Steve Morrow
Northern Irish footballer and coach
Stephen Joseph Morrow (born 2 July 1970) is a Northern Irish former professional footballer and manager. He was The Football Association's head of player selection and talent strategy until 2023.
As a player he played most of his career at left back but he has played in three Cup-finals as a midfield marker, from 1988 until 2003, playing in the Premier League for Arsenal and in Major League Soccer for Dallas Burn. He also played in the Football League for Reading, Watford, Barnet, Queens Park Rangers and Peterborough United. He received 39 caps for Northern Ireland, scoring once. He moved into management with FC Dallas and went on to work in a number of key technical roles back at Arsenal across a 12-year period.
Club career
Arsenal
Morrow first played for Bangor as youth, before joining Arsenal in July 1987. A versatile utility man, who could play at full back, centre back or midfielder, Morrow had loan spells at Reading, Watford and Barnet, before making his debut for Arsenal as a substitute in a First Division match on 8 April 1992 against Norwich City, in place of the injured Nigel Winterburn.
By the start of 1992–93 he had played more times for his country than for Arsenal, but another injury to Winterburn brought him back to Highbury for a spell in November, and he finally established himself in the side. He played some of his matches in midfield in a marker role, as Arsenal reached the League Cup and FA Cup finals.
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