Fernando Morena

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Fernando Morena
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Morena in 2011
Personal information
Full name Fernando Morena Belora
Date of birth (1952-02-02) 2 February 1952 (age 72)
Place of birth Punta Gorda, Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1968 Racing Montevideo
1969–1972 River Plate Montevideo 48 (27)
1973–1979 Peñarol 140 (162)
1979–1980 Rayo Vallecano 34 (21)
1980–1981 Valencia 31 (16)
1981–1983 Peñarol 50 (39)
1984 Boca Juniors 7 (1)
1984 Peñarol 6 (2)
Total316(268)
International career
1971–1983 Uruguay 53 (22)
Managerial career
1988 Peñarol
1989 Huracán Buceo
1991 Real Murcia
1996–1998 River Plate Montevideo
1999–2000 Colo-Colo
2003 River Plate Montevideo
2005 Peñarol
Medal record
Representing Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Copa América
Winner 1983
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fernando Morena Belora (born 2 February 1952) is a Uruguayan former professional footballer who played as a striker. His most known nicknames were "Nando"(abridged form of Fernando) and "Potrillo" (Colt, although young stallion is a better translation in this case), and he is the all-time top goal scorer in the history of the Uruguayan Primera División with 230 goals in 244 games. [1] He scored 268 in his almost 20-year career.

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Club career

Morena drinking mate in 1982 Penarol morena tomando mate.jpg
Morena drinking mate in 1982

Fernando Morena started as a professional football player in 1968 with Racing Club de Montevideo, which he left in 1969, signing for the nearby team, River Plate from Montevideo, where he played until 1972. Morena joined Peñarol in 1973. In his first run with the club, he won four Uruguayan Primera championships. [2] He was the top scorer in the Uruguayan soccer league for six consecutive years between 1973 and 1978, and was the top scorer in the Copa Libertadores in 1974 and 1975. [3]

In 1979, Fernando Morena signed up with the Spanish team Rayo Vallecano, but spent just one season there before changing to Valencia in 1980. Morena returned to Peñarol in 1981, where he helped the team win two more Uruguayan league titles in 1981 and 1982. [2] They also won the Copa de Oro in 1981, the Copa Libertadores in 1982, [4] and the 1982 Intercontinental Cup. [5]

In 1983, Fernando Morena joined the Brazilian soccer team Flamengo and in 1984, he played for Boca Juniors of Argentina. He finished his professional career in Peñarol in 1985.

International career

Fernando made his debut for the Uruguay national team on 27 October 1971 against Chile in a 3–0 win, where he scored his first goal. He was part of the national team that represented Uruguay at the 1974 World Cup. He went on to obtain a total of 54 international caps, scoring 22 goals which currently ranks him as the joint eighth-highest scorer in the history of the team. On 4 September 1983, Morena suffered a tibia and fibula fracture when playing against Venezuela for the Copa America. He never played for the national team after that incident, though he is still officially considered a part of the Uruguayan team that won the Copa América in 1983.

Coaching career

After retiring, he held several coaching positions in Uruguay, Spain and Chile. His first coaching job was in River Plate, which was followed by Peñarol, Real Murcia in Spain, Huracán Buceo, Rampla Juniors, Colo Colo in Chile and a second run in Peñarol in 2005. In 2009, he was designated as Manager of Institutional Relations at Peñarol. [6]

Career statistics

International

Morena with Uruguay at the 1974 World Cup Fernando Morena (1974).jpg
Morena with Uruguay at the 1974 World Cup
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Uruguay [7] 197111
197250
197385
1974107
197553
1976100
197762
197831
197900
198000
198100
198200
198353
Total5322

Honours

Club

Peñarol

Valencia

International

Uruguay

Individual

Records

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