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This article is about the English international footballer. For other people, see Ian Wright (disambiguation).

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Ian Wright
OBE
Personal information
\n Wright in 2022
Birth name	\nIan Edward Wright^[1]
Date of birth	\n (1963-11-03) 3 November 1963 (age 61)^[2]
Place of birth	\nWoolwich,^[2] Greater London, England
Height	\n5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)^[3]
Position(s)	\nForward
Senior career\"
Years	\nTeam	\nApps	\n(Gls)
1985	\nGreenwich Borough	\n	\n
1985\u20131991	\nCrystal Palace	\n225	\n(90)
1991\u20131998	\nArsenal	\n221	\n(128)
1998\u20131999	\nWest Ham United	\n22	\n(9)
1999	\n\u2192 Nottingham Forest (loan)	\n10	\n(5)
1999\u20132000	\nCeltic	\n8	\n(3)
2000	\nBurnley	\n15	\n(4)
Total	\n	\n501	\n(239)
International career
1989\u20131992	\nEngland B	\n3	\n(0)
1991\u20131998	\nEngland	\n33	\n(9)
\n\"Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ian Edward Wright (born 3 November 1963) is an English television and radio personality and former professional footballer.\n

Wright enjoyed success with London clubs Crystal Palace and Arsenal as a forward, spending six years with the former and seven years with the latter. With Arsenal he lifted the Premier League title, both the major domestic cup competitions, and the European Cup Winners Cup.^[4] Known for his speed, agility, finishing and aggression,^[5] he played 581 league games, scoring 287 goals for seven clubs in Scotland and England, while also earning 33 caps for the England national team, and scoring nine international goals.^[4]\n

Wright also played in the Premier League for West Ham United, the Scottish Premier League for Celtic and the Football League for Burnley and Nottingham Forest. As of 2023^[update], he is Arsenal's second-highest scorer of all time and Crystal Palace's third-highest.^[6]^[7]\n

After retiring, he has been active in the media, usually in football-related TV and radio shows. Two of his sons, Bradley and Shaun, are retired professional footballers.^[4]\n

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Club\n	Season\n	League\n	National cup^[a]\n	League cup^[b]\n	Europe\n	Other\n	Total\n
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals\n
Crystal Palace\n	1985\u201386\n	Second Division\n	32	9	1	0	1	0	\u2014	2^[c]	0	36	9\n
1986\u201387\n	Second Division\n	38	9	1	0	4	1	\u2014	1^[c]	0	44	10\n
1987\u201388\n	Second Division\n	41	20	1	0	3	3	\u2014	1^[c]	0	46	23\n
1988\u201389\n	Second Division\n	42	24	1	0	2	1	\u2014	9^[d]	8	54	33\n
1989\u201390\n	First Division\n	26	8	4	2	4	1	\u2014	3^[c]	2	37	13\n
1990\u201391\n	First Division\n	38	15	3	1	5	3	\u2014	6^[c]	6	52	25\n
1991\u201392\n	First Division	8	5	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	8	5\n
Total\n	225	90	11	3	19	9	\u2014	22	16	277	118\n
Arsenal\n	1991\u201392\n	First Division\n	30	24	0	0	3	2	0	0	\u2014	33	26\n
1992\u201393\n	Premier League\n	31	15	7	10	8	5	\u2014	\u2014	46	30\n
1993\u201394\n	Premier League\n	39	23	3	1	4	6	6^[e]	4	1^[f]	1	53	35\n
1994\u201395\n	Premier League\n	31	18	2	0	3	3	9^[e]	9	2^[g]	0	47	30\n
1995\u201396\n	Premier League\n	31	15	2	1	7	7	\u2014	\u2014	40	23\n
1996\u201397\n	Premier League\n	35	23	1	0	3	5	2^[h]	2	\u2014	41	30\n
1997\u201398\n	Premier League\n	24	10	1	0	1	1	2^[h]	0	\u2014	28	11\n
Total\n	221	128	16	12	29	29	19	15	3	1	288	185\n
West Ham United\n	1998\u201399\n	Premier League\n	22	9	1	0	2	0	\u2014	\u2014	25	9\n
1999\u20132000\n	Premier League\n	0	0	\u2014	0	0	1^[i]	0	\u2014	1	0\n
Total\n	22	9	1	0	2	0	1	0	\u2014	26	9\n
Nottingham Forest (loan)\n	1999\u20132000\n	First Division\n	10	5	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	10	5\n
Celtic\n	1999\u20132000\n	Scottish Premier League\n	8	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	\u2014	10	3\n
Burnley\n	1999\u20132000\n	Second Division\n	15	4	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	\u2014	15	4\n
Career total\n	501	239	29	15	51	38	20	15	25	17	626	324\n

National team	Year	Apps	Goals\n
England\n	1991	4	0\n
1992	3	0\n
1993	9	5\n
1994	4	0\n
1995	0	0\n
1996	1	0\n
1997	8	4\n
1998	4	0\n
Total	33	9\n

No.\n	Date\n	Venue\n	Opponent\n	Score\n	Result\n	Competition\n
1	29 May 1993	Silesian Stadium, Chorz\u00f3w, Poland	$\"\"$ Poland	1\u20131	1\u20131	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
2	17 November 1993	Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna, Italy	$\"\"$ San Marino	2\u20131	7\u20131	1994 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
3	4\u20131\n
4	6\u20131\n
5	7\u20131\n
6	24 May 1997	Old Trafford, Manchester, England	$\"\"$ South Africa	2\u20131	2\u20131	Friendly\n
7	4 June 1997	Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes, France	$\"\"$ Italy	1\u20130	2\u20130	1997 Tournoi de France\n
8	10 September 1997	Wembley Stadium, London, England	$\"\"$ Moldova	2\u20130	4\u20130	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification\n
9	4\u20130\n

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