Mark Wright (footballer, born 1963), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Mark Wright (footballer, born 1963)

English footballer

Date of Birth: 01-Aug-1963

Place of Birth: Berinsfield, England, United Kingdom

Profession: association football manager, association football player

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Mark Wright (footballer, born 1963)

  • Mark Wright (born 1 August 1963) is a former England international football player and English football manager.
  • As a player, he had spells with Liverpool, Derby County, Southampton and Oxford United during the 1980s and 1990s.
  • He made 45 appearances for the English national football team, and was a member of the team which reached the semi-finals of the FIFA World Cup in 1990.
  • At club level, the central defender won the 1992 FA Cup final as captain of Liverpool.Since retiring as a player in 1998, Wright has worked as a football manager, pundit, and businessman.
  • He has had three stints as manager of Chester City, during the first of which he led the club back into the Football League as Football Conference champions after a four-year exile.
  • He has also had spells managing Peterborough United, Oxford United and Southport. He is a regular pundit on LFC TV, Liverpool's official TV channel, and uses his experience as a foster carer and ambassador to advocate for more people to help children in need.Along with Michael Owen, another ex-Liverpool and England player, Wright is a founder of Red Sports, a Liverpool-based company that specialises in soccer school and coaching education programmes in China.Wright also founded Premier Legends, a company that gives fans around the world the chance to join ex-England and Premier League players for stadium tours, exhibition games, golf outings, dinners and audience Q+A sessions.

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