Personal information | |||
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Full name | Brian Wright | ||
Date of birth | 5 October 1958 | ||
Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1976–1986 | Hamilton Academical | 277 | (27) |
1986–1987 | Motherwell | 74 | (6) |
1987–1989 | Clydebank | 64 | (6) |
1989–1990 | Partick Thistle | 45 | (5) |
1990–1992 | Clydebank | 58 | (5) |
1992–1993 | Queen of the South | 25 | (0) |
Total | 543 | (49) | |
Managerial career | |||
1993–1997 | Clydebank | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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