Samy Sayed Morsy (born 10 September 1991) is a professional
footballer
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who plays as a
defensive midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundari ...
for club
Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. They play in League One, the third tier of the English football league system.
The club was founded in 1878 but did not turn profession ...
, where he is also club
captain. Born in England, he represents the
Egypt national team.
He joined the
Port Vale
Port Vale Football Club are a professional football club based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England, which compete in . Vale are the only English Football League club not to be named after a place; their name being a reference to the valley o ...
youth set-up in 2008, having been released from the
Wolverhampton Wanderers Academy. Winning his debut in February 2010, he turned professional at the club in the summer. He established himself in the first-team picture in 2010–11, after which he was given a two-year contract. He helped the club to secure promotion out of
League Two
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in 2012–13. He joined
Chesterfield in July 2013, and played for the club in the
2014 final of the
Football League Trophy
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, helping them to win the League Two title in 2013–14. He was sold to
Wigan Athletic
Wigan Athletic Football Club () is an English professional association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The team competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system.
Founded in 1932, ...
in January 2016, and helped the club to win the
League One
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title in 2015–16. He joined
Barnsley on loan in August 2016, and Wigan were relegated from the Championship upon his return to the club. However he became a key first-team player as they secured an immediate return by winning the League One title again in 2017–18. He was named as Wigan's Player of the Year for the 2019–20 campaign and joined Middlesbrough in September 2020 following administration and relegation at Wigan. He was sold on to Ipswich Town in August 2021.
Club career
Port Vale
Morsy was born in
Wolverhampton
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, West Midlands. He was at the
Wolverhampton Wanderers
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Academy for nine years until 2008, when coach
Tony Lacey deemed a sixteen-year-old Morsy to be unworthy of a youth contract.
Spotted by
Port Vale
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Youth Development Officer Bill Chetwyn, he was taken to
Vale Park
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The ground has seen its capacity go up and down, its peak being 42,000 in 1954 against Blackpool, although a club record 49, ...
for a trial, and was handed a place in the Vale youth team after impressing both
Mark Grew
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His career started in 1976 with West Bromwich Albion, where he spent seven seasons as a back-up keeper before moving on to Lei ...
and
Andy Porter.
![Sam Morsy](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Sam_Morsy.png)
By the start of the
2009–10 season, he was being included in the senior squad, being placed on the bench for the
League Cup
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clash with
Sheffield United
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at
Bramall Lane. He made his debut on 23 February, replacing
Tommy Fraser 83 minutes into a 4–0 home league win over
Lincoln City. He was offered his first (one year) professional contract at the end of the season, and was also given the Youth Player of the Year award.
In the
2010–11
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pre-season, manager
Micky Adams
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was pleased with Morsy's development, having witnessed the youngster score in two successive friendlies. Morsy promised he would not settle for a cameo role in the season, having just a year to prove his worth at the professional level. On 8 January, new manager
Jim Gannon
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gave Morsy an appearance in Vale's 4–2
FA Cup
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defeat to
Championship
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Championship systems
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Title match system
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side
Burnley
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at
Turf Moor
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. He scored his first senior goal on 22 February, in a 3–1 home defeat to
Stevenage. Gannon believed Morsy to be "a really talented footballer" with "all the skills you want in a midfielder". One of the few positives of Gannon's short reign, his rise to prominence put him in line to sign an extended contract. A two-year contract was signed on 1 April. He was also awarded with the club's Young Player of the Year award.
Finding himself on the bench at the start of the
2011–12 campaign under returning manager Micky Adams, on 3 September he scored his second senior goal just thirteen minutes after making his first appearance of the season, in what turned out to be a 3–2 defeat to
AFC Wimbledon. After falling out of favour in November, he had to wait another two months until the return fixture with Wimbledon before he started another game, when an injury crisis at the Vale allowed Morsy the chance to deliver "an eye-catching attacking display".
Following the departure of
Anthony Griffith, Morsy stepped into the role of 'midfield enforcer' for the
2012–13
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campaign. On 25 August, he opened the scoring after just 14 seconds in a 3–1 win over
Morecambe at the
Globe Arena
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, earning himself a place on the League Two team of the week. He stated that his aim for the season was "to get more goals", as he formed a "formidable and unshakeable central midfield double act" with
Chris Shuker. However, after picking up a suspension in October for receiving five yellow cards, he admitted that "I definitely have to cut down on yellow cards in future". However a "stupid" high two-footed tackle on
Rochdale
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's
Jason Kennedy resulted in a straight red for Morsy on 6 November, and was the turning point that left a 2–0 lead for the Vale becoming a 2–2 draw, meaning two points were dropped at home. An angry Micky Adams fined him two weeks' wages (the maximum fine possible) in punishment, and called him a "coward...
howent to hurt their lad
ennedy. Morsy issued an official apology, but insisted that "there was no malice in the challenge". Adams kept him out of the first-team picture for six weeks after the incident, and Morsy stated that "I missed some important matches and that makes you re-evaluate your game." He was more of a bit-part player in the second half of the campaign, as Vale secured promotion with a third-place finish. He rejected the offer of a new two-year contract, and left the club.
