Aaron Morris (footballer)

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Aaron Morris
Personal information
Full name Aaron John Morris[1]
Date of birth (1989-12-30) 30 December 1989 (age 34)[1]
Place of birth Rumney, Cardiff, Wales
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Position(s) Defender / Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Gillingham
Number 15
Youth career
0000–2008 Cardiff City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 Cardiff City 1 (0)
2009–2010 → Newport County (loan) 5 (0)
2010–2013 Aldershot Town 98 (2)
2014 AFC Wimbledon 17 (0)
2014– Gillingham 58 (0)
International career
2009–2010 Wales U21 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 April 2016 (UTC)

Aaron John Morris (born 30 December 1989) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a defender for League One club Gillingham. He can also play as a midfielder and has represented the Wales national under-21 team.

Club career

Cardiff City

Morris was born in Rumney, Cardiff.[1]

Joining Cardiff City as a youth player, he 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 League 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.

Aldershot Town

Following his release, Morris spent time on trial with Brighton & Hove Albion and Exeter City before joining 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. In his first season at Aldershot, Morris made 25 appearances in all competitions.[8] The following season he was a regular face in the first team squad, playing 45 games in all competitions[9] and scoring his first career goal in a 1–0 victory at Macclesfield Town on 18 February 2012.[10] He scored his second career goal less than a month later on 13 March 2012, scoring after 4 minutes to give Aldershot a 1–0 lead at Crawley Town in a game that ended 2–2.[11] Morris's third season at Aldershot was also his final season with the club, he was everpresent in the side, making 44 appearances, before suffering cruciate ligament damage in the 18th minute of a 3–2 victory over Oxford United[12] that ended his season.[13] He was released at the end of the season as his contract with Aldershot expired and the club was relegated from The Football League.[14]

AFC Wimbledon

Morris once again linked up with Neal Ardley, who brought him through the ranks at Cardiff City, by signing for AFC Wimbledon on 10 January 2014.[15] On the transfer, Ardley stated "I would have signed Aaron in the summer if he was not injured, Aaron can play in a number of positions, but he can be a very good centre-back in my eyes".[14] Morris later tweeted "Been a tough road back but delighted to be back on track and to have signed at AFC Wimbledon, good things to come I'm sure".[14]

Gillingham

Following the 2013-14 season, he signed for Gillingham.[16]

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.[17] He received his first call-up to the Wales U21 side in February 2009,[18] 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.[19]

Career statistics

As of match played 26 December 2015.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Cardiff City 2008–09[20] Championship 0 0 0 0 1 0 — 1 0
2009–10[21] Championship 1 0 0 0 0 0 — 1 0
Total 1 0 0 0 1 0 — 2 0
Newport County (loan) 2009–10[22] Conference South 5 0 — — 2[lower-alpha 1] 0 7 0
Aldershot Town 2010–11[8] League Two 22 0 2 0 0 0 1[lower-alpha 2] 0 25 0
2011–12[9] League Two 39 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 45 2
2012–13[23] League Two 37 0 4 0 1 0 2[lower-alpha 2] 0 44 0
Total 98 2 8 0 5 0 3 0 114 2
AFC Wimbledon 2013–14[24] League Two 17 0 — — — 17 0
Gillingham 2014–15[25] League One 23 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 25 1
2015–16[26] League One 15 0 0 0 1 0 1[lower-alpha 2] 0 17 0
Total 38 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 42 1
Career total 159 2 8 0 9 1 6 0 182 3
  1. ↑ Appearance in FA Trophy
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy

References

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