Kieron Morris

Kieron Morris
Personal information
Full name Kieron Morris[1]
Date of birth (1994-06-03) 3 June 1994[2]
Place of birth Hereford, England
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Walsall
Number 8
Youth career
Leominster Minors
Hereford United
→ Manchester United
Walsall
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013– Walsall 133 (14)
2013 → Worcester City (loan) 8 (1)
2013–2014 → Leamington (loan) 4 (0)
2015 → Wrexham (loan) 9 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:27, 5 October 2018 (UTC)

Kieron Morris (born 3 June 1994) is an English footballer who plays for Walsall.

Career

Morris was born in Hereford and grew up in Leominster, Herefordshire. Part of the Hereford United Centre of Excellence, he played youth football for local club Leominster Minors before being spotted by Manchester United's scouting network. Morris trialled with Manchester United frequently over a few years, but a contract offer never materialised. He eventually began his career with Walsall and made his professional debut on 28 August 2013 in a 3–1 defeat against Stoke City in the Football League Cup.[3]

During the 2012–13 season Morris spent time on loan at Conference North club Worcester City, making eight appearances and scoring one goal, and the following season he had a loan spell at Leamington, where he played four league games.[4] In January 2014 Morris, along with fellow Walsall youth prospects Matt Preston and Danny Griffiths joined up with Icelandic side ÍBV—managed by former Walsall player Sigurður Ragnar Eyjólfsson—on trial.[5] All three played in a 2–1 loss against Stjarnan in a pre-season tournament, but were not taken on by ÍBV and subsequently returned to Walsall.[6]

Morris joined Wrexham on loan until the end of the season on 30 January 2015.[7] During his loan spell with the Red Dragons, he was impressive as he scored a brace in Wrexham's FA Trophy Semi Final 2nd leg victory over Torquay United on 28 February 2015 as well as the winning goal in the Cross-border derby against Chester on 7 March 2015.

Career statistics

As of match played 15 September 2018
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Walsall 2012–13[8] League One 0000000000
2013–14[9] League One 2000100030
2014–15[10] League One 142001100153
2015–16[11] League One 33340302[lower-alpha 1]0423
2016–17[12] League One 35500101[lower-alpha 2]1376
2017–18[13] League One 42310104[lower-alpha 2]0483
2018–19[14] League One 7100211[lower-alpha 2]1103
Total 1331450928215518
Worcester City (loan) 2012–13[15] Conference North 8100—0081
Leamington (loan) 2013–14[15] Conference North 4000—1[lower-alpha 3]050
Wrexham (loan) 2014–15[15] Conference Premier 92——4[lower-alpha 3]2134
Career total 15417509213418123
  1. ↑ One appearance in Football League Trophy, one in League One play-offs
  2. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
  3. 1 2 Appearance(s) in FA Trophy

References

  1. ↑ "Professional retain lists & free transfers 2012/13" (PDF). The Football League. May 2013. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Amadou Bakayoko". 11v11. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "Stoke 3-1 Walsall". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
  4. ↑ "K. Morris". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  5. ↑ Magnús Már Einarsson (8 January 2014). "Þrír frá Walsall með ÍBV í Fótbolta.net mótinu" [Three from Walsall with ÍBV in Fótbolti.net tournament] (in Icelandic). Fótbolti.net. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  6. ↑ Hafliði Breiðfjörð (11 January 2014). "Siggi Raggi: Möguleiki að skoða fleiri leikmenn Walsall" [Siggi Raggi: A possibility of taking a look at more Walsall players] (in Icelandic). Fótbolti.net. Retrieved 1 June 2014.
  7. ↑ "MORRIS HEADS OUT ON LOAN". Walsall FC. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "Games played by Kieron Morris in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  9. ↑ "Games played by Kieron Morris in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  10. ↑ "Games played by Kieron Morris in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  11. ↑ "Games played by Kieron Morris in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  12. ↑ "Games played by Kieron Morris in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  13. ↑ "Games played by Kieron Morris in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  14. ↑ "Games played by Kieron Morris in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
  15. 1 2 3 "England – K. Morris – Profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
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