Thomas Morgan (footballer)

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Thomas Morgan
Personal information
Full name Thomas Morgan
Date of birth (1977-03-30) 30 March 1977 (age 46)
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Belvedere F.C.
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1994–1997 Blackburn Rovers 0 (0)
1997–2000 St Patrick's Athletic 32 (2)
2000–2001 Newry Town 22 (0)
2001–2003 Bray Wanderers 35 (3)
2003–2004 Shelbourne ? (2)
2005 Dundalk ? (1)
2006–2008 Kildare County ? (?)
2009 Sporting Fingal (futsal) [1] ? (?)
International career
1998 Republic of Ireland U21
2008 Republic of Ireland (futsal) [2]
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Morgan (born 30 March 1977) is an Irish former footballer.

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Career

Morgan had made his first appearance in the green shirt for the under-15s - against Northern Ireland in Belfast, as captain under manager Joe McGrath and had also played at under-16 and under-18.

Thomas Morgan came to prominence during the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championships where he captained the Irish team which won the bronze medal. During those championships he lined up alongside the like of Damien Duff to face players like Juan Román Riquelme and Esteban Cambiasso of Argentina. At that time he was on the books of Blackburn Rovers and was highly regarded by the club having signed on his sixteenth birthday. There were offers to play with English lower league clubs but Morgan decided to return to Ireland and signed for St Patrick's Athletic where he won back to back league titles in '98 and '99.

Morgan moved to Newry Town F.C. in the Irish League making a scoring debut at Omagh Town on 26 August 2000.

He returned to the League of Ireland where he spent time with Bray Wanderers (39 total appearances), Shelbourne (where he won back to back league titles in '03 and '04) and Dundalk before joining Kildare County at the beginning of the 2006 season.

His first cousin is Wesley Hoolahan.

Honours

St Patrick's Athletic
Shelbourne
Ireland

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  2. "Squad for historic Futsal match announced". www.futsalplanet.com. 13 November 2008. Retrieved 14 January 2017.