Where is Jody Morris now?
Former Chelsea midfielder Jody Morris retired from playing at the start of 2013 after a brief spell playing in the Championship for Bristol City.
A product of the Blues academy, he finished his career having played over 300 first-team games for six teams including a spell playing in Scotland for St Johnstone where he won promotion to the Scottish Premier League in 2009.
It was during his time at Stamford Bridge that he enjoyed the most success, winning a number of trophies during his seven years at the club including the UEFA Cup Winners Cup, UEFA Super Cup and also the FA Cup.
Upon retiring from playing he returned to Chelsea as a coach within their youth academy assisting with the coaching of the under-21’s side before working as Joe Edwards’ assistant with the under-18’s team.
Edwards and Morris enjoyed huge success with their under-18’s side winning consecutive FA Youth Cup finals, beating Manchester City over two legs in both 2015 and 2016. When Joe Edwards moved elsewhere within the club at the end of the season, Morris moved up to head coach of the team.
In his first season as under-18’s coach he won the FA Youth Cup for the fourth consecutive year, repeating the feat in 2018. Shortly after this victory he left the club to join former team-mate Frank Lampard at Derby County as his assistant manager.
In an eventful first season, their young Rams side reached the Championship play-off semi-finals where they beat Leeds United 3-4 on aggregate in two tense games to reach the final. Unfortunately Lampard’s Derby side lost 2-1 to Aston Villa in the final who had his former team-mate John Terry as assistant manager.
The pair only spent one season at Derby before returning to Chelsea in July 2019 with Lampard appointed as manager and Morris as his assistant.
Despite operating under a transfer embargo in the first season the pair still led the team to a fourth-placed position in the league, made it to the FA Cup final (losing to Arsenal) and reached the last 16 of the Champions League. However, after spending over £200 million on players for his second season in charge, Lampard was sacked from his position in January 2021 following a slump in form and lack of confidence within the team with Morris following him out of the door soon after.
Morris made a return to football in January 2023 when he joined Swindon Town in his first senior managerial position but his tenure only lasted 18 games and he was sacked after just four months having won just four games.
Away from football coaching, he has occasionally worked as a pundit on Sky Sports as well as Chelsea TV which is their now defunct in-house television channel.
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Jody Morris was a guest on Sky Sports programme The Fantasy Football Club in February 2015 where he picked the eleven best players he had ever played with in their #One2Eleven section of the show.
GK – Carlo Cudicini – when I was at Chelsea I thought he was the best goalkeeper in the league. For his size he commanded the box really well and was the best shot stopper I had seen.
RB – Marcel Desailly – although he was getting on in years when he came to Chelsea he always raised his game for the big matches.
CB – Rio Ferdinand – gifted footballer going forward. Unbelievable skill and very cultured coming out from the back.
CB – John Terry – one of the greatest centre-halves to play in the Premier League. Very good on the ball which often gets overlooked by people when they are talking about him.
Holding Midfielder – Glenn Hoddle – only played a couple of reserve games with him but some of the things I saw him do were unbelievable. A genius.
CM – Ruud Gullit – towards the end of his career when I played with him. He never ever gave the ball away in training and had a fantastic range of passing.
CM – Frank Lampard – for me the greatest goal scoring midfielder of all time, in any league. He scored all those goals, and got all those assists without shirking his defensive responsibilities.
CM – Gianfranco Zola – such a gifted player who was always practising his free kick technique in training.
ST – Michael Owen – played with him at England youth levels. An amazing finisher whose pace murdered defenders for six or seven years. Really confident in his ability.
ST – Mark Hughes – best player at holding up the ball ever. Top player who was really quiet off the pitch.
ST – Gianluca Vialli – the cleverest striker with the best movement I’ve ever seen.
Jody Morris: Premier League Statistics
| Nationality | English |
| Position | Midfielder |
| Appearances | 136 |
| Goals | 5 |
| Yellow Cards | 20 |
| Red Cards | 0 |
| Premier League Teams Played for | Chelsea, Leeds United |
Statistics courtesy of www.premierleague.com
Last Updated on 2 May 2023 by Admin