Billy Wright

Born on : February 06, 1924 at Ironbridge

Date of death : September 03, 1994

Nationality : England

Number of international caps : 105 (3 goals)

First cap : vs Ireland 28/09/1946

First international goal : vs France 22/05/1949

Main position
Central defender	100%

Manager careerLast updated on 30/11/2024 at 02:52

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Results

Goals

Competition info

Season	Club	League					Continent						International
Season	Club	tier	Games played	V V	D D	L L	Rk.	pts	GF	GA	Games played	V V	D D	L L	short_lastrounds	GF	GA	Games played	V V	D D	L L	short_lastrounds	GF	GA	Games played	V V	D D	L L	short_lastrounds	GF	GA	Games played	V V	D D	L L	short_lastrounds	GF	GA
1965/1966	Arsenal	1	42	29%12	31%13	40%17	14	37	62	75								1			100%1	FA Cup3e t3e tour	0	3								43	28%12	30%13	42%18		62	78
1964/1965	Arsenal	1	42	40%17	17%7	43%18	13	41	69	75								2	50%1		50%1	FA Cup1/161/16 de finale	3	2								44	41%18	16%7	43%19		72	77
1963/1964	Arsenal	1	42	40%17	26%11	33%14	8	45	90	82	4	25%1	25%1	50%2	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup1/8 1/8 de finale	11	8	4	50%2	25%1	25%1	FA Cup1/8 1/8 de finale	7	5								50	40%20	26%13	34%17		108	95
1962/1963	Arsenal	1	42	43%18	24%10	33%14	7	46	86	77								3	67%2		33%1	FA Cup1/8 1/8 de finale	8	3								45	44%20	22%10	33%15		94	80
Total			168	38%64	24%41	38%63	42	169	307	309	4	25%1	25%1	50%2		11	8	10	50%5	10%1	40%4		18	13								182	38%70	24%43	38%69		336	330

Wright's career statisticsLast updated on 30/11/2024 at 02:52

Offense

Defense

Playing time

Presence

discipline

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Results

Season

Club

League

Continent

Nat. cups

International

Total

tier

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

1958/1959

Wolverhampton

Club	Competition							V	D	L
Wolves	Division 1	17	23	4	1530	100%		59%	18%	24%
Wolves	Charity Shield	1	4		90	100%	100%	0%	0%	100%
Wolves	(C1) Ligue des Champions	2	4		180	100%	100%	0%	50%	50%
England	British Home Championship	3	5	1	270	100%	100%	33%	67%	0%
England	Friendlies	1		1	90	100%	100%	100%	0%	0%
England	Friendlies	5	11		450	100%	100%	20%	20%	60%

1957/1958

Wolverhampton

Club	Competition							V	D	L
England	British Home Championship	3	3	2	270	100%	100%	67%	0%	33%
England	Friendlies	1		1	90	100%	100%	100%	0%	0%
England	Friendlies	3	7		270	100%	100%	33%	33%	33%
England	World Cup	4	5	1	360	100%	100%	0%	75%	25%

1956/1957

Wolverhampton

Club	Competition							V	D	L
England	British Home Championship	3	3		270	100%	100%	67%	33%	0%
England	Friendlies	1		1	90	100%	100%	100%	0%	0%
England	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	4	5		360	100%	100%	75%	25%	0%

1955/1956

Wolverhampton

Club	Competition							V	D	L
England	Friendlies	2	2		180	100%	100%	100%	0%	0%
England	British Home Championship	3	3	1	270	100%	100%	33%	33%	33%
England	Friendlies	4	4	1	360	100%	100%	75%	25%	0%

1954/1955

Wolverhampton

Club	Competition							V	D	L
England	British Home Championship	3	4	1	270	100%	100%	100%	0%	0%
England	Friendlies	1	1		90	100%	100%	100%	0%	0%
England	Friendlies	3	5		270	100%	100%	0%	33%	67%

1953/1954

Wolverhampton

Club	Competition							V	D	L
England	British Home Championship	3	4		270	100%	100%	100%	0%	0%
England	Friendlies	2	10		180	100%	100%	0%	50%	50%
England	Friendlies	2	8		180	100%	100%	0%	0%	100%
England	World Cup	3	8	1	300	100%	100%	33%	33%	33%

