Jason Morrison (born 7 June 1984) is a retired Jamaican footballer who played as a midfielder. He played over 10 years for Jamaica and clubs in England, Belgium, Hungary and Norway.
Career Morrison's first professional club was Village United in the top fight Jamaica National Premier League. He signed for Portmore United in 2004 and formed part of their league and cup winning squad that season.Jamaica 2004/05 RSSF; Accessed 25 February 2008 After a successful month-long trial with Sheffield United in December 2006,Sheffield United Hand Trials to Portmore United Trio – Promising Youngsters to Spend a Week with Blades Prabu, Niraj; 06-12-20; Accessed 25-02-08 Morrison was sent to their feeder team, White Star Woluwe in Belgium.
After three years of playing in Belgium, Morrison would have qualified for Belgian nationality and thus be eligible to play in the English league.Portmore trio set to join Belgian club Hanchel, Andrew; The Jamaican Observer; 06-02-07; Accessed 25-02-08 Morrison was transferred to Hungarian partner club, Ferencvárosi TC, in 2008. In August 2010 Morrison signed with Strømsgodset IF in Norway. He helped Strømsgodset qualify for the 2010 Norwegian Football Cup Final, scoring the first goal in extra time against Odd Grenland in the semi-final.
Morrison signed with Norwegian Tippeligaen side Aalesunds FK in 2011. After he missed the 16 May match against Brann due to shortness of breath, the doctors diagnosed him with blood clot which made him unavailable for the rest of the 2013 season. In July 2013, Aalesund and Morrison agreed mutual termination of his contract that lasted till the end of the 2014 season.
International career Morrison has been selected in numerous Jamaica squads.James Morrison career stats International statistics at soccerbase.com; Accessed 25-02-08 Morrison featured in the 2008 Caribbean Championship and 2009 Gold Cup for Jamaica.
Career statistics
SeasonClubDivisionLeagueCupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals2010StrømsgodsetTippeligaen100311312011Aalesund230302602012230312612013600060Career Total62092712
Honours
Jamaica Caribbean Cup: Winner (1): 2008
Club Portmore United CFU Club Championship: 2005 Jamaica National Premier League 2005 JFF Champions Cup 2005
Ferencvárosi TC Hungarian National Championship II (1): 2008–09
Strømsgodset IF Norwegian Football Cup: 2010
Aalesunds Norwegian Football Cup: 2011
References
External links Profile - Ferencvaros