Tania Morales

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Tania Morales
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Morales in 2017 after winning the Liga MX Femenil championship with Guadalajara
Personal information
Full name Tania Paola Morales Bazarte
Date of birth (1986-12-22) 22 December 1986 (age 37)
Place of birth Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) [1]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2017–2021 Guadalajara 88 (17)
2022 Cruz Azul 16 (1)
2022–2023 Atlas 26 (2)
2023 Querétaro 14 (2)
International career
2002–2006 Mexico U-20 2 (0)
2005–2018 Mexico 8 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 September 2020
Morales in 2016 at a press conference for the Mexico women's national football team. Taniamorales-2 (39965838884).jpg
Morales in 2016 at a press conference for the Mexico women's national football team.

Tania Paola Morales Bazarte (born 22 December 1986), known as Tania Morales, is a former Mexican footballer who last played as a midfielder in the Liga MX Femenil and the Mexico national team. Internationally, she has represented Mexico's under-20 and senior teams.

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From 2017 to 2021, she was a member of C. D. Guadalajara, nicknamed the Chivas and the Rebaño Sagrado, where she was the team's captain. In 2022 she was traded to Cruz Azul where was also the captain. In 2023 she played with Queretaro. On 2 December 2023, Morales announced her retirement from football. [2]

Club career

Tania Morales was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco on 22 December 1986. [1]

In 2017, Morales joined Guadalajara and was chosen as captain of the team for the inaugural season of the Liga MX Femenil. She scored seven goals and tallied two assists during the Apertura tournament. On 4 November 2017, Morales scored the first and only Olympic goal in the league. [3]

The Chivas won the league championship on 24 November 2017 after defeating Pachuca in the second match of a two-match playoff. Morales had an assist in the victory. The matches drew record-setting crowds of 28,955 and 32,466 spectators. [4] [5]

In the Clausura 2018 tournament Morales scored five goals.

As of September 2020, Morales is the player who has made most appearances in Guadalajara history.

International career

Morales played for Mexico in the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship contested in Russia, where the Mexican squad was eliminated at the group stage. [6]

Playing for the Mexican senior team, on 2 April 2008, Morales scored two goals in a match with Jamaica as Mexico competed unsuccessfully to qualify for the 2008 Olympic Games. At the 2010 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup, Morales played in all five matches as Mexico succeeded in qualifying for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. [7] At the Gold Cup, Morales was a substitute in the match against the United States on 5 November 2010 where Mexico won 2–1. U.S. Soccer called the match a "stunning upset" and the "biggest result in Mexican women's football history. [8] [9] Morales was a starter in a follow-up game with against the United States on 5 June 2011 which Mexico lost 0–1. [10] However, Morales, although a member of the Mexican team, did not play in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.

On 27 November 2017, Morales was selected by the national team to participate in preparations for competing in the Central American and Caribbean Games in 2018. [11] She also played one match with the national team in the 2018 Turkish Women's Cup in March 2018. [12]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 27 August 2020 [1]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Guadalajara 2017–18 Liga MX Femenil 30123012
2018–19 Liga MX Femenil332332
2019–20 Liga MX Femenil255255
2020–21 Liga MX Femenil1010
Total89198819
Career total89198819

Honours

Club

Guadalajara

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  2. ↑ Vazquez, Julian. "Tania Morales anuncian su retiro despues de 6 anos en la liga". Record. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  3. ↑ "Golazo olímpico de Tania Morales en la semifinal de ida de la Liga MX femenil". Marca (in Spanish). 4 November 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "Pachuca tomó ventaja en el Gran Final" (in Spanish). Liga MX Femenil. 20 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "El Club Guadalajara es campeón de la Liga MX Femenil" (in Spanish). Liga MX Femenil. 24 November 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  6. ↑ Hoyos, Silvia (7 November 2017). "La capitana rojiblanca que también es superhéroe". Vavel (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 January 2018.
  7. ↑ "CONCACAF Mexico 2010: Women's World Cup Qualifying Recap". pp. 11, 15–19. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  8. ↑ "U.S. Women Upset by Mexico 2-1 at CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament". U.S. Soccer. Archived from the original on 7 January 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  9. ↑ Anguiano, Jessica (4 January 2011). "Selección femenil, ¡sabe a tequila!". Reforma (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  10. ↑ "Stoppage-Time Strike from Cheney Lifts U.S Women to Win Against Mexico". U.S. Soccer. Archived from the original on 7 January 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  11. ↑ Huerta, César (27 November 2017). "Norma Palafox y Miriam García, llamadas al Tri Sub 20". AS.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  12. ↑ "La SNM Femenil cierra fase grupos ante Polonia en la Copa Turquía 2018". Archived from the original on 10 March 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
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