Crawley Town have confirmed that they have signed actor and former The Only Way Is Essex star, Mark Wright.<\/p>\n
The 33-year-old has previously played for the club, joining them on loan for a short spell during the 2006\/07 season.<\/p>\n
Wright enjoyed a short career at a semi-professional level before finding fame with The Only Way Is Essex and television.<\/p>\n
The 33-year-old started his career in the West Ham United<\/a> academy, before moving onto Tottenham Hotspur<\/a> and Arsenal<\/a>.<\/p>\n However, his professional career was short-lived, as his spell at senior level with Southend United did not last long.<\/p>\n Before his career in the television hit the ground running, Wright enjoyed various spells with non-league clubs in the East of England, including Grays Athletic and Heybridge Swifts.<\/p>\n Since finding fame, Wright has featured as one of the celebrities in the annual Soccer Aid game, which aims to raise money for UNICEF.<\/p>\n Mark’s brother, Josh, is also a professional footballer, plying his trade with Crawley’s League Two rivals Leyton Orient. The pair could face each other this weekend, as Crawley travel to the capital to face the O’s.<\/p>\n Speaking about the decision to sign the TV star, manager John Yems said Wright had impressed a lot of people on the training ground when speaking to the official Crawley Town website<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cMark has been training with us the last couple of months and really impressed everybody in training,” the Crawley boss said.<\/p>\n “It\u2019s taken us eleven years to sign him back and he\u2019s finally returned to Crawley, hopefully he can carry on from where he left off and I am pleased to have him back with his experience on and off the pitch, Mark is a great role model for players in the future.”<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Erdem Konyar, the club’s Technical Director, said: “The Gaffer knows Mark very well. Mark will bring an exemplary attitude that will rub off on the youngsters in the group. It\u2019s an exciting acquisition for the club.\u201d<\/p>\n Main PhotoWhat Was Said?<\/h3>\n
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