Shaun Wright-Phillips was born on October 25, 1981 in Greenwich, England and is a professional football player. He was adopted by Ian Wright, a former professional football player who was the winner of the Golden Boot during the 1991-1992 season. He is the half-brother of Bradley Wright-Phillips and Brett Wright-Phillips who is also a professional football player.
Shaun Wright-Phillips was brought up in Brockley, South London and went to Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham College, which is an Academy secondary school located in New Cross Gate. He discontinued school to pursue his career in football, a decision that was inspired by the success of his father.
He represented England at the international level and made his first appearance for the national side on August 18, 2004 in a match against Ukraine. Shaun Wright-Phillips came on as a substitute and netted a brilliant goal during the second half. He performed well during the 2007-2008 campaign and was called to represent England in a friendly match against Germany at Wembley Stadium. His performance as a substitute during the second half of the match was worth mentioning, and he was named the England sponsor's Man of the Match.
Following this, Shaun Wright-Phillips was given the opportunity to start for the national side in a match against Israel on September 8. England went on to win this match 3-0 and he played well scoring the first goal, which earned him his second England sponsor's Man of the Match award. Shaun Wright-Phillips started for England in a match against Estonia, which saw him scoring his third goal for the national side to help England register a 3-0 win at Wembley. He appeared in two Euro 2008 qualifiers against Macedonia and Croatia and played on the right wing.
Shaun Wright-Phillips started his professional football career by playing at Nottingham Forest’s youth team in 1993 and played there till 1996, after which he was taken into Manchester City’s youth team. In 1999, he graduated to play for the club’s senior team and his maiden appearance for the team happened at Port Vale. During his stint at Manchester City, Shaun Wright-Phillips played 153 games and scored 26 goals.
On July 17, 2005, he signed a £21,000,000 contract with Chelsea Football Club and made his debut for this club on December 5, 2006 in a 2-0 win over Levski Sofia in the Champions League. Shaun Wright-Phillips scored his first league goal for the club in a match against West Ham and went on to score his second goal in the same match. This impressive performance gave him the chance to start in many of the club’s games that followed, which included the Football Association Challenge (FA) Cup final that Chelsea won. This right-winger maintained his starting place during the start of the 2007-2008 season and was also selected to play in the League Cup final. Shaun Wright-Phillips had made a total of 82 appearances and 4 goals during his tenure at Chelsea Football Club.
On August 28, 2008, Shaun Wright-Phillips staged a comeback to play for Manchester City for an undisclosed fee and was given the jersey number 8.
Shaun Wright-Phillips is also a patron of the charity foundation, Education for the Children, and feels honored for the same.
