league appearances, Wright signed for Arsenal FC on 3 July 2001 for £6 million, but made just twelve Premier League appearances. Joined Everton FC a year later on 26 July 2002 for £3½ million, making another sixty Premier League appearances. But his time was plagued with self-inflicted injuries, and soon was released, joining West Ham United on 4 July 2007. He was loaned to Southampton FC on 20 March 2008 for the rest of the season, making seven Premier League appearances. Wright made no league appearances for Hammers, so rejoined Ipswich Town FC on 21 July 2008 for an undisclosed fee. Making another 58 league appearances, before again being released and joining Sheffield United on 21 September 2010, making just two league appearances. A return to Ipswich Town FC on 23 November 2011 saw him make just one league appearance in 2011-12. Wright then joined Preston North End FC on 1 July 2012, for one week. Following a trial with Colchester United FC, Wright signed for Manchester City on 30 August 2012, as a player-coach. He retired on 17 May 2016 without making a single first-team appearance.
Club honours	Football League DIvision One play-off winners 1999-2000; Premier League Champions 2001-02; FA Cup winners 2001-02.
Individual honours	PFA Division One Team of the Year 1998-99, 1999-2000; Ipswich Town FC Player of the Year 2008-09;
Distinctions	Wright's father-in-law is Geoff Hammond (Ipswich Town FC 1970-73)
Source	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].
England Career
Player number	1101st player to appear for England. 100th goalkeeper
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
First match	No. 768, 3 June 2000, Malta 1 England 2, friendly match at Stadium Nazzjonali, Ta' Qali, aged 22 years 211 days. Conceded an own goal and saved a penalty
Last match	No. 823, 15 August 2001, England 0 Netherlands 2, friendly match at White Hart Lane, Tottenham, London, substitute (48), aged 23 years 283 days.
Major tournaments	European Championship Finals 2000;
Team honours	None
Individual honours	England B, England U21 (fifteen appearances), England U18, England Schoolboy.
Distinctions	The sixth Suffolkian to represent England - second goalkeeper after Gary Bailey
Beyond England
x.  - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.x.

Richard Wright - Match History
Club: Ipswich Town F.C. - 1 full cap Coach: Glenn Hoddle - 0 full capsx
Age 21
-	754	18 November 1998 - England 2 Czech Republic 0, Wembley Stadium, Wembley	Fr	HW	unused sub	13
Coach: Howard Wilkinson - 0 full capsx
-	755	10 February 1999 - England 0 France 2, Wembley Stadium, Wembley	Fr	HL	squad member
Coach: Kevin Keegan - 1 full capx
-	758	5 June 1999 - England 0 Sweden 0, Wembley Stadium, Wembley	ECP	HD	squad member
-	759	9 June 1999 - Bulgaria 1 England 1, Stadion Balgarska Armia, Sofiya		AD
-	762	10 October 1999 - England 2 Belgium 1, Stadium of Light, Sunderland	Fr	HW	squad member
Age 22
-	765	23 February 2000 - England 0 Argentina 0, Wembley Stadium, Wembley	Fr	HD	squad member
-	766	27 May 2000 - England 1 Brazil 1, Wembley Stadium, Wembley	Fr	HD	squad member
-	767	31 May 2000 - England 2 Ukraine 0, Wembley Stadium, Wembley	Fr	HW	unused sub	13
1	768	3 June 2000 - Malta 1 England 2, Stadium Nazzjonali, Ta' Qali	Fr	AW	Start	1
-	769	12 June 2000 - Portugal 3 England 2, Philips Stadion, Eindhoven	ECF	NL	unused sub	22
-	770	17 June 2000 - England 1 Germany 0, Stade Communal, Charleroi		NW	unused sub
-	771	20 June 2000 - England 2 Romania 3, Stade Communal, Charleroi		NL	unused sub
Age 23
Coach: Peter Taylor - 0 full capx
-	775	15 November 2000 - Italy 1 England 0, Stadio delle Alpi, Torino	Fr	AL	unused sub	13
Coach: Sven-Göran Eriksson - 1 full capx
-	776	28 February 2001 - England 3 Spain 0, Villa Park, Birmingham	Fr	HW	unused sub	22
-	777	24 March 2001 - England 2 Finland 1, Anfield Road, Liverpool	WCP	HW	squad member
-	778	28 March 2001 - Albania 1 England 3, Stadiumi Kombetar Qemal Stafa, Tiranë		AW
Club: Arsenal F.C. - 1 full cap
2	781	15 August 2001 - England 0 Netherlands 2, White Hart Lane, Tottenham	Fr	HL	sub 48	22
			0-2 when substituting
-	782	1 September 2001 - Germany 1 England 5, Olympiastadion, München	WCP	AW	squad member
-	783	5 September 2001 - England 2 Albania 0, St.James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne		HW	unused sub	13
-	784	6 October 2001 - England 2 Greece 2, Old Trafford, Manchester	WCP	HD	unused sub	13
Age 24
-	785	10 November 2001 - England 1 Sweden 1, Old Trafford, Manchester	Fr	HD	unused sub	13
-	786	13 February 2002 - Netherlands 1 England 1, Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam	Fr	AD	unused sub	21
-	787	27 March 2002 - England 1 Italy 2, Elland Road, Leeds	Fr	HL	unused sub	22
Club: Everton F.C. - 0 full cap
Age 25
-	799	12 February 2003 - England 1 Australia 3, Boleyn Ground, Upton Park	Fr	HL	unused sub	22
-	800	29 March 2003 - Liechtenstein 0 England 2, Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz	ECP	AW	squad member
-	801	2 April 2003 - England 2 Turkey 0, Stadium of Light, Sunderland		HW

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