Darick Kobie Morris (born 15 July 1995) is a Croatian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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side Mura.

Club career

Early career

Born in

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to an

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father and a Croatian mother, Morris moved to

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, Croatia when he was less than a year old. Initially a right winger, he subsequently moved to right-back and then centre-back in the

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academy, where he spent almost his entire youth career.

Dinamo Zagreb

In 2013, as a former Croatia U17 international, he moved to the Dinamo Zagreb Academy. In 2014, he became a regular in Dinamo's reserve team, a position he would hold for four subsequent seasons, mainly in the

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. Morris made his first-team debut in 2015, in the 7–1

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win against Oštrc Zlatar, scoring in the process. The same year, on 25 September, he made his

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debut as well, coming in for

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in the second half of a 4–1 home win against

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. He would go on to make just one further top-tier appearance for the club, in a 1–0 win against Lokomotiva in September 2016.

Domžale

In June 2018, Morris signed a three-year contract with

club

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. He made his debut for Domžale on 5 August 2018, in a 5–1 away loss against Mura. Morris left the club in June 2019.

Tuzla City

On 14 June 2019, Morris signed a two-year contract with

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club

Tuzla City Fudbalski klub Tuzla City ( en, Football Club Tuzla City), formerly known as Fudbalski klub Sloga Simin Han ( en, Football Club Sloga Simin Han), is a professional football club based in Simin Han, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The club plays in ...

. He made his debut on 20 July 2019, in a 5–1 away league win against Zvijezda 09.

International career

Morris represented

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at various youth levels. He played for the under-17, under-19, under-20, and under-21 national teams.Darick Kobie Morris
at the Croatian Football Federation website

Honours

Dinamo Zagreb *

: 2015–16, 2017–18 *

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: 2015–16, 2017–18

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Morris, Darick Kobie 1995 births Living people Sportspeople from Syracuse, New York Footballers from Zagreb Croatian people of African-American descent Men's association football central defenders Croatian men's footballers Croatia men's youth international footballers Croatia men's under-21 international footballers GNK Dinamo Zagreb players GNK Dinamo Zagreb II players NK Domžale players FK Tuzla City players NŠ Mura players Croatian Football League players First Football League (Croatia) players Slovenian PrvaLiga players Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina players Croatian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia Expatriate men's footballers in Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Bosnia and Herzegovina