Ian Wright
Sign in to saveEnglish footballer and commentator (born 1963)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1963-11-03
- Works
- 33
Top works
- Sweet Childhood of Mine
- Long Story Short...
- Sherlock Holmes
- Monsters after Midnight
- Curtain Up
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Film & TV
Acting · Woolwich, London, England, UK
Ian Wright is an English former professional footballer and television and radio personality.
Known for
- Road to Glory — Self2026
- From the Ground Up — Self2025
- M&S: Dress The Nation — Self - Guest Judge2024
- The Kitchen — Lord Kitchener2023
- Under Pressure: The U.S. Women's World Cup Team — Self2023
- Icons of Football — Self - Interviewed Guest2023
- Stick to Football — Self2023
- The Overlap on Tour — Self2023
- Lionesses: Champions of Europe — Self2022
- All or Nothing: Arsenal — Self2022
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 351
- Total plays
- 1,395
Tags
funkpopHousedanceDisco
Former footballer Ian Wright was a star player for Crystal Palace and Arsenal during the 80s and 90s. Wright has also been a successful UK television personality, presenting a variety of entertainment, reality, and sports programs. In 1993, he took a shot at a different goal: pop singer. Wright’s lone single was co-written with and produced by Pet Shop Boy Chris Lowe, assisted by stalwart PSB technicians Pete Gleadall and Bob Kraushaar. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Ian+Wright">Read more on
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 34,272x
- RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials
· 2019 · cited 23,483x
- <i>PHENIX</i>: a comprehensive Python-based system for macromolecular structure solution
· 2010 · cited 23,272x
- Geant4—a simulation toolkit
· 2003 · cited 20,850x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,495x
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Key facts
- 1985
- Greenwich Borough
- 1999
- → Nottingham Forest (loan)
- 2000
- Burnley
- Birth name
- Ian Edward Wright
- Date of birth
- ( 1963-11-03 ) 3 November 1963 (age 62)
- Place of birth
- London , England
- Height
- 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
- Position
- Forward
- Years
- Team
- 1985 1991
- Crystal Palace
- 1991 1998
- Arsenal
- 1998 1999
- West Ham United
- 1999 2000
- Celtic
Key dates
- Born
- 3 November 1963
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ian
- Family name
- Wright
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Woolwich
- Occupation
- sports commentator
- Languages spoken
- English language
Article
Ian Edward Wright (born 3 November 1963) is an English media personality and former professional footballer. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest forwards in the history of the Premier League and one of Arsenal's greatest ever players.
Wright enjoyed success with London clubs Crystal Palace and Arsenal as a forward, spending six years with the former and seven years with the latter. With Arsenal he lifted the Premier League title, both the major domestic cup competitions, and the European Cup Winners Cup. Known for his speed, agility, finishing and aggression, he played 581 league games, scoring 287 goals for seven clubs in Scotland and England, while also earning 33 caps for the England national team, and scoring nine international goals.
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