Wes Morgan
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Morgan training with Leicester City in 2013 | |||||||||||||||||
| 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 1 in (1.86 m) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1992–1999 | Notts County | ||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Dunkirk | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2012 | Nottingham Forest | 352 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
| 2003 | → Kidderminster Harriers (loan) | 5 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2021 | Leicester City | 277 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 634 | (24) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2016 | Jamaica | 30 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Westley Nathan Morgan (born 21 January 1984) is a former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Born in England, he played for the Jamaica national team. He was also a part of Leicester City's 2015–16 Premier League historic winning season, where he captained the club to victory.
Morgan spent the first ten years 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 captained the club for 9 years until his retirement in 2021. He captained the club during its most successful ever period, captaining them to the Championship title in 2014, their first Premier League title two years later in 2016 and their first FA Cup win in 2021, in which he made his final ever professional appearance coming on as a substitute in the 2021 FA Cup Final.
Born and raised in England, Morgan chose to represent Jamaica at international level, making his debut for them in 2013 and was part of their teams that competed in two Copa América tournaments and finished runners-up at the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup. He was also the first Jamaican player to score in a UEFA Champions League game.