1952/1953

Wolverhampton

Club	Competition							V	D	L
England	British Home Championship	3	6		270	100%	100%	33%	67%	0%
England	Friendlies	1		1	90	100%	100%	100%	0%	0%
England	Friendlies	4	6	1	291	100%	100%	50%	25%	25%

1951/1952

Wolverhampton

Club	Competition							V	D	L
England	Friendlies	2	4		180	100%	100%	0%	100%	0%
England	British Home Championship	3	2	1	270	100%	100%	67%	33%	0%
England	Friendlies	3	3	1	270	100%	100%	67%	33%	0%

1950/1951

Wolverhampton

270

Club	Competition															V	D	L
England	British Home Championship	2	1		180		4		180	0	100%		67%			50%	0%	50%
England	Friendlies	1					1		90	0	100%		50%			100%	0%	0%

1949/1950

Wolverhampton

900

Club	Competition									V	D	L
England	Friendlies	2	1	180	2	1	180	100%	100%	50%	0%	50%
England	British Home Championship	3			3	1	270	100%	100%	100%	0%	0%
England	Friendlies	2			4		180	100%	100%	100%	0%	0%
England	World Cup	3			2	1	270	100%	100%	33%	0%	67%

1948/1949

Wolverhampton

720

Club	Competition									V	D	L
England	Friendlies	2				2	180	100%	100%	50%	50%	0%
England	British Home Championship	3			5	1	270	100%	100%	67%	0%	33%
England	Friendlies	3	1	270	5		270	100%	100%	67%	0%	33%

1947/1948

Wolverhampton

Club	Competition							V	D	L
England	Friendlies	2	4		180	100%	100%	100%	0%	0%
England	British Home Championship	3	2	2	270	100%	100%	67%	33%	0%
England	Friendlies	1		1	90	100%	100%	100%	0%	0%

1946/1947

Wolverhampton

3060

4050

Club	Competition									V	D	L
Wolves	Division 1	34	1	3060	42	11	3060	100%	81%	65%	9%	26%
Wolves	FA Cup	3			2	2	270	100%	100%	33%	33%	33%
England	British Home Championship	3			3	1	270	100%	100%	67%	33%	0%
England	Friendlies	2			2	1	180	100%	100%	100%	0%	0%
England	Friendlies	3			1	2	270	100%	100%	67%	0%	33%

1945/1946

Wolverhampton

120

150

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Wolves	FA Cup	4	3		120		9		360	0	100%		100%			50%	25%	25%
England B	Friendlies	1					2		90	0	100%					0%	0%	100%

1944/1945

1943/1944

1942/1943

Total

The data represented with this background color are not complete. The figures may not reflect reality.

Notes

Overall

/100

Physical

/20

Mental

/20

Technical

/20

Offense

/20

Defense

/20

Player's evolution

*The FBDB Index is an automatically engineered figure based on player's statistical performances during each game he is involved in.

Player's titles

Victories

Premier League	1	1959
British Home Championship	11	19471948195019521953195419551956195719581959

Runner-ups

Community Shield	1	1958
British Home Championship	2	19491951

Rewards

Victories

FWA Footballer of the Year

1952

Runner-ups

Ballon d'or

1957

Transfers

01/07/66 > 03/09/94	Retired	mana.
01/07/62 > 01/07/66	Arsenal	mana.

01/07/59 > 03/09/94	Retired
01/07/42 > 01/07/59	Wolverhampton

Suggest a transfer for this player

Manager career by clubLast updated on 30/11/2024 at 02:52

Club	Played matches	V Victories	D Draws	L Losses	GF Goals for	GA Goals against
Arsenal	182	38%70	24%43	38%69	336	330

Player career by clubLast updated on 30/11/2024 at 02:52

Club	Played matches	Goals	Efficiency	Minutes played	Match starts	V Victories	L Losses
England	105	3	3137	9411	100%105	57%60	20%21
England B	1			90	100%1	0%0	100%1
Wolves	61	4	1373	5490	100%61	57%35	28%17

