Wes Morgan
Morgan warming up for Leicester City in 2013
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Westley Nathan Morgan | ||
| Date of birth | 21 January 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Nottingham, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Leicester City | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1995–1999 | Notts County | ||
| 1999–2000 | Dunkirk | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2012 | Nottingham Forest | 352 | (12) |
| 2003 | → Kidderminster Harriers (loan) | 5 | (1) |
| 2012– | Leicester City | 209 | (8) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2013– | Jamaica | 30 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:10, 24 March 2017 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23:55, 13 February 2017 (UTC) |
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Westley Nathan "Wes" Morgan (born 21 January 1984) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for and is captain of Premier League club Leicester City and the Jamaica national team.
Morgan spent the majority of his career with his boyhood club, Nottingham Forest, playing 402 matches and scoring 14 goals. He was their longest-serving player when he transferred to Leicester City in January 2012. Morgan became Leicester's captain later that year, and has gone on to play nearly 200 matches in all competitions for them, captaining them to the Championship title in 2014 and their first Premier League title two years later. He was the first Jamaican player to score in a UEFA Champions League game.
Born and raised in England, Morgan chose to represent his ancestral Jamaica at international level, making his debut for them in 2013. He was part of their teams that competed in two Copa América tournaments and finished runners-up at the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
Morgan was born in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Having been rejected by Nottingham Forest's near neighbours Notts County at the age of 15, and went to study business at South Notts College while playing semi-professionally in central midfield for Dunkirk in the Midland Football Alliance. His performances were tracked by non-League teams and Forest, who took him as an apprentice while he continued studying. There was no transfer fee, but Dunkirk received two Forest kits. Their clubhouse has his Forest and Leicester shirts on the wall.
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