 Morsy with Ipswich Town in 2023 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Samy Sayed Mekkawy Saied Morsy[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 10 September 1991[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Wolverhampton, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder[3] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Ipswich Town | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2008 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||
| 2008–2009 | Port Vale | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2013 | Port Vale | 71 | (4) |
| 2013–2016 | Chesterfield | 101 | (7) |
| 2016–2020 | Wigan Athletic | 155 | (8) |
| 2016–2017 | → Barnsley (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Middlesbrough | 34 | (1) |
| 2021– | Ipswich Town | 125 | (11) |
| International career | |||
| 2016– | Egypt | 9 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 September 2024 (UTC) | |||
Samy Sayed Mekkay Saied Morsy (Arabic: سامي سيد مكاوي سعيد مرسي; born 10 September 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Premier League club Ipswich Town, whom he captains. Born in England, he plays for the Egypt national team.
Born and raised in England, Morsy joined the Port Vale youth team 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 in 2012–13. He joined Chesterfield in July 2013 and played for the club in the 2014 final of the Football League Trophy, helping them to win the League Two title in 2013–14.
He was sold to Wigan Athletic in January 2016 and helped the club to win the League One 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 to Ipswich Town in August 2021, helped the club to secure promotion out of League One at the end of the 2022–23 campaign and captained the team into the Premier League the following year.
- ^ "Provisional Squads List: Egypt" (PDF). Confederation of African Football. 20 December 2023. p. 14. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
- ^ a b "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018™: List of Players: Egypt" (PDF). FIFA. 4 June 2018. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 June 2018.
- ^ "Sam Morsy". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 15 July 2019.