Jake Wright
Wright playing for Oxford United in 2013
Personal information
Full name Jake Maxwell Wright[1]
Date of birth (1986-03-11) 11 March 1986 (age 38)[1]
Place of birth Keighley, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Sherwood Colliery FC
Youth career
0000–2005 Bradford City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Bradford City 1 (0)
2005 → Halifax Town (loan) 11 (0)
2006–2008 Halifax Town 64 (2)
2008–2009 Crawley Town 41 (0)
2009–2010 Brighton & Hove Albion 6 (0)
2009–2010 → Oxford United (loan) 20 (0)
2010–2016 Oxford United 222 (0)
2016–2020 Sheffield United 46 (0)
2019–2020 → Bolton Wanderers (loan) 11 (0)
2020 Hereford 3 (0)
2021 Mansfield Town 2 (0)
2021–2022 Boston United 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:39, 13 June 2022 (UTC)

Jake Maxwell Wright (born 11 March 1986) is an English footballer who last played as a defender for Boston United.

Wright started his career with Bradford City, but played only one senior game for them, before he joined Halifax Town where he had previously spent a loan spell. He spent two years at Halifax, but after they were demoted from the Conference Premier, he moved to Crawley Town in June 2008 before transferring to Brighton & Hove Albion in July 2009. After that he spent seven years at Oxford United where he made 278 total appearances, captained the club and won two promotions. He is currently signed to Sherwood Colliery F.C. based in Nottinghamshire.

Career

Born in Keighley, West Yorkshire,[1] Jake Wright started his football career as a youngster with Bradford City and, in April 2005, was one of four defenders to be given a one-year contract.[3] In August 2005, he and fellow Bradford City player Danny Forrest moved to Conference National club Halifax Town on loan—Wright's an initial one-month loan deal.[4] He made his debut on 10 September 2005, in a 4–0 Conference victory over Tamworth at The Shay.[5] He twice extended his loan deal,[6][7] staying with Halifax for three months, during which time he played 11 league games and three cup games, before he returned to Bradford.[5] Wright made his Bradford debut as a second-half substitute against Colchester United on 4 February 2006, replacing Richard Edghill, who had broken his ankle.[8] It would be his only senior appearance for Bradford.[9]

During June 2006, Wright rejoined Halifax, this time on a permanent basis, along with Forrest and Hereford United goalkeeper Craig Mawson.[10] Wright scored his first senior goal to help Halifax to their first home victory of the 2006–07 season, in a 3–1 win over Dagenham & Redbridge on 19 September 2006.[11] Wright finished the season with two goals from 27 league games,[12] before playing a further 36 games the following season.[13] During the campaign, he picked up his first red card of his career, in a 1–0 defeat to Aldershot Town.[14] Halifax Town avoided relegation despite a final-day defeat, because Altrincham also lost,[15] but they faced liquidation and were eventually demoted, giving Altrincham a reprieve.[16][17] Halifax were demoted and applied to join the Northern Premier League Division One North,[17] but instead Wright moved back to the Conference Premier, by signing for Crawley Town in June 2008.[18] He had played 63 league games for Halifax during his two years.[9] After an impressive season making 41 League appearances, Wright attracted the interest of Football League clubs including Charlton Athletic and Colchester United.[19][20]

On 27 July 2009, Wright was invited for a trial at League One side Brighton & Hove Albion and featured during the 1–0 pre-season friendly defeat to Torquay United.[21][22] Brighton beat off competition from an unnamed Scottish Premier League club to sign Wright and completed the transfer with Wright signing a two-year contract with the Seagulls.[23]

