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Martín Morel Personal information Full name Martín Gerardo Morel Date of birth November 5, 1980 Place of birth Rosario, Argentina Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Playing position Midfielder Club information Current club Universitario de Deportes Number 8 Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 2006-2010 Tigre 85 (25) 2010 Deportivo Cali 16 (14) 2011-present Universitario de Deportes 15 (1) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 April 2010.
† Appearances (Goals).Martín Gerardo Morel (born 5 November 1980 in Rosario) is an Argentine football midfielder currently playing for Universitario de Deportes.
Career
Morel was a late developer, not playing professionally until the age of 25. Morel was discovered playing for Sportivo Las Parejas and joined Tigre in 2006.
In his first season with Tigre Morel helped the club to gain promotion to the Argentine Primera. The Apertura 2007 was Tigre's first season in the Primera since 1980, and Morel's first taste of top flight football. Morel was not a regular in the first team, but chipped in with three goals in his seven appearances. The club finished in 2nd place which was the highest league finish in their history. During the Apertura 2008 Morel was an important part of the Tigre squad that again reached the runner-up position. He scored a total of 13 goals throughout the torunament.
In the summer 2010 Martin Morel signed for Colombian team Deportivo Cali. He will play the 2010/11 season in Liga Postobón.
He announced his arrival at Deportivo Cali with a superb hat-trick in their 5-3 victory over Once Caldas.
External links
- Football-Lineups player profile
- Tigre player profile (Spanish)
- Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI (Spanish)
Universitario de Deportes – current squad 2 Galliquio · 3 Galván (c) · 4 Ampuero · 5 Gonzáles · 6 R. Torres · 7 M. Torres · 8 Morel · 9 Ruidíaz · 10 Soto · 11 Ismodes · 12 Llontop · 13 Flores · 14 Duarte · 15 Vásquez · 16 Mimbela · 17 Fano · 18 Alfageme · 19 Rabanal · 24 Romero · 25 Lobrano · 26 Schuler · 28 Polo · 29 Conde · 30 Vitti · - Malpartida · - Robalino · Manager: del Solar
Categories:- 1980 births
- Living people
- People from Rosario, Santa Fe
- Argentine footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Tigre footballers
- Deportivo Cali footballers
- Universitario de Deportes footballers
- Primera División Argentina players
- Argentine expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Colombia
- Expatriate footballers in Peru
- Argentine football midfielder stubs
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