Mark Wright (TV personality)

Mark Wright
Wright in 2011
Born
Mark Charles Edward Wright[1]

(1987-01-20) 20 January 1987 (age 37)
Buckhurst Hill, Essex, England[2]
Occupations
  • Television personality
  • entertainment reporter
  • professional footballer
Spouse
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(m. 2015)​
RelativesJess Wright (sister)
Josh Wright (brother)
Association football career
Position(s) Left-back
Youth career
1994–1998 West Ham United
1998–2001 Arsenal
2001–2005 Tottenham Hotspur
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Southend United 0 (0)
2005–2006 → Lewes (loan) 7 (0)
2006–2007 Grays Athletic 0 (0)
2006–2007 → Crawley Town (loan) 9 (1)
2007 → Rushden & Diamonds (loan) 3 (0)
2007 → St Albans City (loan)
2007 Bishop's Stortford
2007 Fisher Athletic
2008–2009 Thurrock 19 (2)
2009 Bishop's Stortford 21 (1)
2011 Heybridge Swifts 2 (0)
2011 Thurrock 0 (0)
2020–2021 Crawley Town 1 (0)
Total 62 (4)
International career
2008 England C 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:08, 6 February 2021 (UTC)

Mark Charles Edward Wright (born 20 January 1987) is an English television personality, entertainment reporter, and former professional footballer who last played for EFL League One side Crawley Town. He is best known for appearing as a cast member on the first three series of The Only Way Is Essex. Wright gained more popularity after appearing on the eleventh series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! where he finished as runner-up, and the twelfth series of Strictly Come Dancing, where he finished in fourth place.

He is also a current presenter on Heart's Saturday afternoon slot.

  1. ^ "EFL Squad Numbering" (PDF). English Football League. p. 44. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Academy Hotseat – Mark Wright – News Articles". Tottenhamhotspur.com. 5 March 2012.