Career
Born in Keighley, West Yorkshire, [1] Jake Wright started his football career as a youngster with Bradford City and, in April 2005, was one of four defenders to be given a one-year contract. [3] In August 2005, he and fellow Bradford City player Danny Forrest moved to Conference National club Halifax Town on loan—Wright's an initial one-month loan deal. [4] He made his debut on 10 September 2005, in a 4–0 Conference victory over Tamworth at The Shay. [5] He twice extended his loan deal, [6] [7] staying with Halifax for three months, during which time he played 11 league games and three cup games, before he returned to Bradford. [5] Wright made his Bradford debut as a second-half substitute against Colchester United on 4 February 2006, replacing Richard Edghill, who had broken his ankle. [8] It would be his only senior appearance for Bradford. [9]
During June 2006, Wright rejoined Halifax, this time on a permanent basis, along with Forrest and Hereford United goalkeeper Craig Mawson. [10] Wright scored his first senior goal to help Halifax to their first home victory of the 2006–07 season, in a 3–1 win over Dagenham & Redbridge on 19 September 2006. [11] Wright finished the season with two goals from 27 league games, [12] before playing a further 36 games the following season. [13] During the campaign, he picked up his first red card of his career, in a 1–0 defeat to Aldershot Town. [14] Halifax Town avoided relegation despite a final-day defeat, because Altrincham also lost, [15] but they faced liquidation and were eventually demoted, giving Altrincham a reprieve. [16] [17] Halifax were demoted and applied to join the Northern Premier League Division One North, [17] but instead Wright moved back to the Conference Premier, by signing for Crawley Town in June 2008. [18] He had played 63 league games for Halifax during his two years. [9] After an impressive season making 41 League appearances, Wright attracted the interest of Football League clubs including Charlton Athletic and Colchester United. [19] [20]
On 27 July 2009, Wright was invited for a trial at League One side Brighton & Hove Albion and featured during the 1–0 pre-season friendly defeat to Torquay United. [21] [22] Brighton beat off competition from an unnamed Scottish Premier League club to sign Wright and completed the transfer with Wright signing a two-year contract with the Seagulls. [23]
On 31 December 2009, Oxford United signed Wright on loan for the remainder of the season. [24] Wright made 26 appearances during his loan spell at the Kassam Stadium. [25] On 30 June 2010, Wright signed a three-year contract with Oxford on a free transfer after a successful loan spell that saw the club gain promotion back to the Football League. [26] He was appointed club captain in July 2011 [27] and extended his contract by a year in October 2011. [28] After six seasons, and having made 278 appearances and captained the squad to second place in League Two and promotion in the 2015–16 season, Wright – the club's longest-serving player – left Oxford by mutual consent on 9 July 2016. [29] Later that day, he signed for League One club Sheffield United on a two-year contract. [29] Wright's first appearance for the Blades was on 27 August 2016 against his former club Oxford United. [30] This was the club's first win of what became a promotion-winning season. Wright made 30 appearances in his first season as a Blade and remained unbeaten throughout the whole campaign, entering the record books in the process. [31]
In the 2017–18 season Wright made 17 appearances for Sheffield United in the EFL Championship. This was the highest level Wright played at in his career [32] [33] (although he remained a Sheffield United player until part way through the club's 2019–20 season in the Premier League, he made no appearances).
On 2 September 2019, Wright joined EFL League One side Bolton Wanderers on loan until January and was one of nine players Bolton signed on deadline day. [34] He made his debut on 14 September, starting against Rotherham United in a 6–1 defeat. [35]
His contract with Sheffield United was terminated by mutual consent on 31 January 2020. [36] He signed for Hereford on 18 September 2020. [37] On 14 November 2020, Wright was released by Hereford. [38]
On 26 February 2021, Wright joined League Two side Mansfield Town on a contract until the end of May 2021. [39] [40]
On 22 July 2021, Wright signed for Conference North side Boston United. [41] [42] Wright was released at the end of the 2021–22 season. [43]
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