Mauricio Morales
Personal information
Full name Mauricio Geraldiny Morales Olivares
Date of birth (2000-01-07) 7 January 2000
Place of birth Pichidangui, Los Vilos, Chile
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Deportes Antofagasta
(on loan from Universidad de Chile)
Number 34
Youth career
2013–2019 Universidad de Chile
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Universidad de Chile 24 (1)
2023– → Deportes Antofagasta (loan) 0 (0)
International career
2015 Chile U15
2017 Chile U17 16 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 July 2023

Mauricio Geraldiny Morales Olivares (born 7 January 2000), also known as Mauro Morales, is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Primera B de Chile club Deportes Antofagasta on loan from Universidad de Chile.

Club career

Morales made his professional debut in a Copa Chile match against Cobresal on 7 September 2019.[1] On 21 December, he signed his first contract as a professional footballer.[2] Morales made his international club debut in a Copa Libertadores match against San Lorenzo de Almagro on 18 March 2021.[3]

In July 2023, Morales joined on loan to Deportes Antofagasta in the Primera B de Chile.[4]

International career

At early age, he represented Chile at under-15 level at the 2015 South American U-15 Championship[5] and winning the friendly 2015 Aspire Tri-Series International Tournament in Doha, Qatar.[6] Later, he represented the under-17 team in two friendly matches against the United States, at the 2017 South American U-17 Championship – where Chile finished runners-up – and at the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

He played all the matches for the under-17s at the friendly tournament, the 2017 Lafarge Foot Avenir in France, better known as Tournament Limoges, which Chile won after defeating Belgium and Poland,[7][8] and drawing to France.[9]

Honours

Chile U15
  • Aspire Tri-Series International Tournament: 2015
Chile U17
  • Tournoi de Limoges: 2017

References

  1. ↑ "¿Quién es Mauricio Morales, la nueva carta de Caputto en la U?" (in Spanish). AS Chile. 14 September 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  2. ↑ "¡Mauricio Morales firmó su primer contrato profesional!: "Estoy feliz por la oportunidad que me dio el Club" — Club Universidad de Chile". udechile.cl (in Spanish). Universidad de Chile. 21 December 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  3. ↑ "Mauricio Morales pide camiseta: "Somos la U y tenemos que salir campeón y en lo personal estoy para pelear un puesto con cualquiera"". RedGol (in European Spanish). 23 March 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  4. ↑ "Universidad de Chile informó la cesión de Mauricio Morales a Deportes Antofagasta". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 19 July 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  5. ↑ "¡Hay nómina! Chile Sub-15 ya tiene listo a los jugadores que disputarán el Sudamericano". Fútbol Joven Chile (in Spanish). 5 November 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  6. ↑ "LA SELECCIÓN CHILENA SUB 15 CAMPEONA EN QATAR" (in Spanish). ANFP. 18 February 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  7. ↑ "La Roja Sub 17 debutó con una victoria en torneo en Francia" (in Spanish). AS Chile. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  8. ↑ ""Ganar fue un premio a lo que generó el equipo y al esfuerzo de esta selección"" (in Spanish). ANFP. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  9. ↑ "La Roja Sub 17, un campeón a máxima velocidad en Francia" (in Spanish). ANFP. 3 September 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2021.


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