Mark Wright (TV personality)
English television personality (born 1987)
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- Mark Charles Edward Wright (born 20 January 1987) is an English television personality, radio presenter and former professional footballer who played as a left-back.
- Wright gained more popularity after appearing on the eleventh series of I'm a Celebrity.
- where he finished as runner-up, and the twelfth series of Strictly Come Dancing , where he finished in fourth place.
- Career Football Before his appearances on The Only Way Is Essex , Wright was a semi-professional footballer, with a youth career at West Ham United, Arsenal, and Tottenham Hotspur.
- In November 2006, he was loaned from Grays Athletic to fellow Conference National side Crawley Town.
Mark Charles Edward Wright (born 20 January 1987) is an English television personality, radio presenter and former professional footballer who played as a left-back. 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 presenter on Heart's Saturday afternoon slot.
Career
Football
Before his appearances on The Only Way Is Essex, Wright was a semi-professional footballer, with a youth career at West Ham United, Arsenal, and Tottenham Hotspur.
He started his senior career with Southend United, but moved into nightclub promoting and playing only non-league. In November 2006, he was loaned from Grays Athletic to fellow Conference National side Crawley Town. On 27 January 2007, he scored the only goal of a 1–0 win at Tamworth. In March that year, he was loaned to Rushden & Diamonds for the rest of the season. Wright played once for the England national football C team, playing in a defeat to Bosnia and Herzegovina B on 16 September 2008.
In January 2012, it was reported that he rekindled his semi-professional footballing career, by signing for St Neots Town, but this was denied by Wright on his Twitter account.
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