Tommy Wright (footballer, born 1966)

Tommy Wright
Personal information
Full name Thomas Elliott Wright[1]
Date of birth (1966-01-10) 10 January 1966 (age 58)[1]
Place of birth Dunfermline,[1] Scotland
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[2]
Position(s) Winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1986 Leeds United 92 (28)
1986–1989 Oldham Athletic 112 (23)
1989–1992 Leicester City 129 (22)
1992–1995 Middlesbrough 53 (5)
1995–1997 Bradford City 45 (5)
1997 Oldham Athletic 12 (2)
1997–1998 St Johnstone 5 (0)
1998 Livingston 7 (1)
1998–2000 Doncaster Rovers 28 (1)
Total 455 (86)
Managerial career
2012 Chesterfield (caretaker)
2016 Barnsley (caretaker)
2019 Carlisle United (joint caretaker)
2021 Swindon Town (caretaker)
2022 Oldham Athletic (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Elliott Wright (born 10 January 1966) is a Scottish football coach and former player. A winger, he made nearly 450 appearances in the English Football League and Premier League, and also had short spells in the Scottish League. He was most recently a First-Team Coach at Oldham Athletic.

  1. ^ a b c "Tommy Wright". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  2. ^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 274. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.