Mark Wright (footballer born 1963)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mark Wright | ||
| Date of birth | 1 August 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||
| Playing position | Central defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1980–1982 | Oxford United | 10 | (0) |
| 1982–1987 | Southampton | 170 | (7) |
| 1987–1991 | Derby County | 144 | (10) |
| 1991–1998 | Liverpool | 160 | (5) |
| Total | 484 | (22) | |
| National team | |||
| 1983 | England U21 | 4 | (0) |
| 1984–1996 | England | 45 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2000–2001 | Southport | ||
| 2001 | Oxford United | ||
| 2001–2004 | Chester City | ||
| 2005–2006 | Peterborough United | ||
| 2006–2007 | Chester City | ||
| 2008–2009 | Chester City | ||
| 2012 | Floriana | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Mark Wright (born 1 August 1963) is an English football manager, chairman and former England international football player. As a player, he had spells with Liverpool, Derby County, Southampton and Oxford United during the 1980s and 1990s. He made 45 appearances for the English national football team, and was a member of the team which reached the semi-finals of the FIFA World Cup in 1990. Since retiring as a player in 1998, Wright has worked as a football manager. He has had three stints as manager of Chester City, during the first of which he led the club back into the Football League as Football Conference champions after a four-year exile. He has also had spells managing Peterborough United, Oxford United and Southport.
Mark Wright, who was born at Dorchester in Oxfordshire, started his career with Oxford United, signing professional forms during the 1980–81 season after coming through the ranks as a trainee with his local club. After only 11 appearances, all of which were in his second season as a professional, the outstanding young defender was transferred to First Division Southampton together with Keith Cassells in a deal which took Trevor Hebberd plus £80,000 to Oxford. On 5 August 2008, Mark Wright claimed that the fee involved in this deal was around £250,000 on LFC TV, Liverpool F.C.'s official TV channel.
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