Thomas Morgan (born 30 March 1977) is an Irish former
footballer
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.
Career
Morgan had made his first appearance in the green shirt for the under-15s - against Northern Ireland in Belfast, as captain under manager
Joe McGrath and had also played at under-16 and under-18.
Thomas Morgan came to prominence during the
1997 FIFA World Youth Championships where he captained the Irish team which won the bronze medal. During those championships he lined up alongside the like of
Damien Duff
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He began his pro ...
to face players like
Juan Román Riquelme
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of Argentina. At that time he was on the books of
Blackburn Rovers
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and was highly regarded by the club having signed on his sixteenth birthday. There were offers to play with English lower league clubs but Morgan decided to return to Ireland and signed for
St Patrick's Athletic where he won back to back league titles in '98 and '99.
Morgan moved to
Newry Town F.C. in the Irish League making a scoring debut at Omagh Town on 26 August 2000.
He returned to the
League of Ireland
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where he spent time with
Bray Wanderers (39 total appearances),
Shelbourne (where he won back to back league titles in '03 and '04) and
Dundalk
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before joining
Kildare County
Kildare County F.C. ( ga, Cumann Peile Chontae Chill Dara) was an Irish association football club based in Newbridge, County Kildare. Between 2002–03 and 2009 they played in the League of Ireland First Division. During this time they also e ...
at the beginning of the 2006 season.
His first cousin is
Wesley Hoolahan.
Honours
;St Patrick's Athletic
*
League of Ireland Premier Division (2):
1997-98,
1998-99
;Shelbourne
*
League of Ireland Premier Division (2):
2003,
2004
;Ireland
*
FIFA World Youth Championships
**1997 - Republic of Ireland - Bronze medal
References
External links
Kildare Nationalist
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League of Ireland players
St Patrick's Athletic F.C. players
Newry City F.C. players
Bray Wanderers F.C. players
Shelbourne F.C. players
Dundalk F.C. players
Kildare County F.C. players
NIFL Premiership players
Living people
1977 births
Republic of Ireland association footballers
Republic of Ireland under-21 international footballers
Republic of Ireland youth international footballers
Association football midfielders
Belvedere F.C. players
Association footballers from County Dublin
Republic of Ireland men's futsal players
Sporting Fingal F.C. players
Republic of Ireland international futsal players