Chris Morris (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Christopher Barry Morris | ||
| Date of birth | 24 December 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Newquay, Cornwall, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1982–1987 | Sheffield Wednesday | 74 | (1) |
| 1987–1992 | Celtic | 158 | (8) |
| 1992–1997 | Middlesbrough | 82 | (3) |
| Total | 314 | (12) | |
| National team | |||
| 1987–1993 | Republic of Ireland | 35 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Christopher Barry Morris (born 24 December 1963) is a former professional footballer, who played as a defender with Celtic, Sheffield Wednesday and Middlesbrough, among others. Morris also had a successful playing career with the Republic of Ireland national side during the Jack Charlton era.
Morris first began his career in 1982, signing for Sheffield Wednesday under ex-England international, Jack Charlton, in the old Division Two. He won promotion to the First Division with Wednesday in 1984. Morris made seventy-four appearances between 1983 and 1987, scoring one goal along the way. Morris then moved north of the border to Celtic, signing for £125,000 on 10 August 1987. He made his debut in the 4-0 win over Morton, at age 23. Between 1987 and 1992, Morris was the regular right-back for the Bhoys, with 160 appearances and 8 goals to his name. Morris won the domestic double (Scottish Premier Division and Scottish Cup) in 1987–88 with Celtic, in what was the club's centenary season. He was the only Celtic player to play in all 55 games of that season. He won a second Scottish Cup in 1989. Morris then moved on to Middlesbrough on 14 August 1992, where he remained for several seasons as a first team regular without ever becoming a crowd favourite. Troubled by an anterior cruciate ligament injury, he retired at the end of the 1996-97 season, when Boro were runners-up in the FA Cup and Football League Cup, but a 3-point deduction for postponing a match at short notice had caused them to be relegated from the Premier League.
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