Jason Morrison (footballer)

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Jason Morrison
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-06-07) 7 June 1984 (age 39)
Place of birth Jamaica
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2000–2002 Village United F.C.
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2002–2004 Village United F.C.
2004–2007 Portmore United 32 (?)
2007–2008 White Star Woluwé 29 (3)
2008–2010 Ferencvárosi 43 (2)
2010 Strømsgodset 10 (0)
2011–2013 Aalesund 67 (1)
2014–2015 Humble Lions F.C 21 (4)
International career
2005– Jamaica 38 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 October 2013
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 December 2012

Jason Morrison (born 7 June 1984) is a retired Jamaican footballer who played as a midfielder. He played over 10 years for Jamaica and clubs in England, Belgium, Hungary and Norway.

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Career

Morrison's first professional club was Village United in the top fight Jamaica National Premier League. He signed for Portmore United in 2004 and formed part of their league and cup winning squad that season. [1] After a successful month-long trial with Sheffield United in December 2006, [2] Morrison was sent to their feeder team, White Star Woluwe in Belgium.

After three years of playing in Belgium, Morrison would have qualified for Belgian nationality and thus be eligible to play in the English league. [3] Morrison was transferred to Hungarian partner club, Ferencvárosi TC, in 2008. In August 2010 Morrison signed with Strømsgodset IF in Norway. He helped Strømsgodset qualify for the 2010 Norwegian Football Cup Final, scoring the first goal in extra time against Odd Grenland in the semi-final.

Morrison signed with Norwegian Tippeligaen side Aalesunds FK in 2011. After he missed the 16 May match against Brann due to shortness of breath, the doctors diagnosed him with blood clot which made him unavailable for the rest of the 2013 season. [4] In July 2013, Aalesund and Morrison agreed mutual termination of his contract that lasted till the end of the 2014 season. [5]

International career

Morrison has been selected in numerous Jamaica squads. [6] Morrison featured in the 2008 Caribbean Championship and 2009 Gold Cup for Jamaica.

Career statistics

As of 9 October 2013 [7]
SeasonClubDivisionLeagueCupTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2010 Strømsgodset Tippeligaen 10031131
2011 Aalesund 23030260
2012 23031261
2013 600060
Career Total62092712

Honours

Jamaica

Club

Portmore United
Ferencvárosi TC
Strømsgodset IF
Aalesunds

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References

  1. Jamaica 2004/05 RSSF; Accessed 25 February 2008
  2. Sheffield United Hand Trials to Portmore United Trio – Promising Youngsters to Spend a Week with Blades Prabu, Niraj; 06-12-20; Accessed 25-02-08
  3. Portmore trio set to join Belgian club Archived 2 April 2007 at the Wayback Machine Hanchel, Andrew; The Jamaican Observer; 06-02-07; Accessed 25-02-08
  4. Rise, Hans-Olav (23 May 2013). "Morrison ute etter blodpropp-funn: – Då dei sa seks månader blei eg veldig trist" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  5. Reite, Terje; Riise, Ivar Lid (12 July 2013). "Jason Morrison løst fra kontrakten med AaFK" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  6. James Morrison career stats International statistics at soccerbase.com; Accessed 25-02-08
  7. "Jason Morrison". nifs.no (in Norwegian). A-pressen . Retrieved 9 October 2013.