Alan Wright
Wright in 2000
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alan Geoffrey Wright | ||
| Date of birth | 28 September 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Blackpool | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1991 | Blackpool | 98 | (0) |
| 1991–1995 | Blackburn Rovers | 74 | (1) |
| 1995–2003 | Aston Villa | 260 | (5) |
| 2003–2004 | Middlesbrough | 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 | 55 | (2) |
| Total | 614 | (10) | |
| National team | |||
| 1992 | England U21 | 2 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2012 | Northwich Victoria | ||
| 2013 | Southport | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Alan Geoffrey Wright (born 28 September 1971) is an English former professional footballer and more recently manager of Southport after spells coaching at Blackpool and Northwich Victoria.
He has played over 750 league and cup games for eight clubs, including an eight-year spell for Aston Villa. He has also played for Blackburn Rovers, Blackpool, Middlesbrough and Sheffield United plus he has had loan spells at Derby County, Leeds United, Cardiff City, Doncaster Rovers and Nottingham Forest
His position was left back, and he is known for being one of the shortest players in Premier League history standing at only 5 feet 4 inches tall hence his popular nickname 'the mighty atom'.
Wright was born in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire. He began his career as a trainee at Blackpool, for whom he made 98 league appearances between April 1989 and October 1991. The new Blackburn Rovers manager Kenny Dalglish noticed Wright, and brought him to Ewood Park as his first signing for £500,000, making him Blackpool's most expensive sale as well as the most expensive sale by any Fourth Division club.
He spent four years at Ewood Park, but, after the arrival of England left back Graeme Le Saux, made only 67 appearances, seven as a substitute. He left Blackburn just before they won the Premier League title in the 1994–95 season.
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