Jermaine Wright
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jermaine Malaki Wright | ||
| Date of birth | 21 October 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Greenwich, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder, Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| ?–1992 | Millwall | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1994 | Millwall | 0 | (0) |
| 1994–1998 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 20 | (0) |
| 1996 | → Doncaster Rovers (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | Crewe Alexandra | 49 | (5) |
| 1999–2004 | Ipswich Town | 184 | (10) |
| 2004–2006 | Leeds United | 38 | (3) |
| 2005 | → Millwall (loan) | 15 | (2) |
| 2006 | → Southampton (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2006–2008 | Southampton | 78 | (1) |
| 2008–2009 | Blackpool | 3 | (0) |
| 2010 | Croydon Athletic | 0 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Lewes | 26 | (0) |
| Total | 439 | (21) | |
| National team | |||
| 1993 | England U18 | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:43, 24 August 2008 (UTC). |
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Jermaine Malaki Wright (born 21 October 1975 in Greenwich) is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder and could also operate as a defender.
Wright started his career at Millwall as a trainee, but moved to Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1994. At Wolves he scored once; his goal coming in a League Cup tie against Fulham in September 1995. After a loan spell at Doncaster Rovers he joined Crewe Alexandra in February 1998 for a fee of £50,000. At Crewe, his career took off under the guidance of Dario Gradi, who switched him from the right wing to a creative role in the centre of midfield.
In July 1999, after rejecting the offer of a new contract, he was transferred for a fee of £500,000 to Ipswich, where George Burley saw him as a replacement for Kieron Dyer, who had just been sold to Newcastle United. His career thrived under the guidance of Burley but then stalled after he surprisingly opted to move to relegated Leeds United rather than Everton in July 2004.
However, he fell out of favour at Leeds in 2005 and was loaned out first to Millwall (where he had started his career) and then, in January 2006, to Saints where he linked up with Burley once more. It took a few weeks for him to regain match fitness but he then shone during the successful run at the tail-end of the 2005–06 season.
After his loan spell ended, he returned to Elland Road where the remaining year of his contract was cancelled by mutual consent. He returned to Southampton for a trial during pre-season training and signed with the club on 10 July 2006 on a two-year deal keeping him at St Mary's until June 2008. He scored his only Saints goal in the 2–1 home defeat by QPR on 30 September 2006.
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