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Clinton Morrison
Personal information
Full name Clinton Hubert Morrison
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Sheffield Wednesday
Number 30
Youth career
1996–1998 Crystal Palace
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2002 Crystal Palace 157 (61)
2002–2005 Birmingham City 87 (14)
2005–2008 Crystal Palace 124 (41)
2008–2010 Coventry City 91 (21)
2010– Sheffield Wednesday 19 (5)
International career‡
2000 Republic of Ireland U21 2 (0)
2001– Republic of Ireland 36 (9)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10:56, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:26, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

Clinton Hubert Morrison (born 14 May 1979) is an English-born professional footballer who plays for Sheffield Wednesday. Morrison, a forward, plays international football for Ireland due to his grandmother being from Dublin.

Club career

First spell at Crystal Palace

Morrison, initially made his name as a player for Crystal Palace, making his debut on 10 May 1998 as an 82nd minute substitute for team-mate Neil Shipperley, capping his performance with an injury-time winner over opponents Sheffield Wednesday. The next season (1998–99, his first full year-long tenure at the club) was packed with 13 goals, turning Morrison into a light among the darkness for a team who were struggling both on and off the pitch. Whilst Palace were in administration Morrison agreed to play for the club for free.

14 goals during 1999–2000 continued this reputation, as he played more than 30 games, and scored 14 goals, including his only brace of the season at Swindon Town.

His 2000–01 season gave him 14 goals but he really made a mark the following year with 26 goals, and a move to Premier league side Birmingham City capped his season perfectly.

Birmingham City

With a tricky relationship becoming clear between Morrison and Trevor Francis, then Palace manager, it was Birmingham City who fought and won his signature, for £4.25m, in exchange for Andrew Johnson. However, Morrison struggled somewhat more in the top league, scoring only six goals in his first, and four goals in his second season. However, following a spell on the sidelines with injury, during the 2004–05 season he began to form a decent partnership with striker Emile Heskey.

Return to Palace

Due to pressure for first team places Morrison left Birmingham on 24 August 2005. Palace agreed a £2m fee for the 26-year-old, who was also linked with Norwich City and Southampton. He claimed that a large part of his decision to return (besides his love for the club) was, ironically, due to being able to play alongside Andrew Johnson, the man Birmingham had originally swapped to get Morrison.[citation needed]

Morrison had a successful first season back at Palace, alternating with former strike-partner Dougie Freedman in playing alongside Johnson, scoring 13 goals in 33 starts and 8 substitute appearances.

In season 2007–08, Morrison started the season brightly scoring twice in the first three games, taking himself to 99 goals in his Palace career, however the 100th goal became an albatross round his neck, and manager Peter Taylor dropped him from the starting line up for several games. It was under new manager Neil Warnock that Morrison eventually grabbed his 100th Crystal Palace goal in the London derby against Queens Park Rangers (a club he has a knack for scoring against)[citation needed] on 10 November 2007, with an 88th minute equaliser, making him the 8th player in the club's history to reach this milestone. He was given a Special Achievement Award to mark this feat at the end of the season's "Player of the Year" ceremony.

After breaking the 100th goal deadlock, Morrison hit a purple patch of scoring, and he finished his Palace career with 113 goals in all competitions for the club, the fifth-highest of any player in the club's history.

This was Morrison's last season at Palace, with his contract expiring at the end of the season. Morrison wanted to stay at Palace but manager Neil Warnock said that Morrison would have to fight for his place in the starting line-up. Morrison then took a higher wage offer to move to Coventry City.

Coventry City

In July 2008 Morrison trained with Coventry City and accompanied them on their pre-season tour of Switzerland.[1] He signed a two-year deal with the club on 7 August 2008.[2] He wore the number 19 shirt during the 2008/09 season with a plus sign between the 1 and 9 (appearing on the back of his shirt as 1+9).[citation needed] The reason for this being that 1+9 equals 10, which was the number Morrison played with whilst at Palace.[citation needed] He changed to wearing number 11 for 2009/10.

At the end of the 2009–10 Coventry City told Morrison he was surplus to requirements and he was subsequently released.[3]

Sheffield Wednesday

In July 2010, Morrison signed a two-year contract with Sheffield Wednesday, newly relegated to League One.[4] He scored on his league debut for the Owls in a 2–0 win over Dagenham & Redbridge.[citation needed]

International career

Apart from England, the country of his birth, Morrison was also eligible to represent Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and the Republic of Ireland. He chose to play for Ireland, qualifying for that country because his grandmother was from Dublin.[5]

Morrison made his debut for Ireland in a 2–2 draw on 15 August 2001 against Croatia; he entered the game as a 52nd-minute substitute and scored the second Ireland goal.[6] He also travelled to the 2002 World Cup, but did not play.[7]

