Mauricio Morales

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Moralesand the second or maternal family name is Olivares.

Mauricio Morales

Personal information
Full name	Mauricio Geraldiny Morales Olivares
Date of birth	(2000-01-07) 7 January 2000 (age 23)
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.

External links

• Mauricio Morales at Soccerway
• Mauricio Morales at Global Sports Archive