Jake Wright
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jake Maxwell Wright[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 11 March 1986||
Place of birth | Keighley, England | ||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Boston United | ||
Number | 16 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2005 | Bradford City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005–2006 | Bradford City | 1 | (0) |
2005 | → Halifax Town (loan) | 11 | (0) |
2006–2008 | Halifax Town | 64 | (2) |
2008–2009 | Crawley Town | 41 | (0) |
2009–2010 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 6 | (0) |
2009–2010 | → Oxford United (loan) | 20 | (0) |
2010–2016 | Oxford United | 222 | (0) |
2016–2020 | Sheffield United | 46 | (0) |
2019–2020 | → Bolton Wanderers (loan) | 11 | (0) |
2020 | Hereford | 3 | (0) |
2021 | Mansfield Town | 2 | (0) |
2021– | Boston United | 3 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:43, 27 November 2021 (UTC) |
Jake Maxwell Wright (born 11 March 1986) is an English footballer who plays as a defender for Boston United.
Wright started his career with Bradford City, but played only one senior game for them, before he joined Halifax Town where he had previously spent a loan spell. He spent two years at Halifax, but after they were demoted from the Conference Premier, he moved to Crawley Town in June 2008 before transferring to Brighton & Hove Albion in July 2009. After that he spent seven years at Oxford United where he made 278 total appearances, captained the club and won two promotions.
Career[]
Born in Keighley, West Yorkshire,[1] Jake Wright started his football career as a youngster with Bradford City and, in April 2005, was one of four defenders to be given a one-year contract.[3] In August 2005, he and fellow Bradford City player Danny Forrest moved to Conference National club Halifax Town on loan—Wright's an initial one-month loan deal.[4] He made his debut on 10 September 2005, in a 4–0 Conference victory over Tamworth at The Shay.[5] He twice extended his loan deal,[6][7] staying with Halifax for three months, during which time he played 11 league games and three cup games, before he returned to Bradford.[5] Wright made his Bradford debut as a second-half substitute against Colchester United on 4 February 2006, replacing Richard Edghill, who had broken his ankle.[8] It would be his only senior appearance for Bradford.[9]
During June 2006, Wright rejoined Halifax, this time on a permanent basis, along with Forrest and Hereford United goalkeeper Craig Mawson.[10] Wright scored his first senior goal to help Halifax to their first home victory of the 2006–07 season, in a 3–1 win over Dagenham & Redbridge on 19 September 2006.[11] Wright finished the season with two goals from 27 league games,[12] before playing a further 36 games the following season.[13] During the campaign, he picked up his first red card of his career, in a 1–0 defeat to Aldershot Town.[14] Halifax Town avoided relegation despite a final-day defeat, because Altrincham also lost,[15] but they faced liquidation and were eventually demoted, giving Altrincham a reprieve.[16][17] Halifax were demoted and applied to join the Northern Premier League Division One North,[17] but instead Wright moved back to the Conference Premier, by signing for Crawley Town in June 2008.[18] He had played 63 league games for Halifax during his two years.[9] After an impressive season making 41 League appearances, Wright attracted the interest of Football League clubs including Charlton Athletic and Colchester United.[19][20]
On 27 July 2009, Wright was invited for a trial at League One side Brighton & Hove Albion and featured during the 1–0 pre-season friendly defeat to Torquay United.[21][22] Brighton beat off competition from an unnamed Scottish Premier League club to sign Wright and completed the transfer with Wright signing a two-year contract with the Seagulls.[23]
On 31 December 2009, Oxford United signed Wright on loan for the remainder of the season.[24] Wright made 26 appearances during his loan spell at the Kassam Stadium.[25] On 30 June 2010, Wright signed a three-year contract with Oxford on a free transfer after a successful loan spell that saw the club gain promotion back to the Football League.[26] He was appointed club captain in July 2011[27] and extended his contract by a year in October 2011.[28] After six seasons, and having made 278 appearances and captained the squad to second place in League Two and promotion in the 2015–16 season, Wright – the club's longest-serving player – left Oxford by mutual consent on 9 July 2016.[29] Later that day, he signed for League One club Sheffield United on a two-year contract.[29] Wright made 30 appearances in his first season as a Blade and remained unbeaten throughout the whole campaign, entering the record books in the process.[30] On 2 September 2019, Wright joined EFL League One side Bolton Wanderers on loan until January and was one of nine players Bolton signed on deadline day.[31] He made his debut on 14 September, starting against Rotherham United in a 6–1 defeat.[32]
