Lewis Morgan (footballer)
Lewis Morgan (born 30 September 1996) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Inter Miami in Major League Soccer. Morgan has previously played for Celtic, St Mirren and Sunderland. He made his first international appearance for Scotland in May 2018.
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | [1] | 30 September 1996||
Place of birth | Greenock, Scotland[2] | ||
Playing position(s) | Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Inter Miami | ||
Number | 7 | ||
Youth career | |||
2004–2013 | Rangers | ||
2013–2014 | St Mirren | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2018 | St Mirren | 79 | (16) |
2018–2020 | Celtic | 14 | (0) |
2018 | → St Mirren (loan) | 15 | (5) |
2019 | → Sunderland (loan) | 17 | (1) |
2020– | Inter Miami | 2 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2017–2018 | Scotland U21 | 9 | (2) |
2018– | Scotland | 2 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:31, March 31 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 March 2019 |
Club career
St Mirren
Morgan started his career in the Rangers youth system before joining St Mirren on a two-year contract in September 2013.[3] Morgan made his debut for St Mirren on 27 September 2014 in a 2–1 home defeat to Celtic in the Scottish Premiership.[4]
On 14 May 2015, Morgan signed a two-year extension to his contract, running until 2017.[5] After breaking into the first team, Morgan signed a further one-year contract extension in August 2016, tying him to the club until 2018.[6]
Celtic
2017–18
On 5 January 2018, Morgan signed a four-and-a-half year contract with Celtic and was immediately loaned back to St Mirren until the end of the season,[7] helping the club to win the 2017–18 Scottish Championship and achieve promotion.
2018–19
He was given the number 16 jersey upon moving to Celtic.[8] On 10 July 2018, Morgan made his Celtic debut as a substitute in a 3–0 away win over Armenian side Alashkert in the first leg of the first qualifying round of the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League competition.[9]
Morgan was loaned to Sunderland on 31 January 2019.[10] He scored his first Sunderland goal in an EFL Trophy semi-final win over Bristol Rovers.[11] Morgan scored his first league goal for Sunderland on 19 April 2019 in a 2–0 home win against Doncaster Rovers.[12]
2019–20
In the absence of the injured Odsonne Edouard, Morgan played as a striker for Celtic in several matches in late 2019, beginning with a match against Rennes in the UEFA Europa League in which he scored the opening goal of a 3–1 victory.[13]
Inter Miami
In January 2020, Celtic accepted an offer for Morgan from the newly-established Major League Soccer club Inter Miami.[14] Morgan accepted terms on a reported three-year deal with the club.[15] Morgan made his debut for Inter Miami in their inaugural match, a 1–0 defeat against Los Angeles FC on 1 March.[16]
International career
In May 2018, Alex McLeish called Morgan into the senior Scotland squad for friendly matches against Peru and Mexico.[17] He made his full Scotland debut on 29 May 2018, in a 2–0 defeat to Peru.[18]
Career statistics
- As of match played 19 December 2018
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
St Mirren | 2014–15[19] | Scottish Premiership | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
2015–16[20] | Scottish Championship | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 22 | 1 | |
2016–17[21] | Scottish Championship | 33 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 46 | 10 | |
2017–18[22] | Scottish Championship | 20 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 26 | 13 | |
St Mirren (loan) | 2017–18[22] | Scottish Championship | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 |
St MirrenTotal | 94 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 118 | 29 | ||
Celtic | 2017–18[22] | Scottish Premiership | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2018–19[22] | Scottish Premiership | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
2019–20 | Scottish Premiership | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 2 | |
Celtic Total | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 31 | 2 | ||
Sunderland (loan) | 2018–19 | League One | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 2 |
Career total | 125 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 24 | 4 | 171 | 33 |
- Appearances in the Scottish Challenge Cup
- Appearances in the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League and 2018–19 UEFA Europa League
Honours
References
- "Lewis Morgan Profile". Sky Sports News. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
- "St Mirren Profiles". St Mirren F.C. Official Website. Archived from the original on 10 February 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
- "ST MIRREN SIGN LEWIS ON 2 YEAR PRO CONTRACT". First Touch Football Coaching. 6 September 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
- "St Mirren 1 Celtic 2". BBC Sport. 27 September 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
- "New Deals for Jack, Lewis and Barry". Official St Mirren website. 14 May 2015. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
- "Contract Extension for Lewis". Official St Mirren website. 4 August 2016. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- "Delight as Lewis Morgan signs for Celtic". celticfc.net. Celtic FC. 5 January 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- Celtic FC (23 June 2018), Celtic FC – Lewis Morgan hoping to make an impact on pre-season, retrieved 23 June 2018
- "Alashkert 0–3 Celtic". BBC Sport. 10 July 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
- "Lewis Morgan: Sunderland sign Celtic winger on loan". BBC Sport. 31 January 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
- Aiden Cusick (6 March 2019). "Sunderland fans react after Celtic-owned Lewis Morgan fires Mackems into EFL Trophy final". hitc.com. HITC Sport. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- "Sunderland 2–0 Doncaster Rovers". BBC Sport. 19 April 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- "Celtic 3 Rennes 1: Neil Lennon's men make history by topping their Europa League group". Glasgow Times. 28 November 2019.
- McLauchlin, Brian (9 January 2020). "David Beckham's Inter Miami cleared to speak to Celtic winger Lewis Morgan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
- Burns, Scott (13 January 2020). "Lewis Morgan agrees Inter Miami deal as Celtic set to pocket £400k". Daily Record. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- "Los Angeles Football Club 1–0 Inter Miami CF". BBC Sport. BBC. 2 March 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- "Scotland pick Johnny Russell plus seven uncapped players including Lewis Stevenson & Lewis Morgan". BBC Sport. BBC. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- Lamont, Alasdair (30 May 2018). "Peru 2–0 Scotland". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
- "Games played by Lewis Morgan in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- "Games played by Lewis Morgan in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- "Games played by Lewis Morgan in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- "Games played by Lewis Morgan in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- "Rangers 0 – 1 Celtic". BBC Sport. 8 December 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
- Williams, Adam (31 March 2019). "Portsmouth 2–2 Sunderland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
External links
- Lewis Morgan at Soccerbase
- Lewis Morgan at the Scottish Football Association
- Lewis Morgan – UEFA competition record