Tyreik Wright

Tyreik Samuel Wright (born 22 September 2001) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a winger for League Two team Salford City, on loan from Aston Villa.

Tyreik Wright
Personal information
Full name Tyreik Samuel Wright[1]
Date of birth (2001-09-22) 22 September 2001
Place of birth Ovens, County Cork, Republic of Ireland
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s) Winger
Club information
Current team
 Salford City
(on loan from Aston Villa)
Number 7
Youth career
2006–2018 Lakewood
2018–2020 Aston Villa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020– Aston Villa 0 (0)
2021 → Walsall (loan) 16 (0)
2021– → Salford City (loan) 12 (1)
National team‡
Republic of Ireland U17
Republic of Ireland U18
Republic of Ireland U19
2021– Republic of Ireland U21 9 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:11, 5 December 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:54, 16 November 2021 (UTC)

Club career

Wright is from Ovens, County Cork and began his career with local club Lakewood at the age of 5, before signing for English club Aston Villa in July 2018.[3]

He moved on loan to Walsall on 13 January 2021.[4][5] On 23 January, Wright made his professional debut in a 3–1 away league victory against Port Vale.[6] On 24 February, Walsall and Villa released joint statements condemning racist abuse that Wright had received on Instagram. The messages were reported to both the social media platform and West Midlands Police's Hate Crime Unit for investigation.[7][8][9] On 27 September 2021, police charged a 17-year-old from the North East with sending the abusive messages under the Communications Act 2003.[10][11]

On 6 July 2021, Wright was amongst several Academy players who were given new professional contracts,[12] and on 17 August, Wright joined Salford City in League Two on a season-long loan.[13][14] He made his Salford City debut the same day, as a substitute in a 2–1 defeat to Crawley Town.[15] On 28 August, he scored his first professional goal in Salford's 3–0 home win against Swindon Town, opening the scoring in the first minute of his side's first win of the season.[16]

International career

He has played for the Republic of Ireland at under-17, under-18 and under-19 youth levels.[2][17] He made his Republic of Ireland under-21 debut in a 2–1 win over Wales under-21 in March 2021.[18] On 3 September 2021, Wright scored his first goal for Ireland under-21 in a 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification match against Bosnia and Herzegovina.[19]

Career statistics
As of match played 5 December 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Aston Villa U21 2019–20[20] — ———2[lower-alpha 1]020
2020–21[6] ———3[lower-alpha 1]030
Total ——————5050
Aston Villa 2020–21[6] Premier League 0000000000
2021–22[21] Premier League 0000000000
Total 0000000000
Walsall (loan) 2020–21[6] League Two 160000000160
Salford City (loan) 2021–22[21] League Two 12110001[lower-alpha 1]0141
Career total 281100060351
  1. Appearance(s) in the EFL Trophy.

References
  1. "2020/21 Premier League squads confirmed". Premier League Official Site. 20 October 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  2. "Profile". Aston Villa Football Club.
  3. English, Eoin (13 July 2018). "Ovens teen Tyreik proves he has the 'Wright stuff' as he signs for Villa". Irish Examiner.
  4. "Villa loan winger Wright to Walsall". BBC Sport. 13 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  5. Preece, Ashley (13 January 2021). "Aston Villa teenager Tyreik Wright joins Walsall on loan deal". BirminghamLive.
  6. "Games played by Tyreik Wright in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  7. "Club Statement: Tyreik Wright". Walsall F.C. Official Site. 24 February 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  8. "Club Statement". Aston Villa F.C. Official Site. 24 February 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  9. Media, P. A. (24 February 2021). "Aston Villa 'appalled' by racist abuse of teenager Tyreik Wright on Instagram". the Guardian.
  10. "Teenager charged with racially abusing footballer online | News". West Midlands Police. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  11. "Teen charged with racially abusing Aston Villa's Tyreik Wright". 27 September 2021 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  12. "Seven Villa U23s pen new deals". Aston Villa Football Club. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  13. "Wright joins Salford City on loan". Aston Villa Football Club. 17 August 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  14. "Salford loan in Villa winger Wright". BBC Sport.
  15. Richardson, Philip (17 August 2021). "Crawley Town 2, Salford City 1: Hessenthaler header wins it for the Reds against League Two title favourites". Crawley and Horley Observer. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  16. "Salford City 3-0 Newport County: Salford City secured their first league win of the season with a 3-0 victory over Newport County in League Two". BBC Sport. 28 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  17. "Tyreik Wright honoured by international call up". www.saddlers.co.uk.
  18. "Wales U21 1-2 Republic of Ireland U21" – via www.bbc.com.
  19. "Aston Villa teenager delighted with first Ireland U21 goal". The42. 5 September 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  20. "Games played by Tyreik Wright in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  21. "Games played by Tyreik Wright in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
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