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Ian Wright
Ian Wright was a professional footballer, who achieved fame playing up front for Crystal Palace[?], Arsenal and England.
He was born in Woolwich, south London, on 3rd November 1961. He came to professional football late, signing for Palace[?] in 1985 (at the age of 24). After rejections from Millwall[?] and Brighton he played for amateur and non-league teams, culminating at Greenwich Borough, where he was spotted by Palace scout Peter Prentice.
He signed for Arsenal[?] in 1991 for what was at the time a club record fee and went on to become the clubs all time leading scorer.
Teams (as professional)
- Crystal Palace[?] (1985 to 1991)
- Arsenal (signed for £2.5m in September 1991)
- West Ham Utd (Free, 13 July 1998)
- Nottingham Forest (on loan 1999)
- Celtic (on loan 1999)
Honours
- At Palace[?]
- FA Cup runner up (1990)
- ZDS Cup winner (1991)
- At Arsenal
- Golden boot (leading scorer in top division) 1991/2 and 1992/3
- FA Cup winner (1993, 1998)
- Cup Winners Cup Winner (1994) Runner Up (1995)
- League Cup winner (1993)
- League championship (1998)
- Arsenal lead scorer with 178 goals.
- With England
- 33 caps (debut? last cap?)
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