Carlton Morris

Carlton Morris
Morris playing for Luton Town in 2024
Personal information
Full name Carlton John Morris[1]
Date of birth (1995-12-16) 16 December 1995 (age 29)[2]
Place of birth Cambridge, England
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[3]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Luton Town
Number 9
Youth career
2006–2014 Norwich City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2021 Norwich City 1 (0)
2014 → Oxford United (loan) 7 (0)
2014–2015 → York City (loan) 8 (0)
2015–2016 → Hamilton Academical (loan) 32 (8)
2017 → Rotherham United (loan) 8 (0)
2017–2018 → Shrewsbury Town (loan) 42 (6)
2019–2020 → Rotherham United (loan) 21 (3)
2020 → Milton Keynes Dons (loan) 10 (2)
2020–2021 → Milton Keynes Dons (loan) 18 (3)
2021–2022 Barnsley 51 (14)
2022– Luton Town 100 (37)
International career
2013 England U19 3 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:54, 20 December 2024 (UTC)

Carlton John Morris (born 16 December 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for EFL Championship club Luton Town.

He has previously played for Barnsley, Norwich City, Oxford United, York City, Hamilton Academical, Rotherham United, Shrewsbury Town and Milton Keynes Dons.

Club career

Early years and breakthrough

Born in Cambridge, Morris began his career in the youth system at Norwich City at the age of 11.[2] He became an academy scholar in the summer of 2012 and won the FA Youth Cup with Norwich in May 2013.[4] In December 2013, he signed a professional contract until the summer of 2016.[5]

2014–15

On 4 August 2014, Morris joined Oxford United on loan until 1 January 2015.[5] He made his debut on 9 August 2014, starting in a 1–0 defeat to Burton Albion in League Two.[6] He scored his first goal in professional football in his next appearance on 12 August 2014, starting again as Oxford defeated Bristol City in the first round of the League Cup.[7] After 10 appearances,[8] he was recalled by Norwich on 23 October 2014.[9]

On 27 November 2014, Morris joined another League Two club, York City, on loan until 4 January 2015.[10] He made his debut two days later as a 77th-minute substitute for Wes Fletcher in a 1–1 away draw with Plymouth Argyle.[8] His loan was extended for another month in January 2015[11] before returning to Norwich on 9 February[12] having made eight appearances for York.[8]

2015–16

On 15 July 2015, Morris joined Hamilton Academical on a six-month loan, shortly after signing a contract extension with Norwich to 2017.[13] He made his Scottish Premiership debut on 1 August in a 0–0 home draw with Partick Thistle.[14] On 18 August, Morris scored his first goal for Hamilton in a 4–0 home victory over Dundee United.[15] On 2 January 2016, he extended his stay until the end of the 2015–16 season.[16] Morris returned to Norwich in May 2016,[17] having featured in 33 matches, scoring eight goals.[14]

2016–17

After featuring for Norwich under-23s in the EFL Trophy, Morris joined Championship club Rotherham United on 31 January 2017 on loan until the end of 2016–17.[18] He was unable to link up with Rotherham until mid-March due to injury, but did sign a contract to 2020 with Norwich earlier in the month.[19][20] He made his Rotherham debut as a substitute in the 5–1 defeat away to Queens Park Rangers on 18 March 2017.[21]

2017–18

On 11 July 2017, Morris joined League One club Shrewsbury Town on a season-long loan, becoming their ninth summer signing.[22] He scored his first goal for the club in a 3−2 victory over Rochdale at New Meadow on 19 August.[23] Morris suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in Shrewsbury Town's League One play-off final defeat to Rotherham United.[24]

2018–19

Morris missed almost the entire season while recovering from his ACL injury, only making a few appearances for Norwich City's Under-23 squad.[25]

2019–20

In May 2019 Morris signed a contract extension with Norwich to 2021 and was simultaneously loaned out to League One side Rotherham United, for whom he'd previously played in the 2016–17 season.[26][27] The loan was cut short after Morris scored three league goals for them in the first half of the season. Morris then signed for Milton Keynes Dons on 7 January 2020 on a loan deal for the rest of the season.[28]

2020–21

Following a successful loan spell, Morris re-joined Milton Keynes Dons on loan for the duration of the 2020–21 season.[29] After scoring three goals from eighteen league games for the Dons, Morris was recalled by Norwich City on 6 January 2021.[30] Later that day, Morris signed for Championship side Barnsley on a two-and-a-half-year deal, for an undisclosed fee.[31] He scored his first goal for Barnsley in a 2–0 win against Brentford on 14 February 2021.[32]

Luton Town

On 6 July 2022, Morris returned to the Championship when he signed for Luton Town for a fee of 1.3 million.[33] Morris was awarded the EFL Championship Player of the Month for September 2022 having scored four goals during the month.[34] Carlton Morris managed to get 20 goals in his first season at Luton as Luton got promoted to the Premier league.[35]

Morris scored Luton Town's first ever Premier League goal on 12 August 2023 in a 4-1 loss to Brighton and Hove Albion when he converted a penalty kick in the 81st minute.[36][37] On 30 September 2023, he scored the winning goal against Everton to give Luton Town its first ever Premier League victory.[38]

International career

Morris has represented England at U19 level.[39]

Style of play

Morris has been described by Oxford United as strong and able to hold up the ball. [40] However, he lost the most aerial battles in the 2023–24 Premier League season. [citation needed]

Career statistics

As of match played 10 December 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Norwich City 2014–15[41] Championship 1 0 — — 0 0 1 0
2015–16[42] Premier League 0 0 — — — 0 0
2016–17[43] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2017–18[44] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2018–19[45] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2019–20[46] Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
2020–21[47] Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 — 0 0
Total 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Norwich City U23 2016–17[43] — — — 4[c] 1 4 1
Oxford United (loan) 2014–15[41] League Two 7 0 0 0 2 1 1[c] 0 10 1
York City (loan) 2014–15[8] League Two 8 0 — — — 8 0
Hamilton Academical (loan) 2015–16[42] Scottish Premiership 32 8 1 0 0 0 — 33 8
Rotherham United (loan) 2016–17[43] Championship 8 0 — — — 8 0
Shrewsbury Town (loan) 2017–18[44] League One 42 6 4 1 0 0 8[d] 3 54 10
Rotherham United (loan) 2019–20[46] League One 21 3 3 0 1 0 3[c] 1 28 4
Milton Keynes Dons (loan) 2019–20[46] League One 10 2 — — — 10 2
2020–21[47] League One 18 3 2 0 1 0 3[c] 1 24 4
Total 28 5 2 0 1 0 3 1 34 6
Barnsley 2020–21[47] Championship 23 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 25 7
2021–22[48] Championship 28 7 2 2 0 0 — 30 9
Total 51 14 2 2 0 0 2 0 55 16
Luton Town 2022–23[49] Championship 44 20 3 0 1 0 3[e] 0 51 20
2023–24[50] Premier League 38 11 4 0 1 0 — 43 11
2024–25[51] Championship 17 5 0 0 1 0 — 18 5
Total 99 36 7 0 3 0 3 0 112 36
Career total 295 72 19 3 7 1 24 6 345 82
  1. ^ Includes FA Cup, Scottish Cup
  2. ^ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ^ a b c d Appearance(s) in Football League/EFL Trophy
  4. ^ Five appearances and two goals in EFL Trophy, three appearances and one goal in League One play-offs
  5. ^ Appearances in Championship play-offs

Honours

Shrewsbury Town

Luton Town

Individual

References

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