Ian_Morris_(footballer)
Ian Morris (footballer)
Irish footballer and manager
Ian Morris (born 27 February 1987) is an Irish football manager and former player.
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Morris playing for Northampton Town in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ian Morris | ||
| Date of birth | (1987-02-27) 27 February 1987 (age 37) | ||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Lourdes Celtic | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2006 | Leeds United | 0 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | → Blackpool (loan) | 30 | (3) |
| 2006–2011 | Scunthorpe United | 76 | (7) |
| 2009 | → Carlisle United (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | → Chesterfield (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | → Chesterfield (loan) | 19 | (1) |
| 2011–2013 | Torquay United | 50 | (3) |
| 2013–2015 | Northampton Town | 35 | (3) |
| 2015 | St Patrick's Athletic | 7 | (0) |
| 2016 | Glenavon | 2 | (0) |
| 2016–2018 | Bohemians | 67 | (2) |
| Total | 299 | (19) | |
| International career | |||
| Republic of Ireland U19 | 10 | (3) | |
| 2007 | Republic of Ireland U21 | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2019–2021 | Shelbourne | ||
| 2022 | Waterford | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Dublin-born Morris came through the youth ranks at Leeds United. After being on the fringes of the first-team squad, he spent the majority of the 2005–06 season on loan at Blackpool, for whom he scored three goals in 30 appearances before returning to Leeds United, where he was a reserve team player, usually playing as a left-sided midfielder or striker.
Morris had two loan spells with Chesterfield during the 2009–10 season. In July 2010, he signed a year-long loan deal to return to the Spireites for the 2010–11 campaign.[1] Morris played 21 games in the 2010–11 season which saw Chesterfield win the Football League Two title.
On 18 July 2011, Morris signed for Torquay United on a two-year deal.[2] He made his debut for the club in the 2–2 draw with Burton Albion on the opening day of the 2011–12 season.
Morris signed for Northampton Town on 26 June 2013.[3]
On 23 July 2015, Morris returned home to Dublin and signed for League of Ireland club St Patrick's Athletic.[4] He made his debut the next day, in a 3–0 win away to Sligo Rovers. Morris scored the winning penalty in a 4–2 penalty shoot-out win against Dublin rivals Shamrock Rovers, to put Pats' into the 2015 League of Ireland Cup Final.[5] On 5 March 2016, it was announced Morris had joined NIFL Premiership side Glenavon
However, in May 2016, Morris took a position with League of Ireland side Bohemians as their Youth Development Officer, and on 5 July signed as a player for the club, and was due to join the squad immediately.[6] Morris made his first team debut for the club on 9 July in a mid-season friendly at home to Portsmouth.
Playing career
Chesterfield
St Patrick's Athletic
Bohemians
Managerial career
Shelbourne
Managerial statistics
- As of 21 April 2022
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Shelbourne | 6 November 2018 | 30 October 2021 | 79 | 42 | 16 | 21 | 053.2 |
| Waterford | 22 December 2021 | 20 April 2022 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 036.4 |
| Total | 90 | 46 | 18 | 26 | 051.1 | ||
- "Chesterfield sign Scunthorpe's Ian Morris on loan". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 15 July 2010. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
- "Torquay United sign ex-Scunthorpe midfielder Ian Morris". BBC Sport. 18 July 2011. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
- "Northampton Town: Ian Morris signs as Guttridge & Harding leave". BBC Sport. 26 June 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
- "Bohemians sign midfielder Ian Morris". extratime.ie. 5 July 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
- Ian Morris at Soccerbase
