Ian Wright

Ian Wright was a professional footballer, who achieved fame playing up front for Crystal Palace[?], Arsenal and England. He was born in Woolwich, south London, on 3rd November 1961. He came to professional football late, signing for Palace[?] in 1985 (at the age of 24). After rejections from Millwall[?] and Brighton he played for amateur and non-league teams, culminating at Greenwich Borough, where he was spotted by Palace scout Peter Prentice. He signed for Arsenal[?] in 1991 for what was at the time a club record fee and went on to become the clubs all time leading scorer.

Teams (as professional)

• Crystal Palace[?] (1985 to 1991)
• Arsenal (signed for £2.5m in September 1991)
• West Ham Utd (Free, 13 July 1998)
• Nottingham Forest (on loan 1999)
• Celtic (on loan 1999)

Honours

• At Palace[?]
  • FA Cup runner up (1990)
  • ZDS Cup winner (1991)

• At Arsenal
  • Golden boot (leading scorer in top division) 1991/2 and 1992/3
  • FA Cup winner (1993, 1998)
  • Cup Winners Cup Winner (1994) Runner Up (1995)
  • League Cup winner (1993)
  • League championship (1998)
  • Arsenal lead scorer with 178 goals.

• With England
  • 33 caps (debut? last cap?)

Sources

• http://www.arseweb.com/people/ex/Ian_Wright
• http://www.stattoshop.co.uk/moreinfo/wrightcareer.htm