Ffion Morgan

For the Casualty character, see Ffion Morgan (Casualty).

Ffion Morgan
Morgan with Bristol City in 2022.
Personal information
Full name Ffion Alys Morgan
Date of birth (2000-05-11) 11 May 2000
Place of birth Llandeilo, Wales
Height 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Full-back / Forward
Team information
Current team
 Bristol City
Number 24
Youth career
2004–2010 Saron Juniors
2010–2014 Ammanford
2015–2018 Bristol City Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Cardiff City 19 (1)
2019–2020 Coventry United 11 (0)
2020–2021 Crystal Palace 17 (0)
2021–2025 Bristol City 77 (15)
International career‡
2016–2017 Wales U17 6 (2)
2018–2019 Wales U19 3 (1)
2017– Wales 43 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 May 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 May 2025

Ffion Alys Morgan (born 11 May 2000) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a defender and now more recently forward[1] for Women's Championship club Bristol City and the Wales national team. She began her career with Cardiff City Ladies, before joining Coventry United in 2019, moving to Crystal Palace in 2020 and then to her current club Bristol City in 2021. Ffion has played for Wales from the age of 14 (youth) and made her international senior debut in 2017.

Early life

Morgan is from Llandeilo in Carmarthenshire. She attended Llandybie Primary School and then Ysgol Tre-Gib in Llandeilo as a teenager.[2] At the age of 16, she moved away from home to complete her education at the FAW academy in Ystrad Mynach.

Club career

Morgan began playing football from the age of four for local boys side Saron Juniors. At the age of 11, she joined Ammanford Girls. Morgan later signed for Cardiff City but missed the 2017–18 campaign after suffering a serious anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury while on international duty for Wales under-19s.[3][4] In September 2019, she joined FA Women's Championship side Coventry United.[5] In July 2020, she signed for Crystal Palace.[6] Then in 2021, she signed for Bristol City, helping them achieve promotion to the WSL in 2023. Morgan won the Bristol Supporters' Player of the Year award at the end of the 2024-25 season.[7] On 20 June 2025 it was announced that Morgan was departing the club upon the expiry of her contract at the end of June 2025.[8]

International career

Morgan has 41 Junior caps across under 15’s, 16’s 18’s and captained under 19’s. She has been capped for the Wales national team, appearing for the team during the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying cycle.[9] She made her debut for the senior squad against Northern Ireland in 2017 before suffering an ACL injury while playing later that year for WU19s.[3] As of June 2025, Morgan has 43 caps for Cymru.

In June 2025, Morgan was named in Wales' squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2025. She scored two goals in the lead up to the team's qualification, including against Slovakia in the first leg of the play-off semi-final. [10]

Personal life

Morgan is bilingual, speaking both Welsh and English. Alongside playing football, she also holds a UEFA B Licence in coaching.[2]

Morgan is in a relationship with former Bristol and Crystal Palace defender, and current Newcastle United player Lia Cataldo.[11][12]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 27 January 2025[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup[a] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Cardiff City Ladies 2016-17 Women's National League 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
2018-19 16 1 2 0 1 0 19 1
Total 17 1 2 0 2 0 21 1
Coventry United 2019–20 Championship 11 0 2 0 4 0 17 0
Total 11 0 2 0 4 0 17 0
Crystal Palace 2020–21 Championship 17 0 2 0 3 0 22 0
Total 17 0 2 0 3 0 22 0
Bristol City 2021–22 Championship 17 3 2 1 3 0 22 4
2022–23 20 5 2 0 1 0 23 5
2023–24 Women's Super League 22 1 1 0 1 0 24 1
2024–25 Championship 18 6 1 0 1 0 13 4
Total 77 15 6 1 5 0 89 15
Career total 128 16 11 1 14 0 149 16
  1. ^ includes Women's League Cup

International

As of matches played 3 June 2025, statistics from the Football Association of Wales[14]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Wales 2017 3 0
2018 3 0
2019 2 0
2020 2 0
2021 2 0
2022 10 0
2023 9 0
2024 8 2
2025 4 0
Total 43 2

International goals

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 9 April 2024 Zahir Pajaziti Stadium, Podujevo, Kosovo  Kosovo 0-4 0–6 UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying
2. 25 October 2024 NTC Poprad, Poprad, Slovakia  Slovakia 2-1 2–1

Honours

Bristol City

References

  1. ^ "Women's First Team". Bristol City FC. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
  2. ^ a b "How this Wales international is inspiring new girls to fall in love with football". Football Association of Wales Trust. 8 March 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  3. ^ a b Ellis, Callum (30 August 2018). "Ffion Morgan explains why getting back on track after ACL injury means so much". Exposport. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  4. ^ Hadley, Craig (17 August 2019). "Welsh teenager Ffion Morgan joins Coventry United". Midlands WOSO. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Coventry United Sign Ffion Morgan". South Wales Guardian. 11 September 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Ffion Morgan joins Crystal Palace Women". Crystal Palace F.C. 17 July 2020.
  7. ^ Poole, Emily (20 June 2025). "Morgan departs City". Bristol City FC. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  8. ^ "Ffion Morgan: Wales forward to leave Bristol City". BBC Sport. 20 June 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  9. ^ "Women World Cup Qualifiers Europe 2017/2018 » Teams (Wales)". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  10. ^ "Cymru squad announced for UEFA Women's EURO 2025 finals". Football Association of Wales. 19 June 2025. Archived from the original on 19 June 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
  11. ^ (25 June 2023). "In our travel/concert era ✨". Instagram. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  12. ^ (4 May 2023). "🍸". Instagram. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  13. ^ "Wales - F. Morgan - Profile with news, career statistics, and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
  14. ^ "Wales - F. Morgan - Profile with news, career statistics, and history". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
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