Manager's favourite opponents

Club		V
Fulham	8	6	20	9
Birmingham	6	5	18	6
WBA	10	4	19	18
S Wednesday	9	4	18	14
Blackpool	8	4	17	13
Wolves	7	4	15	12
Stoke City	6	4	12	10
Man United	8	3	15	19
Everton	8	3	16	12
Leicester	8	3	12	19
Nottingham	8	3	6	13
Burnley	8	3	16	14
Sunderland	4	3	8	2
Ipswich Town	4	3	12	3
Blackburn	9	2	15	19
Aston Villa	8	2	13	17
West Ham	8	2	14	14
Sheffield U	8	2	14	18
Bolton	4	2	8	9
Orient	2	2	4	1

Player's favourite opponents

Club		V
Scotland	13	8	4	16
Wales	12	9	4	12
N. Ireland	13	8	3	19
Switzerland	4	3	3	1
France	6	3	2	6
Italy	4	2	2	3
Bolton	3	2	2	4
Leeds United	3	3	2	2
Everton	3	2	2	3
Stoke City	2	2	2	0
Grimsby Town	2	1	2	0
Ireland	4	2	1	4
Belgium	4	3	1	7
Denmark	4	3	1	4
Portugal	4	3	1	7
Soviet Union	4	1	1	4
Sheffield U	4	1	1	5
Charlton	4	2	1	7
Brazil	3	1	1	4
Sweden	3	1	1	5

Manager's worst opponents

Club		L
Liverpool	10	7	21
Man United	8	5	19
Chelsea	6	5	15
Aston Villa	8	5	17
Everton	8	4	12
Leeds United	4	4	10
Leicester	8	4	19
Nottingham	8	4	13
Blackburn	9	3	19
Tottenham	8	3	21
West Ham	8	3	14
S Wednesday	9	3	14
Sheffield U	8	3	18
Burnley	8	3	14
Wolves	7	2	12
Blackpool	8	2	13
RFC Liège	2	1	4
Peterborough	1	1	2
Copenhague XI	2	1	4
Fulham	8	1	9

Player's worst opponents

Club		L
France	6	2	6
Scotland	13	2	16
Hungary	2	2	13
Uruguay	2	2	6
Yugoslavia	3	2	6
Sheffield U	4	2	5
Switzerland	4	1	1
Brazil	3	1	4
Spain	3	1	3
Ireland	4	1	4
Wales	12	1	12
Schalke 04	2	1	4
N. Ireland	13	1	19
Sweden	3	1	5
Portugal	4	1	7
Mexico	1	1	2
Peru	1	1	4
États-Unis	3	1	5
Soviet Union	4	1	4
Man United	2	1	5

Results with or without him

In clubs

for the national team

Season	Club	When present			When absent			Influence
		v	l	Total	v	l	Total
1958/1959	Wolves	50%	30%	20	70%	22%	27	Negative
1957/1958	Wolves	0%	0%	0	67%	15%	46	-
1956/1957	Wolves	0%	0%	0	48%	34%	44	-
1955/1956	Wolves	0%	0%	0	47%	33%	43	-
1954/1955	Wolves	0%	0%	0	47%	30%	47	-
1953/1954	Wolves	0%	0%	0	58%	26%	43	-
1952/1953	Wolves	0%	0%	0	44%	26%	43	-
1951/1952	Wolves	0%	0%	0	29%	38%	45	-
1950/1951	Wolves	0%	0%	0	39%	41%	49	-
1949/1950	Wolves	0%	0%	0	45%	20%	49	-
1948/1949	Wolves	0%	0%	0	47%	27%	49	-
1947/1948	Wolves	0%	0%	0	44%	33%	45	-
1946/1947	Wolves	62%	27%	37	38%	25%	8	Positive
1945/1946	Wolves	50%	25%	4	0%	0%	0	-
1944/1945	Wolves	0%	0%		0%	0%	0	-
1943/1944	Wolves	0%	0%		0%	0%	0	-
1942/1943	Wolves	0%	0%		0%	0%	0	-

