Owen Morrison

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Owen Morrison
Personal information
Date of birth 8 December 1981 (1981-12-08) (age 26)
Place of birth    Derry, Northern Ireland
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current club Derry City
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1997–1998
1998–2003
2002
2003
2003–2004
2004–2006
2006–2008
2008–		 Derry City
Sheffield Wednesday
→ Hull City (loan)
Sheffield United
Stockport County
Bradford City
Dunfermline Athletic
Derry City		 03 (0)
55 (8)
02 (0)
08 (0)
23 (1)
36 (2)
34 (2)
00 (0)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 15:22, 25 January 2007 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Owen Morrison (born 8 December 1981 in Derry) is a Northern Irish professional footballer who plays for League of Ireland side Derry City.

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[edit] Career

After playing as a youth with Derry City FC in the League of Ireland, he began his senior career with Sheffield Wednesday during which he had a loan spell with Hull City. After 55 league appearances and 8 goals in just under 5 seasons with the club he joined Sheffield Wednesday rivals Sheffield United in 2003.[1] He departed Sheffield United just five months later after refusing to sign a new contract after playing only 8 league matches and joined Stockport County.[2]

He left Stockport after just over a year and joined Bradford City after an initial loan period.[3] However, Morrison fell out of manager Colin Todd's plans and made only 32 league appearances for the club before being sacked in May 2006 due to breaches of discipline[4] Morrison joined Dunfermline in July 2006 after a successful trial[5] and scored his first goal for the club in a 1–1 draw with Rangers in August 2006[6]

He has been capped by Northern Ireland at Under-21 level and was last called up to the senior team in 2001[5] but was not capped.

Morrison completed a week-long trial with Chinese side Qingdao Zhongneng in February 2007 and was offered a contract.[7] The move was cancelled and Morrison was initially offered a new one year extension but rejected this.[8] Morrison signed a new contract extension with The Pars a month later.[9]

After almost two years with the Pars, Morrison was returned to Derry City by manager Stephen Kenny, whom he played under while at Dunfermline.[10]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Blades swoop to capture Morrison", BBC South Yorkshire, 21 February, 2003. 
  2. ^ "Morrison signs for Stockport", BBC Sport website, 22 July, 2003. 
  3. ^ "Morrison signs Bradford contract", BBC Sport website, 20 December, 2004. 
  4. ^ "Morrison sacked by Bradford boss", BBC Sport website, 11 May 2006. 
  5. ^ a b "Pars sign Morrison and De Vries", BBC Sport website, 21 July 2006. 
  6. ^ "Dunfermline Ath 1-1 Rangers", BBC Sport website, 13 August 2006. 
  7. ^ "Morrison hoping for China switch", BBC Sport website, 10 February 2007. 
  8. ^ "Morrison clan split at East End", BBC Sport website, 7 June 2007. 
  9. ^ "Morrison stays on at Dunfermline", BBC Sport website, 5 July 2007. 
  10. ^ Morrison added to squad. Retrieved on February 14, 2008.

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