Staff · Unattached

Mark Wright

Born 1 Aug 1963 · Wallingford (age 59)

Personality calc

  • Balanced

Record at game start, 1 Jul 2023

Current ability
65 of 200
Best job (calc)
112 Director of football
World reputation
2,5000 / 5 calc
Current reputation
3,900
Wage
—
Contract until
—

Tactics

Preferred approach

Playing style
Long
Pressing style
Balanced
Mentality
Balanced
Coaching style
—

Tactical tendencies

  • Attacking11
  • Directness20
  • Pressing11
  • Sitting back—
  • Tempo—
  • Width—
  • Depth—
  • Flamboyancy—
  • Flexibility—

Team management

  • Free roles—
  • Marking—
  • Offside trap—
  • Set pieces—
  • Squad rotation9
  • Use of playmaker—
  • Use of substitutes—
  • Dirtiness allowance7

Stored preferences and tactical tendencies. Each tendency uses the game’s 1–20 scale.

Staff attributes

Coaching 12

  • Attacking8
  • Defending13
  • Fitness7
  • Mental—
  • Tactical—
  • Technical—
  • Working with youngsters7
  • GK distribution1
  • GK handling1
  • GK shot stopping1
  • Coaching (general)—
  • Technique (coaching)—

Mental 4

  • Determination14
  • Discipline17
  • Man management11
  • Motivating15

Knowledge 8

  • Judging player ability13
  • Judging player potential7
  • Judging staff ability—
  • Tactical knowledge9
  • Negotiating—
  • Analysing data—
  • Presenting data—
  • Judging team data—

Medical 2

  • Physiotherapy—
  • Injury management—

Board 9

  • Business—
  • Buying players14
  • Hardness of training14
  • Interference16
  • Mind games—
  • Patience5
  • Resources18
  • Versatility—
  • Eccentricity—

Personality 8

  • Adaptability12
  • Ambition14
  • Controversy16
  • Loyalty10
  • Pressure9
  • Professionalism7
  • Sportsmanship7
  • Temperament6

Stored staff attributes, 1–20. A dash means the attribute is not recorded for this person in this build.

Coaching stars (calc)

  • Overall——
  • Quickness3 of 5 stars3
  • Strength3 of 5 stars3
  • GK shot stopping2 of 5 stars2
  • GK handling2 of 5 stars2
  • Defending (tactical)——
  • Defending (technical)——
  • Possession (tactical)——
  • Possession (technical)——
  • Attacking (tactical)——
  • Attacking (technical)——

Calculated by fm-reader per training category, as FM shows them. Missing ratings remain blank.

Job ratings (calc)

JobRatingStars calc Preference
Director of football1122 of 5 stars20
Assistant Manager First Team951.5 of 5 stars16
Manager First Team701 of 5 stars12
Coach First Team621 of 5 stars—
Physio First Team70.5 of 5 stars—
Set Piece Coach (First Team)70.5 of 5 stars—
Fitness Coach First Team60.5 of 5 stars—
Sports Scientist First Team60.5 of 5 stars—
Technical Director60.5 of 5 stars—
Loan Manager60.5 of 5 stars—
Performance Analyst First Team60.5 of 5 stars—
Scout50.5 of 5 stars—
Head of Youth Development50.5 of 5 stars—
Gk Coach First Team30.5 of 5 stars—

Calculated by fm-reader (1–200); preference is the stored 1–20 wish for the job.

Staff profile

Coaching badge
—
Potential ability
105
Best job (calc)
Director of football
Home reputation
2,650
Reputation scope (calc)
Regional
Personality (calc)
Balanced
Media handling (calc)
—

What the best job values

Director of football: stored job weights
AttributeWeight
Judging player ability4
Judging player potential4
Judging staff ability4
Man management4
Negotiating4
Determination2
Motivating2
Tactical knowledge1

The game’s stored attribute weights for the job type of this person’s calculated best job. Weights are 1–10; these are weighting inputs, not attribute or job ratings.

Personal

Full name
Mark Wright
First name
Mark
Last name
Wright
Common name
—
Date of birth
1 Aug 1963 age 59 at game start
Place of birth
Wallingford
Nationality
England
Height
—
Weight
—
Languages
English

Contract

Club
Unattached
Job
—
Contract type
—
Joined club
26 Sep 2017
Contract starts
—
Contract expires
—
Weekly wage
—
Leaves at end of contract
—
Needs work permit
—

Playing career

23
SeasonTeamDivisionAppsGoalsFee
2001 Chester City Vanarama National League 101 Unknown fee
2000 Chester City Vanarama National League 295 Unknown fee
1998 Liverpool Premier League 00 Unknown fee
1997 Liverpool Premier League 60 £0
1996 Liverpool Premier League 330 Unknown fee
1995 Liverpool Premier League 282 Unknown fee
1994 Liverpool Premier League 60 Unknown fee
1993 Liverpool Premier League 311 Unknown fee
1992 Liverpool Premier League 332 Unknown fee
1991 Liverpool Premier League 210 Unknown fee
1990 Derby County Premier League 370 £2,500,000
1989 Derby County Premier League 366 Unknown fee
1988 Derby County Premier League 331 Unknown fee
1987 Derby County Premier League 383 Unknown fee
1987 Southampton Premier League 00 £760,000
1986 Southampton Premier League 301 Unknown fee
1985 Southampton Premier League 333 Unknown fee
1984 Southampton Premier League 360 Unknown fee
1983 Southampton Premier League 291 Unknown fee
1982 Southampton Premier League 392 Unknown fee
1981 Southampton Premier League 30 Unknown fee
1981 Oxford United Player exchange Sky Bet League One 100 Nominal fee
1980 Oxford United Sky Bet League One 00 Unknown fee
Total (site's sum of the stored rows)52123/23 recorded2823/23 recorded

Up to 200 stored seasons. The site's sums cover the displayed rows only; missing appearances and goals are excluded separately.

Honours

WinnerVanarama National League1×2003
WinnerEmirates FA Cup1×1992
Runner-UpEmirates FA Cup1×1996
Runner-UpFA Community Shield1×1992
Runner-UpPremier League1×1984

Grouped by the site from the stored career highlights (winners, runners-up, third place, play-off winners).

International

NationCapsGoalsU21
EnglandDebut 2 May 1984 v Wales4510 / 0

Staff career

7
  1. Southport

    22 May 2017 – 26 Sep 2017

    Assistant Manager First Team

  2. Floriana FC

    1 May 2013 – 8 Apr 2014

    Manager First Team

  3. Chester City

    15 Feb 2006 – 30 Apr 2007

    Manager First Team

  4. Peterborough United

    1 Jun 2005 – 15 Dec 2005

    Manager First Team

  5. Chester City

    1 Jan 2002 – 6 Aug 2004

    Manager First Team

  6. Oxford United

    1 Jun 2001 – 15 Dec 2001

    Manager First Team

  7. Southport

    1 Jul 1999 – 31 May 2001

    Manager First Team

Up to 200 stored career entries. A missing departure date remains unknown.

Career highlights

5

Favourite people

Stephen Vaughan Friend100
Phil Bolland Player75
Paul Carden Player60

Disliked people

Disliked clubs

Favourite clubs

Liverpool Player75
Southampton Player75
Southport Manager60

About this record

  1. calc marks a calculated figure. Position and role ratings, values, personality, job ratings and stars come from fm-reader.
  2. A dash means this build does not store the value. Numeric zero is shown as stored.
  3. Ages, employment and contracts are at game start, 1 Jul 2023.