Chesterfield
Morsy agreed to sign a two-year deal with
League Two
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club
Chesterfield in July 2013, after a fee had been settled with Port Vale, due to Morsy being under the age of 24. Manager
Paul Cook
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Early life and career
Cook was raised in Hammersmith and atte ...
said that "When we found out that he may be available, we moved heaven and earth to get him here." On 30 March 2014, he played at
Wembley Stadium
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in Chesterfield's 3–1 defeat to
Peterborough United
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in
the final
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of the
Football League Trophy
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; he provided the assist for
Eoin Doyle's goal after "a powerful run into the Posh box".
He played a total of 39 games as Chesterfield won promotion as divisional champions in
2013–14, and at the end of the campaign he was voted the club's Player of the Year.
He captained Chesterfield to the League One play-offs in
2014–15, and was reported to be a target for
Cardiff City manager
Russell Slade
Russell Mark Slade (born 10 October 1960) is an English professional football manager, who was most recently managerial consultant of League Two club Stevenage.
Having had an extended career at reserve team level, Slade entered professional ...
in the summer.
Milton Keynes Dons
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also had a bid of £400,000 turned down by Chesterfield.
Wigan Athletic
On 28 January 2016, Morsy agreed a two-and-a-half-year deal with
Wigan Athletic
Wigan Athletic Football Club () is an English professional association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The team competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system.
Founded in 1932, ...
after being sold for an undisclosed fee (later reported to be £200,000 plus a 10% sell-on clause for any profit Wigan may make on his future transfer). He was named on the Football League team of the week after he "pulled all the strings" in a 2–1 victory at
Walsall
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Walsall is th ...
on 20 February. He scored his first goal for Wigan in a 4–1 win against
Swindon Town
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on 25 March. Wigan went on to win promotion as champions of League One in the
2015–16 season.
On 31 August 2016, he joined
Barnsley on loan for the rest of the
2016–17 season. New Wigan manager
Warren Joyce
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As a player, he played in The Football League for Bolton Wanderers, Preston ...
activated the release clause of the loan contract in January 2017, but Joyce was pessimistic over his chances of keeping Morsy at the
DW Stadium
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because previous manager
Gary Caldwell had agreed a clause that meant Barnsley could purchase Morsy for a set fee upon expiry of the loan. Morsy returned to Wigan and signed a one-year contract extension on 16 January.
He was named as team captain in August 2017, with
Dan Burn also named as "club captain", though it was confirmed Morsy would wear the armband and Burns would deputise in Morsy's absence. Paul Cook led Wigan to a highly successful
2017–18 campaign, with Morsy scoring three goals in 47 appearances as Wigan won promotion as champions of League One for the second time in three seasons.
Wigan also made a big impression in the
FA Cup
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, knocking out top-flight sides
A.F.C. Bournemouth
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,
West Ham United
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and
Manchester City to reach the quarter-final. Morsy scored in the win over Bournemouth but missed the victory over eventual
Premier League
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champions Manchester City due to suspension.
On 15 September 2018, Morsy was sent off in a 2–0 defeat at
Brentford after clashing with
Yoann Barbet. However the red card was rescinded on appeal, and three days later he scored in a 2–1 victory over
Hull City
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. He signed a new two-and-a-half-year deal with Wigan in December. He picked up 14 yellow cards in 40 appearances as Wigan posted an 18th-place finish during the
2018–19 season, and he was also ranked sixth for most completed tackles (112) in the Championship. Despite this, he said it was "the unluckiest season I've ever been involved in... and it's credit to us we've been able to overcome all that and stay in the division." He was linked with moves to both
Sheffield Wednesday
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and Brentford in the summer.
He was nominated for the
EFL Championship Player of the Month award for February 2020 after scoring two goals, including the only goal of the game at league leaders
West Bromwich Albion
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which took Wigan out of the relegation zone. He scored three goals in 44 games during the
2019–20 season, which ended in relegation after Wigan were controversially deducted 12 points after being placed into
administration
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. Morsy was voted as the club's Player of the Year with 42% of the overall vote.
