Aaron Morris
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Aaron John Morris[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 30 December 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Rumney, Cardiff, Wales | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender, Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Aldershot Town | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Cardiff City | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2007–2010 | Cardiff City | 1 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | → Newport County (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2010– | Aldershot Town | 46 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2009– | Wales U21 | 8 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:22, 25 February 2012 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Aaron John Morris (born 30 December 1989 in Cardiff) is a Welsh professional footballer currently playing for Aldershot Town. He is also a Wales under-21 international.
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[edit] Club career
[edit] Cardiff City
Joining Cardiff City as a youth player, Morris made his first-team debut in a 1-0 victory over Welshpool Town on 23 January 2007 in the FAW Premier Cup and went on to play in the semi-final penalty shoot-out defeat to Newport County three weeks later. The FAW Premier Cup matches would be the only matches he played for the first team during the 2007-08 season.
The start of the 2008-09 season saw Morris handed a full first-team squad number for the first time. In August 2008 Morris was set to join Bournemouth on loan, along with fellow Cardiff player Jonathan Brown. The move fell through later after both clubs overlooked the fact that Morris was still only an academy scholar at Cardiff and was ineligible to be loaned out.[2] On 26 August 2008, Morris came on as a substitute during Cardiff's 2-1 Carling Cup victory over Milton Keynes Dons after Darcy Blake suffered a hamstring injury.[3]
In December 2009 Morris joined Conference South leaders Newport County initially on a one-month loan arrangement,[4] making his debut in a 3–0 win over Dorchester Town on 28 December.[5] His loan period at Newport concluded 29 February 2010. After returning to Cardiff, Morris made his league debut for the club in the final league game of the 2009–10 season as a substitute in place of Solomon Taiwo during a 2–0 defeat to Derby County.[6] At the end of the 2009-10 season Morris was released by Cardiff, having played 4 games for the club.
[edit] Aldershot Town
Following his release, Morris spent time on trial with Brighton & Hove Albion and Exeter City before joining Football League Two side Aldershot Town on 30 July.[7] In his first start, Morris was named sponsors Man of the Match following a 0–0 draw with Wycombe Wanderers on 18 September 2010.
[edit] International career
In June 2008, Morris was named as a stand-by player for the U19 squad for the Milk Cup tournament held in Northern Ireland.[8] He received his first call-up to the Wales U21 side in February 2009,[9] but the scheduled match against Northern Ireland U21's was called off due to adverse weather. Morris received his second call-up a month later for the qualifying matches against Luxembourg, being handed his first cap in the second meeting of the two sides when he played a full 90 minutes in a 5-1 win.[10]
[edit] Personal life
He has three siblings, a younger sister, and two younger brothers - Sam and Joe.
[edit] Club statistics
As of 2 May 2010
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | App | Goals | ||
| Cardiff City | 2007-08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2008-09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2009-10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Subtotal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Newport County (loan) | 2009-10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
[edit] References
- ^ "Search 1984 to 2006 – Birth, Marriage and Death indexes". Findmypast.com. http://www.findmypast.com/post84BMDSearchStart.action?redef=0&searchType=B. Retrieved 2009-06-16.
- ^ "Cardiff link up hits buffers". Vitalfootball.co.uk. http://www.bournemouth.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=121037. Retrieved 2008-09-03.
- ^ "Cardiff 2-1 MK Dons". BBC Sport. 2008-08-26. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/7576355.stm. Retrieved 2008-09-03.
- ^ "Deano's triple swoop". South Wales Argus. 2009-12-23. http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/sport/football/newportcounty/4818304.Deano_s_triple_swoop/. Retrieved 2009-12-23.
- ^ "Newport County 3-0 Dorchester Town". dorchestertownfc.co.uk. 2009-12-28. http://www.dorchestertownfc.co.uk/season/200910/reports/newportco-a-bss.shtml. Retrieved 2009-12-28.
- ^ "Derby 2-0 Cardiff". BBC Sport. 2010-05-02. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/8644971.stm. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
- ^ "Aldershot manager Dillon completes quadruple signing". BBC Sport. 2010-07-30. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/aldershot/8872340.stm. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
- ^ "City duo in young Wales squad". South Wales Echo. 2008-05-19. http://www.walesonline.co.uk/footballnation/football-in-wales/2008/06/19/city-duo-in-young-wales-squad-91466-21105230/. Retrieved 2008-09-03.
- ^ "Wales squad changes". faw.org.uk. 2009-02-06. http://www.faw.org.uk/news/1262. Retrieved 2009-02-14.
- ^ "Wales U21 5-1 Luxembourg U21". BBC Sport. 2009-03-31. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/7972999.stm. Retrieved 2009-03-31.
[edit] External links
- Aaron Morris career stats at Soccerbase
- Profile at the official Aldershot Town website
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