Nasief Morris
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Mogammat Nasief Morris | ||
| Date of birth | 16 April 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Cape Town, South Africa | ||
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| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
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Current team
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Milano United | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Santos Cape Town | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2001 | Santos Cape Town | 19 | (1) |
| 2001–2003 | Aris | 48 | (2) |
| 2003–2010 | Panathinaikos | 118 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | → Recreativo (loan) | 37 | (1) |
| 2009–2010 | → Racing Santander (loan) | 12 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | Apollon Limassol | 13 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | SuperSport United | 6 | (0) |
| 2012 | → Santos Cape Town (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | Santos Cape Town | 49 | (4) |
| 2014– | Milano United | 38 | (9) |
| International career | |||
| 2004–2009 | South Africa | 37 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 November 2015 | |||
Mogammat Nasief Morris (born 16 April 1981) is a South African footballer who plays for Milano United F.C. as a central defender.
He left his country in 2001 to pursue a career in Europe, going on to play mostly in Greece but also in Spain and Cyprus.
Morris gained 37 caps for South Africa, during five years.
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Club career
Greece
Born in Cape Town, Morris started his career at local Santos Football Club before signing for Greek club Aris F.C. in June 2001, for €350.000. In his second season in the Superleague he appeared in 27 games (two goals) as the Thessaloniki side finished in sixth position, thus qualifying to the UEFA Cup.
After two years, Morris joined fellow league club Panathinaikos FC. He made his UEFA Champions League debut on 1 October 2003 in a 1–1 group stage home draw against Rangers.[1] During his five-year tenure he never appeared in less than 21 league matches, as his team won the double in the 2003–04 campaign; additionally, he played in 14 Champions League and 18 UEFA Cup contests.
Spain
At the beginning of 2008–09, Morris was loaned out to Recreativo de Huelva in Spain.[2] He made his La Liga debut on 31 August 2008, playing the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 derby away win against Real Betis.[3]
Morris only missed one league game for the Andalusians, scoring on 3 May 2009 in 2–1 away triumph over CA Osasuna in the last minute,[4] but Recre eventually suffered relegation. In the following season, still on loan, he joined another Spanish top level side, Racing de Santander.[5]
Morris started in his first games with the Cantabrians, but eventually was only third or fourth-choice stopper – 11 appearances in the first 15 rounds, only one in the following 23. On 5 May 2010, he was sent off in a 1–5 home loss against Sevilla FC.[6]
Later years
In July 2010, after it was revealed that Panathinaikos would not extend his contract with the club, Morris signed with Apollon Limassol from Cyprus.[7] After one season, the 30-year-old returned to his country and joined SuperSport United FC.[8]
International career
Morris made his debut with the South African national team in 2004. In that same year, he was temporarily suspended by FIFA from all competitions after attempting to attack a referee during a 1–2 loss against Zambia on 21 February.[9]
Morris was selected for the Bafana Bafana squad that appeared in the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations, in an eventual group stage exit in Ghana.
References
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External links
- Nasief Morris profile at BDFutbol
- Nasief Morris at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Nasief Morris – FIFA competition record
- Nasief Morris at Soccerway
- Worldfootball profile
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- 1981 births
- Living people
- South African people of Malay descent
- Sportspeople from Cape Town
- South African soccer players
- Association football defenders
- Santos F.C. (South Africa) players
- SuperSport United F.C. players
- Superleague Greece players
- Aris Thessaloniki F.C. players
- Panathinaikos F.C. players
- La Liga players
- Recreativo de Huelva players
- Racing de Santander players
- Cypriot First Division players
- Apollon Limassol FC players
- South Africa international soccer players
- 2008 Africa Cup of Nations players
- South African expatriate soccer players
- Expatriate footballers in Greece
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
- South African expatriates in Greece