Middlesbrough
On 11 September 2020, Morsy joined Championship side
Middlesbrough
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Until the early 1800s, the a ...
on a three-year contract, becoming manager
Neil Warnock's third signing of the summer. He made his debut at the
Riverside Stadium
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four days later in a 2–0 defeat to Barnsley in the EFL Cup; after the game first-team coach
Ronnie Jepson was encouraged by Morsy's performance and said that "he will give us extra edge". On 16 December, he was sent off for handling the ball during a 1–0 home win over
Luton Town
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, though Warnock said he would appeal the red card. He scored his first goal for Middlesbrough in a 2–1 loss at
Swansea City on 6 March. Injuries limited him to 32 appearances in the
2020–21 season, though his consistent performances still earned him a 7-out-of-10 rating in the ''
TeessideLive
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'' season review.
[ He was sent off in his final appearance for "Boro", during a 1–1 draw with ]Blackburn Rovers
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on 28 August 2021.
Ipswich Town
On 31 August 2021, Morsy joined League One club Ipswich Town
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The club was founded in 1878 but did not turn profession ...
on a three-year deal after being signed for an undisclosed fee; arriving as the "Tractor Boys" 19th signing of the summer transfer window, it marked the third time he would play under manager Paul Cook. He was named club captain in October 2021. He scored his first goal for Ipswich on 5 March, netting the opening goal in a 2–0 away win against Fleetwood Town. Speaking later that month, new manager Kieran McKenna
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McKenna began his footballing career as a youth team player at Northern Iri ...
said that Morsy was forming a good bond with him. McKenna instructed Morsy to get further forward and score more goals. He was a linked to a move back to the Championship in the summer, though he remained with the club.
International career
Morsy, who was born in England, qualified to represent Egypt
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as his father is Egyptian. He made his international debut on 30 August 2016 after coming on as a substitute for Mostafa Fathi at half-time in a 1–1 draw with Guinea in a friendly match at Borg El Arab Stadium
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. He was on the bench as Egypt secured qualification
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to the 2018 FIFA World Cup with a 2–1 victory over the Congo. In June 2018 he was named in Héctor Cúper
Héctor Raúl Cúper (; born 16 November 1955) is an Argentine football manager and former player.
As a player, he was a defender who spent most of his career at Club Ferro Carril Oeste, where played 463 games. His nickname was "Cabezón" ("Big ...
's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. He made his FIFA World Cup
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debut in the opening game of the group stage on 15 June, coming on for the injured Tarek Hamed
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Club career Smouha
After s ...
50 minutes into a 1–0 defeat to Uruguay
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.
He was recalled to the international set up in September 2021 for World Cup qualifiers against Libya
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in Cairo and Benghazi. Although he was ultimately left out of the final squad. He was listed in a preliminary squad in May 2022, but was again not named in the final squad.
Style of play
Morsy is an "enforcer" who "relies on his ability to time tackles and break-up play". After leaving Port Vale
Port Vale Football Club are a professional football club based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England, which compete in . Vale are the only English Football League club not to be named after a place; their name being a reference to the valley o ...
in June 2013, assistant manager Mark Grew
Mark Stuart Grew (born 15 February 1958) is an English former football player and coach who played as a goalkeeper.
His career started in 1976 with West Bromwich Albion, where he spent seven seasons as a back-up keeper before moving on to Lei ...
warned Morsy to improve his disciplinary record and temper his aggression in the future, pointing out that he received nine yellow cards and one red card in the 2012–13
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campaign.
Career statistics
Club
International
Honours
Port Vale
*Football League Two
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third-place promotion: 2012–13
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Chesterfield
*Football League Two: 2013–14
*Football League Trophy
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runner-up: 2013–14[
Wigan Athletic
* Football/EFL League One: 2015–16, 2017–18]
Individual
*Port Vale
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Youth Player of the Year: 2009–10[
*Port Vale Young Player of the Year: ]2010–11
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[
* Chesterfield Player of the Year: 2013–14][
*]Wigan Athletic
Wigan Athletic Football Club () is an English professional association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The team competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system.
Founded in 1932, ...
Player of the Year: 2019–20
References
External links
Profile
at the Ipswich Town F.C. website
*
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1991 births
Living people
Footballers from Wolverhampton
Egyptian footballers
Egypt international footballers
English footballers
Association football midfielders
Port Vale F.C. players
Chesterfield F.C. players
Wigan Athletic F.C. players
Barnsley F.C. players
Middlesbrough F.C. players
Ipswich Town F.C. players
English Football League players
2018 FIFA World Cup players
English people of Egyptian descent