First times

In clubs

for the national team

in competitions

Date	Competition	Games	Score	First times
Wolverhampton
05/01/1946	FAC	Lovell's - Wolverhampton	2 - 4	First match with the club, first start, first victory
09/01/1946	FAC	Wolverhampton - Lovell's	8 - 1	First goal, first time scoring 2 goals
26/01/1946	FAC	Charlton - Wolverhampton	5 - 2	First loss

Player's career by competitionLast updated on 30/11/2024 at 02:52

Competition	Played matches	Goals	Efficiency	Assists	Match starts	Yellow cards	D Draws	L Losses
Premier League	Premier League	51	1	4590	4590	100%51	63%32	12%6	25%13
FA Cup	FA Cup	7	3	210	630	100%7	43%3	29%2	29%2
Community Shield	Community Shield	1			90	100%1			100%1
Friendlies	Friendlies	54	2	2396	4791	100%54	56%30	19%10	26%14
World Cup	World Cup	10			930	100%10	20%2	40%4	40%4
BHC	British Home Championship	38	1	3420	3420	100%38	66%25	24%9	11%4
WCQEZ	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	4			360	100%4	75%3	25%1
Champions League	Champions League	2			180	100%2		50%1	50%1

Player's results for each season

Season	Club	Tier	Rk.	pts	MP	V	D	L	GF	GA
1958/1959	Wolves	1	1	61	42	28	5	9	110	49
1957/1958	Wolves	1	1	64	42	28	8	6	103	47
1956/1957	Wolves	1	6	48	42	20	8	14	94	70
1955/1956	Wolves	1	3	49	42	20	9	13	89	65
1954/1955	Wolves	1	2	48	42	19	10	13	89	70
1953/1954	Wolves	1	1	57	42	25	7	10	96	56
1952/1953	Wolves	1	3	51	42	19	13	10	86	63
1951/1952	Wolves	1	16	38	42	12	14	16	73	73
1950/1951	Wolves	1	14	38	42	15	8	19	74	61
1949/1950	Wolves	1	2	53	42	20	13	9	76	49
1948/1949	Wolves	1	6	46	42	17	12	13	79	66
1947/1948	Wolves	1	5	47	42	19	9	14	83	70
1946/1947	Wolves	1	3	56	42	25	6	11	98	56

