Wes Morgan

Wes Morgan
Wes Morgan (2013)
Personnel
Surname	Westley Nathan Morgan
birthday	January 21, 1984
place of birth	Nottingham ,  England
size	188 cm
position	Central defender
Juniors
Years	station
1995-1999	Notts County
1999-2002	Nottingham Forest
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
2002–2012	Nottingham Forest	352 (12)
2003	→  Kidderminster Harriers  (loan)	5 0(1)
2012–	Leicester City	258 0(9)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals) 2
2013-2016	Jamaica	30 0(0)
1 Only league games are given. As of January 23, 2019 2 As of September 6, 2016

Wesley Nathan "Wes" Morgan (born January 21, 1984 in Nottingham ) is an English - Jamaican football player who has been under contract with Leicester City since 2012 .

Club career

Nottingham Forest (2002-2012)

After Wes Morgan was sorted out at Notts County's youth academy at the age of 15 , he moved to rivals Nottingham Forest . There he was able to convince the club management of his abilities and in 2002 he signed a professional contract with Forest. From February to May 2003 was on loan to Kidderminster Harriers . In the fourth highest English division, he came on 5 missions in which he scored a goal against Cambridge United .

In August 2003, Morgan made his debut for Nottingham against Port Vale at the age of 19 . During the season he was used regularly and had the privilege to play alongside defender legend Des Walker . In the Football League Championship 2004/05 Morgan had to see the bitterest moment for Forest in a long time - the relegation to the third-rate Football League One .

The third year in the new league finally brought Wes Morgan and his team a return to the Football League Championship . Nottingham Forest managed to stay clean in 24 games, which was a new league record. After a hard-fought relegation in 2008/09 , Morgan advanced to become a regular in the 2009/10 season and completed 44 league games. On the 16th matchday he scored his first goal of the season at the home game at the City Ground in front of 21,467 spectators against Bristol City . He scored a total of three league goals. Nottingham Forest reached a very good third place in the table behind Newcastle United and West Bromwich Albion at the end of the season and thus narrowly missed direct promotion to the Premier League . In the first play-off round, Morgan failed with his team in two games at the later promoted Blackpool FC .

Forest also reached the play-off semi-finals in the Football League Championship 2010/11 . As sixth in the table, Wes Morgan's team (46 games / 1 goal) met third Swansea City and after two games (0: 0/1: 3) again missed the play-off final. Morgan was named PFA Team of the Year of the second division due to his strong defensive performance at the end of the season .

Leicester City (2012-)

On January 30, 2012, Wes Morgan moved to league rivals Leicester City and signed a contract with a term of two and a half years. For the 2015/16 season Morgan was appointed team captain and became English champions with the club. In July 2016, Morgan extended his contract to 2019.

National team

Morgan was nominated for the first time on September 1, 2013 for the Jamaican national soccer team . He made his debut on September 7, 2013 in a game against Panama .

successes

• English champion : 2015/16

Web links

• Wes Morgan in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
• Profile page at Nottingham Forest
• Wes Morgan in the soccerbase.com database
• Data of the individual seasons

Individual evidence

1. ^ Election to the PFA Team of the Year Article from April 20, 2011 at bbc.co.uk
2. ↑ Leicester sign Wes Morgan from Nottingham Forest (BBC Sport)