Diaz Wright

Diaz Wright
Personal information
Full name Diaz Ray Wright[1]
Birth name Diaz Ray Heenan[2]
Date of birth (1998-02-22) 22 February 1998[3]
Place of birth Greenwich, London, England
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[3]
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Colchester United
Number 16
Youth career
2011–2016 Colchester United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016– Colchester United 4 (0)
2017 → Needham Market (loan) 7 (1)
2018 → Braintree Town (loan) 10 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:20, 14 October 2018 (UTC+1)

Diaz Ray Wright (né Heenan; born 22 February 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for League Two club Colchester United.

The son of former Ipswich Town and Southampton midfielder Jermaine Wright and brother to Drey Wright, Wright has progressed through the Academy since joining the club at under-13 level, before making his debut in August 2016. He joined Needham Market on loan in October 2017, and Braintree Town on loan in March 2018, helping the club to promotion through the National League South play-offs in May 2018.

Career

Born in Greenwich, London,[3] Wright is the son of former Ipswich Town and Southampton midfielder Jermaine Wright and brother to Drey Wright.[4] Wright joined Colchester United's Academy at under-13 level and has progressed through the age groups.[5] He signed a one-year professional development contract with Colchester in June 2016.[6] He was named on the first-team bench for the first time on 30 August 2016 for Colchester's EFL Trophy trip to Crawley Town. He made his debut in the game, replacing Tom Lapslie after 62-minutes of the 1–0 defeat.[7]

On 3 July 2017, Wright signed a new one-year contract with Colchester United.[8]

Wright joined Isthmian League Premier Division side Needham Market on loan on 16 October 2017, initially signing until the end of November.[9] He made his debut on 17 October in a 1–0 defeat at Hendon,[10] before scoring his first goal on 11 November in a 3–1 FA Trophy qualifying round defeat to Brentwood Town.[11]

In March 2018, Wright joined National League South side Braintree Town on loan for one month.[12] After making his debut in a 2–2 draw with Wealdstone, Braintree manager Brad Quinton praised Wright's maturity and hoped that the team could hold on to him until the end of the season.[13] He helped the club to promotion in the National League play-offs in May 2018 as he scored the winning goal in a penalty shoot-out against Hampton & Richmond Borough.[14]

Wright signed a new one-year contract with Colchester in May 2018.[15]

On 1 September 2018, Wright made his English Football League debut and his first appearance of the season for Colchester when he appeared as a substitute for Brandon Comley in their 3–1 League Two win against Cheltenham Town.[16]

Career statistics

As of match played 13 October 2018
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Colchester United 2016–17[17] League Two 0000001[lower-alpha 1]010
2017–18[18] League Two 0000001[lower-alpha 1]010
2018–19[19] League Two 4000002[lower-alpha 1]060
Total 4000004080
Needham Market (loan) 2017–18[20] Isthmian League Premier Division 7100003[lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 3]1102
Braintree Town (loan) 2017–18[21] National League South 100––3[lower-alpha 4]0130
Career total 2110000101312
  1. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
  2. ↑ Appearances in FA Trophy
  3. ↑ Appearance in Suffolk Premier Cup
  4. ↑ Appearances in National League South play-offs

Honours

Braintree Town

References

  1. ↑ "Retained List 2015-16" (PDF). English Football League. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "Results for Britain records". Findmypast. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 "FootballSquads - Colchester United - 2017/2018". FootballSquads. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  4. ↑ Waldron, Jonathan (25 July 2012). "Hot prospect Wright eager for more first-team action with U's". Daily Gazette. Colchester. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  5. ↑ Hudson, Matt (7 April 2014). "Meet Our New Scholars". Colchester United FC. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  6. ↑ Hudson, Matt (30 June 2016). "Four Step Up". Colchester United FC. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  7. ↑ "Crawley Town 1 Colchester United 0". Sky Sports. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  8. ↑ Waldron, Jonathan (3 July 2017). "Colchester United youngsters agree contracts to stay". Daily Gazette. Colchester. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  9. ↑ Hudson, Matt (16 October 2017). "Diaz Goes To Needham". Colchester United FC. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  10. ↑ "Hendon 1–0 Needham Market". Football Web Pages.co.uk. 17 October 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  11. ↑ "Brentwood Town 3–1 Needham Market". Football Web Pages.co.uk. 11 November 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  12. ↑ Spurgeon, Simon (9 March 2018). "Colchester United's Diaz Wright joins Braintree Town on loan deal". Daily Gazette. Colchester. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  13. ↑ Spurgeon, Simon (16 March 2018). "Boss Quinton will do everything he can to keep Colchester United loanee Diaz Wright at Braintree Town". Daily Gazette. Colchester. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  14. 1 2 Spurgeon, Simon (15 May 2018). "Diaz signs off as an Iron hero". Daily Gazette. Colchester. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  15. ↑ Spurgeon, Simon (30 May 2018). "Seven youngsters extend their contracts with Colchester United". Daily Gazette. Colchester. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
  16. ↑ "Cheltenham Town 1–3 Colchester United". BBC Sport. 1 September 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Diaz Wright in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  18. ↑ "Games played by Diaz Wright in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  19. ↑ "Games played by Diaz Wright in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  20. ↑ "Appearances – Diaz Wright". Football Web Pages.co.uk. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
  21. ↑ "Diaz Wright". Soccerway. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
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