Andrew David Wright (born 15 January 1985) is an English former professional

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and current coach who last played as a

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and

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. He played for the

Cape Cod Crusaders Cape Cod Crusaders were an American association football, soccer team based in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1994, the team played in the USL Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyrami ...

Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England. The side currently competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. The tea ...

Grimsby Town Grimsby Town Football Club is a professional football club based in Cleethorpes, North East Lincolnshire, England, that in the 2022–23 season will compete in , the fourth tier of the English football league system, following the victory in ...

Morecambe Morecambe ( ) is a seaside town and civil parish in the City of Lancaster district in Lancashire, England. It is in Morecambe Bay on the Irish Sea. Name The first use of the name was by John Whitaker in his ''History of Manchester'' (1771), w ...

and

Southport Southport is a seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 90,336, making it the eleventh most populous settlement in North West England. Southport lies on the Irish ...

Career

A native of Southport, England, Wright began his career at his hometown club

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as a

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player, however he was released from the

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club in 2004 and subsequently joined American side

West Virginia University West Virginia University (WVU) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Morgantown, West Virginia. Its other campuses are those of the West Virginia University Institute of Technology in Beckley, Potomac State College ...

where he also earned his degree in Physical Education, he is described as completing 'one of the finest careers in school history' and was called up to the College Men's MVP side – its version of an All-America team. Wright joined

in January 2008 from

. On 28 September 2010 he joined

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team

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. He scored his first goal for Grimsby, and his first career goal, in a 3–3 draw with Forest Green Rovers on 7 October 2010. Wright was recalled by the Iron 26 November 2010 due to an injury crisis. On 22 March 2012 Wright re-joined

on a one-month loan deal. He returned to Scunthorpe a month later after playing four times, scoring once. He was released by the club in May 2012. and signed for

on 30 May 2012. On 18 February 2014, Wright extended his contract at

until the end of the 2014–15 season. Following his playing career, Wright entered the coaching ranks, returning to his college alma mater in 2016. He currently serves as the associate head coach for the men's soccer team at WVU.

Honours

Scunthorpe United *

Football League Trophy The English Football League Trophy, known for sponsorship purposes as the Papa Johns Trophy after restaurant chain Papa John's Pizza, is an annual English association football knockout competition open to all clubs in EFL League One and EFL Leag ...

runner-up: 2008–09

References

External links

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Career statistics at West Virginia University
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wright, Andrew 1985 births Living people People from Formby Sportspeople from the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton Footballers from Merseyside English men's footballers Men's association football midfielders West Virginia Mountaineers men's soccer players Cape Cod Crusaders players Scunthorpe United F.C. players Grimsby Town F.C. players Morecambe F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players USL League Two players Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Southport F.C. players English expatriate sportspeople in the United States English expatriate men's footballers