Morrison's international career began to gain momentum during his time at Birmingham City. He scored his first competitive international goal in a 4–2 European Championship qualifying defeat to Russia in Moscow in September 2002.[8] Morrison later became a key part of the side as the Republic competed for a place at World Cup 2006. He scored three goals in the qualifying campaign, but Brian Kerr's side finished fourth in a tight group that included Switzerland, France and Israel.[8][9]

Despite scoring in 11 out of 14 games for Palace, and calls from many supporters to recall him,[citation needed] he was not called into the Ireland squad to face Brazil in a friendly in February 2008. However, his continued good form with Palace led to him being recognised by Ireland coach Giovanni Trapattoni in his first provisional 40-man squad, though he did not make it to the 28-man squad.[10][11]

Club career statistics

(correct as of 12 December 2010)
Club Season League Cup[12] Play-offs Europe Total
Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists
Crystal Palace 1997–98 1 1 0 - - - - - - - - - 1 1 0
1998–99 37 12 ? 4 1 ? - - - - - - 41 13 -
1999–00 29 13 - 4 2 - - - - - - - 33 15 -
2000–01 45 14 - 11 5 - - - - - - - 56 19 -
2001–02 45 22 0 4 2 0 - - - - - - 49 24 0
Total 1997–2002 157 62 0 23 10 0 - - - - - - 180 72 0
Birmingham 2002–03 28 6 2 2 0 0 - - - - - - 30 6 2
2003–04 32 4 5 5 1 0 - - - - - - 37 5 5
2004–05 26 4 3 3 1 0 - - - - - - 29 5 3
2005–06 1 0 0 - - - - - - - - - 1 0 0
Total 2002–06 87 14 10 10 2 0 - - - - - - 97 16 10
Crystal Palace 2005–06 39 13 5 2 0 0 - - - - - - 41 13 5
2006–07 41 12 1 3 0 0 - - - - - - 44 12 1
2007–08 43 16 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 - - - 47 16 5
Total 2005–08 123 41 11 7 0 0 - - - - - - 130 41 10
Coventry 2008–09 45 10 4 7 2 0 - - - - - - 52 12 4
2009–10 45 10 1 3 0 0 - - - - - - 48 10 1
Total 2008–10 91 21 5 10 2 0 - - - - - - 101 23 10
Sheffield Wednesday 2010–11 19 5 2 7 2 3 - - - - - - 26 7 5
Career totals 477 143 28 57 14 3 2 0 0 - - - 523 157 29

International statistics

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Scores and results list Ireland's goal tally first.
Date Venue Opponent Result Competition Scored (Tally)
15 August 2001 Lansdowne Road, Dublin  Croatia 2–2 Friendly Match 1 (1)
27 March 2002 Lansdowne Road, Dublin  Denmark 3–0 Friendly Match 1 (2)
7 September 2002 Dinamo Stadium, Moscow  Russia 2–4 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying 1 (3)
12 February 2003 Hampden Park, Glasgow  Scotland 2–0 Friendly Match 1 (4)
19 August 2003 Lansdowne Road, Dublin  Australia 2–1 Friendly match 1 (5)
4 September 2004 Lansdowne Road, Dublin  Cyprus 3–0 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification 1 (6)
8 September 2004 St. Jakob Park, Basel   Switzerland 1–1 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification 1 (7)
26 March 2005 Ramat Gan Stadium, Ramat Gan  Israel 1–1 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification 1 (8)
29 March 2005 Lansdowne Road, Dublin  China 1–0 Friendly match 1 (9)

References

  1. ^ "Clinton Morrison's run-out in Coventry City friendly". Coventry Telegraph. 16 July 2008.
  2. ^ "Sky Blues sign Morrison". Coventry City FC. 7 August 2008.
  3. ^ "Coventry City not offering Clinton Morrison a new contract". Coventry Telegraph. 1 June 2010. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
  4. ^ "Sheffield Wednesday pull off Clinton Morrison coup". BBC Sport. 12 July 2010. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
  5. ^ Duffy, Shane (1 June 2001). "Morrison fails to inspire win on Irish debut". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 3 November 2010.
  6. ^ Pierce, Bill (16 August 2001). "Republic stunned by Suker's late strike". The Independent. Retrieved 3 November 2010.
  7. ^ Manaschev, Erlan (3 July 2008). "World Cup 2002 – Match Details". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved 3 November 2010.
  8. ^ a b "International Mens Statistics: Clinton Morrison". SoccerScene. Retrieved 3 November 2010.
  9. ^ "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany Preliminaries: Results, European Zone". FIFA. Retrieved 3 November 2010.
  10. ^ Sadlier, Richard (13 April 2008). "Stuck in the wilderness". Irish Independent. Retrieved 3 November 2010.
  11. ^ Moody, Graham (15 May 2008). "Scannell named in Ireland squad". Croydon Guardian. Retrieved 3 November 2010.
  12. ^ Includes FA Cup, League Cup and FA Community Shield
  13. ^ http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=3342

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