Last games

Date	Competition	Round	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Score
May 28, 1959	28/05	F	Intercontinental	United States	1 - 8	England	90 Minutes
May 24, 1959	24/05	F	Intercontinental	Mexico	2 - 1	England	90 Minutes
May 17, 1959	17/05	F	Intercontinental	Peru	4 - 1	England	90 Minutes
May 13, 1959	13/05	F	Intercontinental	Brazil	2 - 0	England	90 Minutes
May 06, 1959	06/05	F	Europe	England	2 - 2	Italy	90 Minutes
April 25, 1959	25/04	D1	Round 42	Everton	0 - 1	Wolverhampton	Absent
April 22, 1959	22/04	D1	Round 41	Wolverhampton	3 - 0	Leicester	No data
April 18, 1959	18/04	D1	Round 40	Wolverhampton	5 - 0	Luton Town	No data
April 13, 1959	13/04	D1	Round 26	Blackpool	0 - 1	Wolverhampton	No data
April 11, 1959	11/04	D1	Round 39	Bolton	2 - 2	Wolverhampton	No data
April 11, 1959	11/04	BHC	Round 3	England	1 - 0	Scotland	90 Minutes
April 04, 1959	04/04	D1	Round 38	Wolverhampton	3 - 3	Burnley	No data
March 31, 1959	31/03	D1	Round 37	Leeds United	1 - 3	Wolverhampton	No data
March 28, 1959	28/03	D1	Round 36	Preston NE	1 - 2	Wolverhampton	No data
March 21, 1959	21/03	D1	Round 34	Wolverhampton	5 - 2	WBA	No data
March 14, 1959	14/03	D1	Round 33	Birmingham	0 - 3	Wolverhampton	No data
March 07, 1959	07/03	D1	Round 32	Wolverhampton	6 - 1	Arsenal	90 Minutes
March 02, 1959	02/03	D1	Round 29	Wolverhampton	1 - 1	Tottenham	90 Minutes
February 28, 1959	28/02	D1	Round 31	Man City	1 - 4	Wolverhampton	90 Minutes
February 21, 1959	21/02	D1	Round 30	Man United	2 - 1	Wolverhampton	No data
February 14, 1959	14/02	D1	Round 35	Wolverhampton	6 - 2	Leeds United	90 Minutes
February 07, 1959	07/02	D1	Round 28	Newcastle	3 - 4	Wolverhampton	No data
January 31, 1959	31/01	D1	Round 27	Wolverhampton	5 - 0	Blackburn	No data
January 24, 1959	24/01	FAC	Round of 32	Wolverhampton	1 - 2	Bolton	No data
January 10, 1959	10/01	FAC	3rd round	Barrow	2 - 4	Wolverhampton	No data
January 03, 1959	03/01	D1	Round 25	Wolverhampton	1 - 2	Chelsea	No data
December 27, 1958	27/12	D1	Round 24	Wolverhampton	7 - 0	Portsmouth	No data
December 26, 1958	26/12	D1	Round 23	Portsmouth	3 - 5	Wolverhampton	No data
December 20, 1958	20/12	D1	Round 22	Nottingham	1 - 3	Wolverhampton	No data
December 13, 1958	13/12	D1	Round 21	Leicester	1 - 0	Wolverhampton	No data
December 06, 1958	06/12	D1	Round 20	Wolverhampton	1 - 0	Everton	90 Minutes
November 29, 1958	29/11	D1	Round 19	Luton Town	0 - 1	Wolverhampton	No data
November 26, 1958	26/11	BHC	Round 2	England	2 - 2	Wales	90 Minutes
November 22, 1958	22/11	D1	Round 18	Wolverhampton	1 - 2	Bolton	No data
November 18, 1958	18/11	C1LC	Round of 16	Schalke 04	2 - 1	Wolverhampton	90 Minutes
November 15, 1958	15/11	D1	Round 17	Burnley	0 - 2	Wolverhampton	No data
November 12, 1958	12/11	C1LC	Round of 16	Wolverhampton	2 - 2	Schalke 04	90 Minutes
November 08, 1958	08/11	D1	Round 16	Wolverhampton	2 - 0	Preston NE	No data
November 01, 1958	01/11	D1	Round 15	WBA	2 - 1	Wolverhampton	No data
October 25, 1958	25/10	D1	Round 14	Wolverhampton	3 - 1	Birmingham	No data
October 22, 1958	22/10	F	Europe	England	5 - 0	Soviet Union	90 Minutes
October 18, 1958	18/10	D1	Round 13	Arsenal	1 - 1	Wolverhampton	90 Minutes
October 11, 1958	11/10	D1	Round 12	Wolverhampton	2 - 0	Man City	90 Minutes
October 06, 1958	06/10	CS	Final	Bolton	4 - 1	Wolverhampton	90 Minutes
October 04, 1958	04/10	D1	Round 11	Wolverhampton	4 - 0	Man United	No data
October 04, 1958	04/10	BHC	Round 1	N. Ireland	3 - 3	England	90 Minutes
September 27, 1958	27/09	D1	Round 10	Tottenham	2 - 1	Wolverhampton	90 Minutes
September 20, 1958	20/09	D1	Round 9	Wolverhampton	1 - 3	Newcastle	90 Minutes
September 17, 1958	17/09	D1	Round 8	Wolverhampton	4 - 0	Aston Villa	90 Minutes
September 13, 1958	13/09	D1	Round 7	Blackburn	1 - 2	Wolverhampton	90 Minutes
September 08, 1958	08/09	D1	Round 6	Aston Villa	1 - 3	Wolverhampton	90 Minutes
September 06, 1958	06/09	D1	Round 5	Wolverhampton	2 - 0	Blackpool	90 Minutes
September 03, 1958	03/09	D1	Round 4	Wolverhampton	1 - 1	West Ham	90 Minutes
August 30, 1958	30/08	D1	Round 3	Chelsea	6 - 2	Wolverhampton	90 Minutes
August 25, 1958	25/08	D1	Round 2	West Ham	2 - 0	Wolverhampton	90 Minutes
August 23, 1958	23/08	D1	Round 1	Wolverhampton	5 - 1	Nottingham	90 Minutes

First XI

On the bench

Absent

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