Kevin Wright (footballer, born 1995)

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Kevin Wright
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Wright in 2022
Personal information
Full name Kevin Adrian Wright
Date of birth (1995-12-28) 28 December 1995 (age 28)
Place of birth Ilford, Essex, England
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Left back [1]
Youth career
2005–2016 Chelsea
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016–2017 Carlisle United 2 (0)
2017–2018 Fredrikstad 5 (0)
2017 → Degerfors (loan) 8 (0)
2018–2019 Degerfors 30 (5)
2019–2021 Örebro 68 (1)
2022 Sirius 8 (0)
2022 Apollon Smyrnis 2 (0)
2023 Oakland Roots 9 (0)
International career‡
2020– Sierra Leone 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:02, 22 October 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:00, 13 June 2022 (UTC)

Kevin Adrian Wright (born 12 December 1995) is a professional footballer who last played as a left back for USL Championship club Oakland Roots. Born in England, Wright plays for the Sierra Leone national team. [2]

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Career

Wright joined Chelsea's academy in 2005 as an under-11. [3] He went on to play for the club's development squad between 2014 and 2016. On 30 June 2016, Chelsea announced that Wright would be leaving the London-based club on the expiry of his contract. [4]

On 1 December 2016, after trialing with Cumbrian side Carlisle United for several weeks, he was finally recruited by manager Keith Curle, along with former Tottenham Hotspur trainee Alexander McQueen on a contract until 1 January 2017. [5] Five days later, Wright made his Carlisle debut in a 3–2 defeat against Mansfield Town in the EFL Trophy, in which he replaced the injured Joe McKee at half-time. [6] On 19 January 2017, it was announced that Carlisle had terminated Wright's contract. [7]

On 27 January 2017, Wright joined Norwegian side Fredrikstad, following his release from Carlisle. [8]

On 2 March 2022, Wright signed a three-year contract with Sirius in Sweden. [9]

In August 2022, Wright joined Greek Super League 2 club Apollon Smyrnis. [10]

On 18 January 2023, Wright signed with USL Championship side Oakland Roots SC. [11]

Personal life

Born in England, Wright is of Sierra Leonean descent. He debuted with the Sierra Leone national football team in a friendly 2–1 loss to Mauritania on 9 October 2020. [12]

Career statistics

As of match played 6 December 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Carlisle United 2016–17 [13] League Two 2000—1 [lower-alpha 1] 030
Fredrikstad 2017 [13] 1. divisjon 5010——60
Degerfors (loan) 2017 [13] Superettan 8010——90
Degerfors 2018 [13] Superettan30530——335
2019 [13] Superettan0030——30
Total30560——365
Örebro 2019 [13] Allsvenskan 26110——271
2020 [13] Allsvenskan27040——310
2021 [13] Allsvenskan0000——00
Total53150——581
Career total98613000101126
  1. ↑ Appearance in the EFL Trophy

Honours

Chelsea Reserves [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Kevin Wright at WorldFootball.net
  2. ↑ Interview with Kevin Wright goal.com
  3. 1 2 "Kevin Wright". TheChels.info. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "Retained and released lists submitted by Premier League clubs". Premier League. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  5. ↑ "CONTRACTS: Versatile defender signs short term deal". Carlisle United Official Site. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  6. ↑ "Carlisle United 2-3 Mansfield Town". Soccerway. 6 December 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  7. ↑ "CONTRACTS: Young defender leaves club". Carlisle United Official Site. 19 January 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  8. ↑ "Kevin Wright to FFK". Fredrikstad FK Official Site. 27 January 2017. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
  9. ↑ "Kevin Wright klar för Sirius Fotboll" (Press release) (in Swedish). Sirius. 2 March 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  10. ↑ "Officiellt: Kevin Wright till Apollon Smyrnis". fotbollskanalen.se (in Swedish). 29 August 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  11. ↑ USLChampionship com Staff (18 January 2023). "Roots SC signs Sierra Leone international Kevin Wright". USL Championship.
  12. ↑ "Livescore: Mauritania - Sierra Leone | 2020-10-09 | VoetbalNieuws.be". www.voetbalnieuws.be.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "K. Wright". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
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