 Morison at Carrow Road, August 2012 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Steven William Morison[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 29 August 1983[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Enfield, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sutton United (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2001 | Northampton Town | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2004 | Northampton Town | 24 | (3) |
| 2004–2006 | Bishop's Stortford | 58 | (28) |
| 2006–2009 | Stevenage Borough | 127 | (68) |
| 2009–2011 | Millwall | 83 | (35) |
| 2011–2013 | Norwich City | 53 | (10) |
| 2013–2015 | Leeds United | 41 | (5) |
| 2013–2014 | → Millwall (loan) | 41 | (8) |
| 2015–2019 | Millwall | 169 | (32) |
| 2019 | → Shrewsbury Town (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2019 | Shrewsbury Town | 6 | (0) |
| Total | 603 | (190) | |
| International career | |||
| 2006–2008 | England C | 8 | (3) |
| 2010–2012 | Wales | 20 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2020–2021 | Cardiff City U23s | ||
| 2021–2022 | Cardiff City | ||
| 2023–2024 | Hornchurch | ||
| 2024– | Sutton United | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Steven William Morison (born 29 August 1983) is a football manager and former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is the manager of National League club Sutton United.
Morison started his career at Northampton Town at the age of 16, progressing through the club's centre of excellence. He made his first-team debut in 2002. Morison joined Conference South club Bishop's Stortford for an undisclosed fee in November 2004. After just under two years playing regularly at Stortford, he signed for Stevenage Borough for a "small four-figure fee" in August 2006. During his first season with the club, Morison scored the winning goal in the 2007 FA Trophy final, the first competitive cup final to be held at the new Wembley Stadium. He also helped the club win the FA Trophy again in May 2009, in what was ultimately his last game for the club.
Having scored 86 times in 151 appearances during his three seasons at Stevenage, Morison joined Millwall for £130,000 ahead of the 2009–10 season. He helped the club to secure promotion to the Championship in his first season there. He signed for Premier League club Norwich City in June 2011. After scoring 12 goals in 59 games for Norwich in the top tier of English football, Morison signed for Leeds United in January 2013. He rejoined Millwall on a season-long loan after just five months at Leeds. He returned to Leeds for the 2014–15 season, before signing for Millwall on a permanent basis in August 2015.
Morison scored the winning goal in the 2017 EFL League One play-off final to help Millwall achieve promotion back into the Championship during the 2016–17 season. He played over 300 games for Millwall over his two spells with the club, scoring 92 goals, which ranks him in third place in Millwall's all-time record goalscorers list. Morison joined Shrewsbury Town on an initial season-long loan agreement in June 2019. Although the transfer was made permanent at the start of the 2019–20 season, Morison announced his retirement from playing in October 2019. Morison also earned eight caps for the England C team, scoring three goals. Morison qualified to play Wales through his Welsh ancestry, and made his senior international debut in August 2010, representing Wales 20 times and scoring one goal.
Having already gained his coaching badges whilst playing, Morison was appointed Northampton Town's under-18 coach, before later joining Championship club Cardiff City as the lead coach of the club's under-23 team. Following a spell as caretaker manager, he was appointed as first-team manager of Cardiff in November 2021, a position he held until September 2022. He was appointed as manager of Hornchurch in June 2023 and later became the manager of Sutton United in January 2024.
- ^ "Club list of registered players: As at 19th May 2018: Millwall" (PDF). English Football League. p. 25. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
- ^ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005. Queen Anne Press. p. 438. ISBN 1-85291-665-6.
- ^ "Steve Morison – ESPN". ESPN Soccernet. Archived from the original on 26 February 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2008.