His contract with Sheffield United was terminated by mutual consent on 31 January 2020.[33] He signed for Hereford on 18 September 2020.[34] On 14 November 2020, Wright was released by Hereford.[35]
On 26 February 2021, Wright joined League Two side Mansfield Town on a contract until the end of May 2021.[36][37]
On 22 July 2021, Wright signed for Conference North side Boston United. [38][39]
Style of play[]
He can play at left back or centre back.[40]
Career statistics[]
- As of match played 20 March 2021
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Bradford City | [41] | League One | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
Halifax Town (loan) | [42] | Conference National | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 1[a] | 0 | 15 | 0 | |
Halifax Town | [43] | Conference National | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 3[b] | 0 | 31 | 2 | |
[44] | Conference Premier | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4[c] | 0 | 42 | 0 | ||
Total | 75 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | 88 | 2 | |||
Crawley Town | [45] | Conference Premier | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4[d] | 0 | 46 | 0 | |
Brighton & Hove Albion | 2009–10[46] | League One | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 8 | 0 |
Oxford United (loan) | 2009–10[25] | Conference Premier | 20 | 0 | — | — | 6[e] | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
Oxford United | 2010–11[47] | League Two | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 38 | 0 |
2011–12[48] | League Two | 43 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 47 | 0 | |
2012–13[49] | League Two | 42 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3[a] | 0 | 51 | 0 | |
2013–14[50] | League Two | 31 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | |
2014–15[51] | League Two | 42 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 48 | 0 | |
2015–16[52] | League Two | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | 36 | 0 | |
Total | 242 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 281 | 0 | ||
Sheffield United | 2016–17[53] | League One | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
2017–18[54] | Championship | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 22 | 0 | ||
2018–19[55] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
2019–20[56] | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 46 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 0 | ||
Bolton Wanderers (loan) | 2019–20[56] | League One | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
Hereford | 2020–21[57] | National League North | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
Mansfield Town | 2020–21[58] | League Two | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |
Career total | 427 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 493 | 2 |
Honours[]
Club[]
Oxford United
Sheffield United
References[]
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- ^ "Sheffield United FC player profiles: Jake Wright". Sheffield United F.C. Archived from the original on 17 February 2017.
- ^ "Players must lead by example – Todd". Telegraph & Argus. Bradford. 5 April 2005. Retrieved 23 June 2008.
- ^ "Bradford pair seal Halifax move". BBC Sport. 31 August 2005. Retrieved 23 June 2008.
- ^ a b "Jake Wright in 2005/2006". Soccerbase. Retrieved 23 June 2008.
- ^ "Wright to extend stay at Halifax". BBC Sport. 30 September 2005. Retrieved 23 June 2008.
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- ^ Naylor, Andy (28 July 2009). "Slade faces Competition for Wright". The Argus. Brighton. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
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- ^ Hereford Times: "Experienced Football League defender signs for Bulls"
- ^ "Wright and Andrai Jones released by Hereford". Hereford Times. 14 November 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
- ^ "Jake Wright: Mansfield Town sign experienced free-agent defender". BBC Sport. 26 February 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
- ^ "Stags sign experienced defender". Mansfield Town FC. 26 February 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
- ^ {{cite web |url=https://www.bostonunited.co.uk/news/united-make-wright-move-2633017.html
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- ^ Anderson, John, ed. (2017). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2017–2018. London: Headline Publishing Group. pp. 326–327. ISBN 978-1-4722-3397-4.
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jake Wright. |
- Jake Wright profile at the Sheffield United F.C. website
- Jake Wright at Soccerbase
- 1986 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Keighley
- Footballers from West Yorkshire
- English footballers
- Association football defenders
- Bradford City A.F.C. players
- Halifax Town A.F.C. players
- Crawley Town F.C. players
- Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players
- Oxford United F.C. players
- Sheffield United F.C. players
- Bolton Wanderers F.C. players
- Hereford F.C. players
- Mansfield Town F.C. players
- English Football League players
- National League (English football) players