Wes Morgan

Born

1984-01-21

Birthplace

Nottingham, England, UK

Biography

Westley Nathan Morgan (born 21 January 1984) is an English-Jamaican former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Born in England, he played for the Jamaica national team. Morgan spent the first ten years of his career with his boyhood club, Nottingham Forest, playing 402 matches and scoring 14 goals. He was their longest-serving player when he transferred to Leicester City in January 2012. Morgan became Leicester's captain later that year, and captained the club for 9 years until his retirement in 2021. He captained the club during its most successful ever period, captaining them to the Championship title in 2014, their first Premier League title two years later in 2016 and their first FA Cup win in 2021, in which he made his final ever professional appearance coming on as a substitute in the 2021 FA Cup Final.