Jason Morrison (footballer)

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.

Jason Morrison

Personal information
Date of birth	(1984-06-07) 7 June 1984 (age 40)
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*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2004	Village United F.C.
2004–2007	Portmore United	32	(?)
2007–2008	White Star Woluwé	29	(3)
2008–2010	Ferencváros	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

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]

Season	Club	Division	League		Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2010	Strømsgodset	Tippeligaen	10	0	3	1	13	1
2011	Aalesund		23	0	3	0	26	0
2012			23	0	3	1	26	1
2013			6	0	0	0	6	0
Career Total			62	0	9	2	71	2

Honours

Jamaica

• Caribbean Cup:
  • Winner (1): 2008

Club

Portmore United

• CFU Club Championship:
  • 2005
• Jamaica National Premier League
  • 2005
• JFF Champions Cup
  • 2005

Ferencvárosi TC

• Hungarian National Championship II (1):
  • 2008–09

Strømsgodset IF

• Norwegian Football Cup:
  • 2010

Aalesunds

• Norwegian Football Cup:
  • 2011

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.

External links

• Profile - Ferencvaros (in Hungarian)
• Jason Morrison at National-Football-Teams.com
• Jason Morrison at Soccerway