David Wright

David Wright (born 1 May 1980) is an English footballer. He plays for Ipswich Town.

David Wright

Personal information
Full name	David Wright[1]
Date of birth	(1980-05-01) 1 May 1980 (age 45)[2]
Place of birth	Warrington, England
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2]
Position(s)	Defender Midfielder
Youth career
0000–1997	Crewe Alexandra
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–2004	Crewe Alexandra	211	(3)
2004–2007	Wigan Athletic	45	(0)
2005	→ Norwich City (loan)	5	(0)
2007–2010	Ipswich Town	120	(5)
2010–2013	Crystal Palace	51	(0)
2012	→ Gillingham (loan)	7	(0)
2013–2014	Colchester United	49	(1)
Total		488	(9)
Managerial career
2015	Maldon & Tiptree
2016	Colchester United (caretaker)
2016	Colchester United U18
2016–2019	Norwich City U18
2019–2021	Norwich City U23
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career statistics

Playing statistics

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Crewe Alexandra	1997–98[3]	First Division	3	0	0	0	0	0	—		3	0
	1998–99[4]	First Division	20	1	0	1	0	0	—		21	1
	1999–2000[5]	First Division	45	0	1	0	3	0	—		49	0
	2000–01[6]	First Division	42	0	2	0	4	0	—		48	0
	2001–02[7]	First Division	30	0	4	0	0	0	—		34	0
	2002–03[8]	Second Division	31	1	4	0	1	0	4[a]	0	40	1
	2003–04[9]	First Division	40	1	1	0	2	0	—		43	1
	Total		211	3	12	0	11	0	4	0	238	3
Wigan Athletic	2004–05[10]	Championship	31	0	1	0	0	0	—		32	0
	2005–06[11]	Premier League	2	0	0	0	2	0	—		4	0
	2006–07[12]	Premier League	12	0	0	0	1	0	—		13	0
	Total		45	0	1	0	3	0	—		49	0
Norwich City (loan)	2005–06[11]	Championship	5	0	0	0	0	0	—		5	0
Ipswich Town	2006–07[12]	Championship	19	1	1	0	0	0	—		20	1
	2007–08[13]	Championship	41	2	1	0	1	0	—		43	2
	2008–09[14]	Championship	34	1	2	0	0	0	—		36	1
	2009–10[15]	Championship	26	1	1	0	2	0	—		29	1
	Total		120	5	5	0	3	0	—		128	5
Crystal Palace	2010–11[16]	Championship	28	0	1	0	0	0	—		29	0
	2011–12[17]	Championship	22	0	1	0	2	0	—		25	0
	2012–13[18]	Championship	1	0	0	0	2	0	—		3	0
	Total		51	0	2	0	4	0	—		57	0
Gillingham (loan)	2012–13[18]	League Two	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
Colchester United	2012–13[18]	League One	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
	2013–14[19]	League One	35	1	0	0	1	0	1[a]	0	36	1
	2014–15[20]	League One	2	0	0	0	0	0	1[a]	0	3	0
	Total		49	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	52	1
Career total			488	9	20	0	22	0	6	0	536	9

1. Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy

Managerial statistics

As of match played 30 April 2016.^[21][22]

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Maldon & Tiptree	17 June 2015	21 December 2015	30	11	5	14	036.67
Colchester United (caretaker)	26 April 2016	4 May 2016	1	0	1	0	000.00

Honours

Crewe Alexandra

• 2002–03 Football League Second Division runner-up (level 3)

Wigan Athletic

• 2004–05 Football League Championship runner-up (level 2)

All honours referenced by:^[23][24]