Tyreik Wright

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Tyreik Wright
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Personal information
Full name Tyreik Samuel Wright [1]
Date of birth (2001-09-22) 22 September 2001 (age 22)
Place of birth Ovens, County Cork, Republic of Ireland
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) [2]
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
 Bradford City
(on loan from Plymouth Argyle)
Number 36
Youth career
2006–2018 Lakewood Athletic
2018–2021 Aston Villa
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021–2023 Aston Villa 0 (0)
2021 → Walsall (loan) 16 (0)
2021–2022 → Salford City (loan) 16 (1)
2022 → Colchester United (loan) 9 (1)
2022–2023 → Bradford City (loan) 15 (4)
2023– Plymouth Argyle 11 (0)
2024– → Bradford City (loan) 13 (2)
International career‡
Republic of Ireland U17
Republic of Ireland U18
Republic of Ireland U19
2021– Republic of Ireland U21 15 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:51, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:18, 27 September 2022 (UTC)

Tyreik Samuel Wright (born 22 September 2001) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Bradford City, on loan from Plymouth Argyle.

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Wright is a product of the Aston Villa Academy, having signed as a junior from Irish youth side Lakewood Athletic. He has played on loan at League Two sides Walsall, Salford City, Colchester United and Bradford City and has represented the Republic of Ireland at youth levels up to under-21.

Club career

Aston Villa

Wright is from Ovens, County Cork and began his career with local club Lakewood at the age of 5, before signing for English club Aston Villa in July 2018. [3]

He moved on loan to Walsall on 13 January 2021. [4] [5] On 23 January, Wright made his professional debut in a 3–1 away league victory against Port Vale. [6]

On 6 July 2021, Wright was amongst several Academy players who were given new professional contracts, [7] and on 17 August, Wright joined Salford City in League Two on a season-long loan. [8] [9] He made his Salford City debut the same day, as a substitute in a 2–1 defeat to Crawley Town. [10] On 28 August, he scored his first professional goal in Salford's 3–0 home win against Newport County, opening the scoring in the first minute of his side's first win of the season. [11] He was recalled from his loan on 14 January 2022. [12]

On 31 January 2022, he moved on loan to Colchester United. [13] He made his Colchester United debut on 5 February, in a 1–0 away victory over Leyton Orient. [14] On 12 February, Wright scored his first goal for Colchester, in a 2–2 League Two draw against Carlisle United. [15]

On 1 September 2022, Wright returned to League Two when he joined Bradford City on loan until the end of the 2022–23 season. [16] [17] After two substitute appearances, he made his full debut on 17 September, scoring one goal and setting up another in a man-of-the-match display. [18] In October 2022 local media said that his "form continues to impress". [19]

Plymouth Argyle

On 9 January 2023, Aston Villa recalled Wright from his Bradford City loan. [20] [21] Later that day he signed for Plymouth Argyle. [22] [23]

In January 2024 he returned on loan to Bradford City. [24] [25] [26] His versatility was welcomed by Bradford manager Graham Alexander, [27] whilst Wright said he was looking forward to loving football again, [28] and that he wanted to score a goal in front of the Valley Parade Kop. [29] He suffered an injury in his first match back for the club, lasting 60 minutes. [30] [31] He scored his first goals for the club following his return on 9 March 2024, two goals in a 3–0 away victory at Accrington. [32] [33] However, he was injured again in that match. [34]

Towards the end of the season, Alexander suggested that they would try and keep Wright, [35] whilst Wright himself said he did not know what next season would bring. [36]

International career

He has played for the Republic of Ireland at under-17, under-18 and under-19 youth levels. [2] [37] He made his Republic of Ireland under-21 debut in a 2–1 win over Wales under-21 in March 2021. [38] On 3 September 2021, Wright scored his first goal for Ireland under-21 in a 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification match against Bosnia and Herzegovina. [39]

He was recalled to the under-21 squad in September 2022, meaning he would miss one Bradford City game. [40] He said he hoped to regain his club first-team place upon his return, after scoring one goal and setting up another in a man-of-the-match display. [18] Wright missed a penalty as Ireland under-21s lost on penalties to Israel in the European Championship qualifying play-offs. [41]

Playing style

Wright is known for his pace. [42] His manager at Bradford, Mark Hughes, praised Wright for having "good awareness", noting that he is "calm in possession and keeps the ball". [18]

Personal life

Wright has also played Gaelic football. [42]

Wright is a Manchester United fan. [42]

On 24 February 2021, Wright's loan club Walsall and parent club Aston Villa released joint statements condemning racist abuse that he had received on Instagram. The messages were reported to both the social media platform and West Midlands Police's Hate Crime Unit for investigation. [43] [44] [45] On 27 September 2021, police charged a 17-year-old from the North East with sending the abusive messages under the Communications Act 2003. [46] [47]

Career statistics

As of match played 23 April 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeague FA Cup League Cup OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Aston Villa U21 2019–20 [48] ————2 [lower-alpha 1] 020
2020–21 [6] ———3 [lower-alpha 1] 030
Total———5050
Aston Villa 2020–21 [6] Premier League 000000—00
2021–22 [49] Premier League000000—00
2022–23 [50] Premier League000000—00
Total0000000000
Walsall (loan) 2020–21 [6] League Two 160———160
Salford City (loan) 2021–22 [49] League Two16110—1 [lower-alpha 1] 0181
Colchester United (loan) 2021–22 [49] League Two91———91
Bradford City (loan) 2022–23 [50] League Two15410001 [lower-alpha 1] 0174
Plymouth Argyle 2022–23 [50] League One 6000000060
2023–24 [51] Championship 5000200070
Total110002000130
Bradford City (loan) 2023–24 [51] League Two13200001 [lower-alpha 1] 0142
Career total808202080928
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

Honours

Plymouth Argyle

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