On 31 December 2009, Oxford United signed Wright on loan for the remainder of the season.[24] Wright made 26 appearances during his loan spell at the Kassam Stadium.[25] On 30 June 2010, Wright signed a three-year contract with Oxford on a free transfer after a successful loan spell that saw the club gain promotion back to the Football League.[26] He was appointed club captain in July 2011[27] and extended his contract by a year in October 2011.[28] After six seasons, and having made 278 appearances and captained the squad to second place in League Two and promotion in the 2015–16 season, Wright – the club's longest-serving player – left Oxford by mutual consent on 9 July 2016.[29] Later that day, he signed for League One club Sheffield United on a two-year contract.[29] Wright's first appearance for the Blades was on 27 August 2016 against his former club Oxford United.[30] This was the club's first win of what became a promotion-winning season. Wright made 30 appearances in his first season as a Blade and remained unbeaten throughout the whole campaign, entering the record books in the process.[31]

In the 2017–18 season Wright made 17 appearances for Sheffield United in the EFL Championship. This was the highest level Wright played at in his career[32][33] (although he remained a Sheffield United player until part way through the club's 2019–20 season in the Premier League, he made no appearances).

On 2 September 2019, Wright joined EFL League One side Bolton Wanderers on loan until January and was one of nine players Bolton signed on deadline day.[34] He made his debut on 14 September, starting against Rotherham United in a 6–1 defeat.[35]

His contract with Sheffield United was terminated by mutual consent on 31 January 2020.[36] He signed for Hereford on 18 September 2020.[37] On 14 November 2020, Wright was released by Hereford.[38]

On 26 February 2021, Wright joined League Two side Mansfield Town on a contract until the end of May 2021.[39][40]

On 22 July 2021, Wright signed for Conference North side Boston United.[41][42] Wright was released at the end of the 2021–22 season.[43]

Style of play

He can play at left back or centre back.[44]

Career statistics

Wright playing for Oxford United in 2013
As of end of 2021–22 season
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bradford City 2005–06[45] League One 1 0 — 0 0 — 1 0
Halifax Town (loan) 2005–06[46] Conference National 11 0 3 0 — 1[a] 0 15 0
Halifax Town 2006–07[47] Conference National 27 2 1 0 — 3[b] 0 31 2
2007–08[48] Conference Premier 37 0 1 0 — 4[c] 0 42 0
Total 75 2 5 0 — 8 0 88 2
Crawley Town 2008–09[49] Conference Premier 41 0 1 0 — 4[d] 0 46 0
Brighton & Hove Albion 2009–10[50] League One 6 0 0 0 1 0 1[a] 0 8 0
Oxford United (loan) 2009–10[25] Conference Premier 20 0 — — 6[e] 0 26 0
Oxford United 2010–11[51] League Two 35 0 0 0 2 0 1[a] 0 38 0
2011–12[52] League Two 43 0 1 0 1 0 2[a] 0 47 0
2012–13[53] League Two 42 0 4 0 2 0 3[a] 0 51 0
2013–14[54] League Two 31 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 35 0
2014–15[55] League Two 42 0 3 0 2 0 1[a] 0 48 0
2015–16[56] League Two 29 0 2 0 1 0 4[a] 0 36 0
Total 242 0 13 0 9 0 17 0 281 0
Sheffield United 2016–17[57] League One 29 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 30 0
2017–18[58] Championship 17 0 3 0 2 0 — 22 0
2018–19[59] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2019–20[60] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Total 46 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 52 0
Bolton Wanderers (loan) 2019–20[60] League One 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
Hereford 2020–21[61] National League North 3 0 0 0 — 0 0 3 0
Mansfield Town 2020–21[62] League Two 2 0 0 0 0 0 — 2 0
Boston United 2021–22[61] National League North 12 0 2 0 — 0 0 14 0
Career total 439 2 26 0 12 0 30 0 507 2
  1. ^ a b c d e f g Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy
  2. ^ Appearances in FA Trophy
  3. ^ Appearances in Conference League Cup
  4. ^ Three appearances FA Trophy, one in Conference League Cup
  5. ^ Three appearances in FA Trophy, three in Conference Premier play-offs

Honours

Oxford United

Sheffield United

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