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'''Westley Nathan Morgan''' (born 21 January 1984) is a former professional [[association football|footballer]] who made over 750 professional appearances as a [[Defender (association football)|defender]] for [[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]], [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]] and the [[Jamaica national football team|Jamaican national team]], as well as a brief loan spell at [[Kidderminster Harriers F.C.|Kidderminster Harriers]].
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==International career==
On 1 September 2013, Morgan was called up to the [[Jamaica national football team|Jamaican squad]] for the first time.<ref>{{cite news |title=Leicester City's Wes Morgan gets chance to fulfil World Cup dream |url=http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Leicester-City-s-Wes-Morgan-gets-chance-fulfil/story-19743916-detail/story.html |access-date=11 March 2016 |work=Leicester Mercury |date=3 September 2013}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="Wes answers Jamaica call">{{cite web |title=Wes answers Jamaica call |url=http://www.lcfc.com/news/article/020913-morgan-answers-jamaica-call-1030015.aspx |work=LCFC.com |publisher=Leicester City F.C. |date=1 September 2013 |access-date=1 September 2013}}</ref> He made his debut in a 0–0 draw against [[Panama national football team|Panama]] at the [[Estadio Rommel Fernández]] in [[Panama City]] on 7 September 2013.<ref name="Morgan Makes International Bow">{{cite news |title=Morgan Makes International Bow |url=http://www.lcfc.com/news/article/070913-morgan-makes-international-bow-1040575.aspx |date=7 September 2013 |access-date=7 September 2013}}</ref> Morgan captained the ''Reggae Boyz'' for the first time in the 3–1 defeat to [[Canada men's national soccer team|Canada]] on 9 September 2014.<ref name="Wes Morgan to captain Boyz against Canada today">{{cite news |title=Wes Morgan to captain Boyz against Canada today |url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Wes-Morgan-to-captain-Boyz-against-Canada-today |date=9 September 2014 |access-date=11 September 2014 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084100/http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Wes-Morgan-to-captain-Boyz-against-Canada-today |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Morgan was part of the Jamaican squad invited to the [[2015 Copa América]] in Chile. He played every minute of their campaign, in which they were eliminated in last place in [[2015 Copa América Group B|their group]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Argentina 1–0 Jamaica |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/33085643 |access-date=4 May 2016 |website=BBC Sport |date=21 June 2015}}</ref> Weeks later, he was again in the team at the [[2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup]] in the United States and Canada, helping them to their first [[2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final|final]]. Jamaica lost 3–1 to [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]] at [[Lincoln Financial Field]] in [[Philadelphia]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Jamaica 1–3 Mexico |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/33670944 |access-date=4 May 2016 |website=BBC Sport |date=27 July 2015}}</ref>
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