Tommy Wright (Northern Ireland footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas James Wright | ||
| Date of birth | 29 August 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Ballyclare, County Antrim, Northern Ireland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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St Johnstone (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| ? | Linfield | ? | (?) |
| 1988–1993 | Newcastle United | 73 | (0) |
| 1991 | → Hull City (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 1993–1997 | Nottingham Forest | 11 | (0) |
| 1996 | → Reading (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| 1997 | → Manchester City (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 1997–2001 | Manchester City | 29 | (0) |
| 1999 | → Wrexham (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 1999 | → Newcastle United (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2001 | → Bolton Wanderers (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2001 | Bolton Wanderers | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 169 | (0) | |
| National team | |||
| 1989–1999 | Northern Ireland | 31 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2003–2005 | Limavady United | ||
| 2005–2008 | Ballymena United | ||
| 2009–2011 | Lisburn Distillery | ||
| 2013– | St Johnstone | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Thomas James Wright (born 29 August 1963 in Ballyclare) is a former football goalkeeper and current manager of St Johnstone.
Wright represented Northern Ireland 31 times as a player. At club level he played for Grange Rangers, Linfield, Newcastle United, Hull City, Nottingham Forest, Reading, Manchester City, Wrexham and Bolton Wanderers. Since retiring as a player he has worked as a coach or manager for Limavady United, Ballymena United, Shamrock Rovers and St Johnstone.
After playing in his native Northern Ireland until he was 25, Wright entered English football with Newcastle United in the 1988-89 season and had a spell as first choice goalkeeper after Dave Beasant was sold to Chelsea in January 1989, but Newcastle went down to the Second Division that season.
After losing his place to Pavel Srnicek in the early 1990s, he eventually moved to Nottingham Forest where he went straight into the starting line-up, however after an injury absence he failed to regain his place from Mark Crossley. He also saw relatively little first team action in later spells at Manchester City and a number of clubs where he played on loan. Early in the 1999-2000, he returned to Newcastle on a loan deal and played for them three times.
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