Kenneth Wright (born 1 August 1985) is a Scottish

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who plays as a striker for Thorniewood United in the Scottish Junior Football Association, West Region. He has previously played in the

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for

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Career

Wright started his career at local professional club

in 2002. At the time, the SPL club were giving a lot of young players an opportunity due to

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, forcing a number of cuts. This meant Wright would be one of the fortunate youth players given their chance. However, due to injury, Wright was never able to show the goal-scoring ability that he undoubtedly had, and he was released by the

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club at the end of the 2005-06 season. Wright made just 46 League appearances, scoring three goals (the winning goal against

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). On his release from Motherwell, Wright spent three seasons at lower league level, playing for

Stranraer Stranraer ( , in Scotland also ; ), also known as The Toon or The Cleyhole, is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, on Loch Ryan and the northern side of the isthmus joining the Rhins of Galloway to the mainland. Stranraer is Dumfries ...

, Albion Rovers,

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, and Elgin City. After a spell playing amateur football in Lanarkshire, latterly with Eddlewood AFC, he joined Forth Wanderers in 2011. Wright had brief spells at Carluke Rovers and Shotts Bon Accord before re-signing for Forth in November 2012 Wright left Forth to return to amateur level with Blantyre Celtic but stepped up to join Thorniewood United in the summer of 2014.

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