Richard Wright

Quick Facts

Full Name	Richard Wright
Occupation	Association Football Player
Date Of Birth	Nov 5, 1977(1977-11-05)
Age	47
Birthplace	Ipswich
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	Ipswich
Horoscope	Capricorn

Richard Wright Biography

Richard Wright is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Player who was born on November 5, 1977 in Ipswich, Ipswich, United Kingdom. Richard Ian Wright (born 5 November 1977) is an English retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He currently works as a coach for Manchester City.

He played a major role in Ipswich’s 1999–2000 season when the club were promoted via the play-offs at the fifth attempt. On 29 May 2000, in the play- off final against Barnsley, Ipswich won 4–2, with Wright’s long goal kick being passed from Marcus Stewart for Richard Naylor to put them 2–1 up. Wright gave away a penalty kick by fouling Craig Hignett, but he saved it from Darren Barnard. In Ipswich’s first season back in the top flight, he inspired them to 5th place and qualification to the UEFA Cup.

On 15 August 2001, he earned his second and final cap, replacing Martyn at half time in a 2–0 friendly defeat against the Netherlands at White Hart Lane, and did not concede a goal.

Wright joined Arsenal on 5 July 2001 for £2 million. He signed a five-year contract. Manager Arsène Wenger envisaged him as a long-term successor to David Seaman and also as a more experienced competitor for the previous second-choice goalkeeper Alex Manninger, who soon left the club.

Wright was capped twice for England, making his debut against Malta in a friendly on 3 June 2000; he gave away two penalty kicks, conceding the first as David Carabott’s shot rebounded into the net off his head after hitting the post, and saving the second, again from Carabott, in the 88th minute as England won 2–1. He was a member of the England UEFA Euro 2000 squad, where he was third choice behind David Seaman and Nigel Martyn.

Richard Wright Net Worth

Richard Wright is one of the richest Association Football Player from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Richard Wright 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Wright was born in Ipswich, Suffolk and signed a professional contract with Ipswich Town on 2 January 1995 after serving his apprenticeship, and made his debut as a 17-year-old in a 2–0 victory at home to Coventry City in May that year. The season ended with Ipswich’s relegation from the Premier League, and for the following four, Ipswich lost in the promotion play-offs from the Football League First Division.

Born in Ipswich, he joined Ipswich Town as a trainee, going on to play for the club 298 times between 1995 and 2001. He then moved to Premier League club Arsenal, before being signed by Everton in 2002, where he spent five years. A brief spell on loan from West Ham United with Southampton was followed by a transfer back to Ipswich Town. After a short spell at Sheffield United, a third stint at Ipswich and a brief time at Preston North End, he joined Premier League champions Manchester City on a free transfer in 2012. After four years at City, during which he did not play at all, he announced his retirement in May 2016. He remained with City as a coach under new manager Pep Guardiola.

He was a member of the England squad, earning two caps, and was included in their squad for UEFA Euro 2000.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Richard Wright Dating?

According to our records, Richard Wright married to Kelly Wright. As of December 1, 2023, Richard Wright’s is not dating anyone.

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Wright was released by Everton at the end of the 2006–07 season, and signed for West Ham United on 4 July 2007. Second-choice to Robert Green, he made his Hammers debut on 28 August in a 2–1 win at Bristol Rovers in the second round of the League Cup.

Facts & Trivia

Richard Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Richard Wright celebrates birthday on November 5 of every year.

On 20 March 2008, having only played two further League Cup games for West Ham he joined Southampton of the Championship on a month’s loan as their first three goalkeepers were all unavailable through injury. Two days later, he made his debut in a goalless home draw with Coventry City. On 18 April, the loan was extended to the end of the 2007–08 season, he totalled seven appearances for the Saints.

What is Richard Wright best known for?

Richard Wright, (born September 4, 1908, near Natchez, Mississippi, U.S.—died November 28, 1960, Paris, France), novelist and short-story writer who was among the first African American writers to protest white treatment of Blacks , notably in his novel Native Son (1940) and his autobiography, Black Boy (1945).

What did Richard Wright believe?

According to Wright himself, he was a member of the Communist party from 1932 to 1944, and the books he wrote during this period reflect his belief in communism as the only existing agency capable of restoring humanitarian values to the earth.

How did Richard Wright died author?

Heart attack

Is Black Boy by Richard Wright a true story?

Black Boy, autobiography by Richard Wright, published in 1945 and considered to be one of his finest works. The book is sometimes considered a fictionalized autobiography or an autobiographical novel because of its use of novelistic techniques.

What is the poem between the world and me by Richard Wright about?

The book’s title comes from Richard Wright’s poem “Between the World and Me,” originally published in the July/August 1935 issue of Partisan Review. Wright’s poem is about a Black man discovering the site of a lynching and becoming incapacitated with fear, creating a barrier between himself and the world.