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JOIN USExploring Careers in Professional Football
20 January 2021The Cambridge Elite Scholarship squads were joined by professional footballer, Michael Morrison in a presentation and Q & A that enabled the students to explore football as a career through the personal journey Michael took from youth teams to top-flight football.
Michael took the students through his career journey, starting at the age of 17yrs when he was signed to his first professional team, Cambridge Utd. Michael described his time with Cambridge as a positive experience but an offer of signing for Leicester City saw him quickly move up the ranks in the world of football. Michael found himself with a different level of professional expectations, not only on the pitch, but in areas such as nutrition and sports science. He also found that he was surrounded by players of elite standard, highlighting his own position within the game.
Over the coming years, Michael moved around the football circuit playing for teams such as Charlton, Sheffield Wednesday and Birmingham before moving to his current club, Reading FC.
Michael shared the some of the challenges he experienced along the way, from uprooting his family as he moved clubs, keeping up in the fast-moving and every-changing industry and thinking ahead to his career following his retirement from the game.
When asked what advice he would give, Michael said, “Football isn’t just about being signed for the best clubs, game-play is equally as important. Take every opportunity, no matter what the level. All exposure is good as it gives you the opportunity to demonstrate your ability and get yourself noticed.”
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