Kieron Morris (born 3 June 1994) is an English footballer who plays for Tranmere Rovers as a midfielder.

Career

Morris was born in

Hereford Hereford () is a cathedral city, civil parish and the county town of Herefordshire, England. It lies on the River Wye, approximately east of the border with Wales, south-west of Worcester and north-west of Gloucester. With a population ...

and grew up in Leominster,

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. Part of the

Hereford United Hereford United Football Club was an association football club based in Hereford, England. They played at Edgar Street for their entire history. They were nicknamed 'The Whites' or 'The Lilywhites', after their predominantly white kit, or 'The ...

Centre of Excellence, he played youth football for local club Leominster Minors before being spotted by

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's scouting network. Morris trialled with Manchester United frequently over a few years, but a contract offer never materialised. He eventually began his career with

Walsall Walsall (, or ; locally ) is a market town and administrative centre in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands County, England. Historic counties of England, Historically part of Staffordshire, it is located north-west of Birmingham, east ...

and made his professional debut on 28 August 2013 in a 3–1 defeat against

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in the

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. During the 2012–13 season Morris spent time on loan at Conference North club

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, making eight appearances and scoring one goal, and the following season he had a loan spell at Leamington, where he played four league games. In January 2014 Morris, along with fellow Walsall youth prospects Matt Preston and Danny Griffiths joined up with

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ic side ÍBV—managed by former Walsall player Sigurður Ragnar Eyjólfsson—on trial. All three played in a 2–1 loss against Stjarnan in a pre-season tournament, but were not taken on by ÍBV and subsequently returned to Walsall. Morris joined

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on loan until the end of the season on 30 January 2015. During his loan spell with the Red Dragons, he was impressive as he scored a brace in Wrexham's FA Trophy Semi Final 2nd leg victory over Torquay United on 28 February 2015 as well as the winning goal in the

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against Chester on 7 March 2015. He was released by Walsall at the end of the 2018–19 season., before signing for Tranmere Rovers on 26 June 2019. In May 2020, Morris was named ' Tranmere Player of the Season' for the 2019/20 season. Morris signed a new two-year contract with the option for a third year at the end of the 2021–22 season.

Career statistics

Honours

Wrexham *

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runner-up: 2014–15 Tranmere Rovers * EFL League Two play-offs:

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runner-up:

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Individual * Tranmere Rovers Player of the Year: 2019–20

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Morris, Kieron 1994 births Living people Footballers from Hereford English men's footballers Men's association football forwards Walsall F.C. players Worcester City F.C. players Leamington F.C. players Wrexham A.F.C. players Tranmere Rovers F.C. players English Football League players National League (English football) players 21st-century English people