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, football pundit, entertainment reporter, and former semi-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.