Here we find ourselves discussing the often-less-sung hero of the football pitch, the goalkeeper - an unenviable role, smirked at vaguely by the ones preferring the glory of scoring rather than the art of saving. The subject? Kieran Wright, a Scotland native, born on the 4th January 2000, currently at the ripe age of 26.
Currently, this 6ft 2in (1.89m) towering lad finds himself holding fort at Rangers. Weighing in at 13st 3lb (84kg) with jersey number 32 draped over his broad shoulders, it's no wonder that goals seem to shy away from the Rangers' net.
A fascinating tidbit would be his market value - an astounding £43k thrown into the pit by, what we can only assume to be overly excited or perhaps slightly deluded talent scouts. The source of this staggering number? Transfermarkt.
Once a fresh-faced trainee initiated into the mystery of the Premiership in July 2016, Wright must have marvelled at his fortune. Despite the universally acknowledged hardships that life at Rangers entails, the cocky young man made a beeline for the goal post. Desperate to succeed? Or a glutton for punishment? One can't really tell.
Life at Rangers, however, didn't seem to be all rainbows and field goals for Wright. His stint there was marred by multiple transfers on loan - from Albion Rovers to Raith Rovers, Alloa Athletic to Partick Thistle. One wonders if it was more of an endurance test for the stacks of loan agreement paperwork than for Wright himself.
His seemingly endless sabbatical toured the Scottish landscapes - Dumbarton, Livingston, Airdrieonians - before he found himself back where he started, at a Rangers bench warmer once more.
In a rather ironic turn of events, despite a secure spot at Rangers, Wright has made no first team appearances in the current season. Is Rangers just too smitten to let him go, or is it an issue of logistics - perhaps they've mislaid his contract amongst the mountains of loan agreements?
