Claudio Morel Rodríguez
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Claudio Marcelo Morel Rodríguez | ||
| Date of birth | 2 February 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Asunción, Paraguay | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left back, Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | 12 de Octubre | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1995–1998 | San Lorenzo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2004 | San Lorenzo | 135 | (2) |
| 2004–2010 | Boca Juniors | 149 | (1) |
| 2010–2012 | Deportivo La Coruña | 33 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | Independiente | 53 | (1) |
| 2014 | Sol de América | 11 | (0) |
| 2015– | 12 de Octubre | ||
| National team‡ | |||
| 2000 | Paraguay U23 | ||
| 1999–2010 | Paraguay | 35 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 November 2014. | |||
Claudio Marcelo Morel Rodríguez (born 2 February 1978 in Asunción) is a Paraguayan footballer who currently plays for 12 de Octubre in the División Intermedia.
He also plays as a left back for the Paraguay national team. He is the son of ex-Paraguayan footballer Eugenio Morel.
Career
Club career
San Lorenzo
Morel Rodríguez started his career in Argentina with San Lorenzo in the Primera División. In the 2000–01 season he won the Clausura with San Lorenzo, and in 2001 he helped them win the Copa Mercosur, beating Brazilian club Flamengo in the final.
He scored his first goal for the club on 5 October 2002 in a 2–1 win over Newell's Old Boys at the Estadio Pedro Bidegain.[1] He won the 2002 Copa Sudamericana with the club, beating Atlético Nacional of Colombia 4–0 in the final in November 2002.[2]
He scored one more goal for San Lorenzo also in the 2002–03 season, and also against Newell's Old Boys, in a 2–1 defeat on 2 May 2003 at the Estadio Newell's Old Boys.[3]
Boca Juniors
He moved to Boca Juniors in 2004 and made his Boca debut in a 0–0 draw against Lanús on 15 August 2004.[4] His first trophy with Boca came in 2004 when the club won the Copa Sudamericana, by beating Bolivian club Bolivar 2–1 over two legs in the final. In 2005 he won the Recopa Sudamericana and the Copa Sudamericana as well as winning both the 2005 Apertura and the 2006 Clausura in the 2005–2006 season. He won the Recopa Sudamericana 2006 with Boca, beating São Paulo 4–3 on aggregate.
On 10 February 2007, Morel scored his first goal with Boca Juniors in a 4–0 victory over Banfield,[5] later that year in December he played in the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan and helped Boca to the runners-up spot, losing to Italian club A.C. Milan 4–2 in the final.
He was runner-up behind fellow Paraguayan Salvador Cabañas in the 2007 South American Footballer of the Year award. He was also selected in the "Ideal Eleven of South America in 2007[6]". In August 2008 he helped Boca win the 2008 Recopa Sudamericana, beating fellow Argentine club Arsenal 5–3 on aggregate. In December 2008 he was chosen as the Paraguayan footballer of the year by the press.[7]
On 20 June 2010, prior to Paraguay's group match against Slovakia at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Boca Juniors announced they would not renew Morel Rodríguez' contract.[8]
Return to Paraguay
In 2015, He and Sol de América colleague Aureliano Torres both joined 12 de Octubre of the Divison Intermedia.[9]
International career
He made his international debut in 1999.
Morel Rodríguez also represented Paraguay U23 at the 2000 CONMEBOL Men Pre-Olympic Tournament, making three appearances.[10][11][12]
He played in the 2002 World Cup qualifiers, and has played in the qualifying games for the 2010 World Cup.
Honours
- San Lorenzo
- Boca Juniors
- Argentine Primera División: 2005 Apertura, 2006 Clausura, 2008 Apertura
- Copa Sudamericana: 2004, 2005
- Recopa Sudamericana: 2005, 2006, 2008
- Copa Libertadores: 2007
- Individual
Career statistics
Club
| Equipo | Temporada | Liga local | Copa local(1) | Competición internacional(2) |
Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PJ | Goles | PJ | Goles | PJ | Goles | PJ | Goles | ||
| San Lorenzo | |||||||||
| 1998– 1999 | 8 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1999– 2000 | 27 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | 27 | 0 | ||
| 2000– 2001 | 10 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | 10' | 0 | ||
| 2001– 2002 | 29 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | 29 | 0 | ||
| 2002– 2003 | 32 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | 40 | 2 | ||
| 2003– 2004 | 29 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | 29 | 0 | ||
| Total | 135 | 2 | -- | -- | 50 | 1 | 185 | 3 | |
| Boca Juniors | |||||||||
| Apertura 2004 | 14 | 0 | -- | -- | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Clausura 2005 | 11 | 0 | -- | -- | 6 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Apertura 2005 | 9 | 0 | -- | -- | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Clausura 2006 | 10 | 0 | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Apertura 2006 | 16 | 0 | -- | -- | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Torneo Clausura 2007 | 13 | 1 | -- | -- | 14 | 0 | 27 | 1 | |
| Torneo Apertura 2007 | 15 | 0 | -- | -- | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Clausura 2008 | 13 | 0 | -- | -- | 9 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Torneo Apertura 2008 | 16 | 0 | -- | -- | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Torneo Clausura 2009 | 8 | 0 | -- | -- | 5 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Torneo Apertura 2009 | 11 | 0 | -- | -- | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Torneo Clausura 2010 | 13 | 0 | -- | -- | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Total | 149 | 1 | -- | -- | 50 | 0 | 199 | 1 | |
| Deportivo de La Coruña | 2010/2011 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 2011/2012 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -- | -- | 19 | 0 | |
| Total | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | |
| Total de su carrera | 317 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 100 | 1 | 419 | 4 | |
Estadísticas actualizadas a la fecha: 29 de mayo de 2012.[13]
- 1Las copas locales se refieren a la Copa del Rey.
- 2Las competiciones internacionales se refieren a la Copa Libertadores, Copa Sudamericana, Copa Mercosur, Mundial de Clubes y Recopa Sudamericana.
References
- ↑ "Claudio Morel Rodríguez 05/10/2002 (San Lorenzo)". The Guardian. 5 October 2002. Retrieved 2008-10-30.
- ↑ "Consagratoria goleada de San Lorenzo en Medellín" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 28 November 2002. Archived from the original on 4 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-30.
- ↑ "Claudio Morel Rodríguez 02/05/2003 (San Lorenzo)". The Guardian. 2 May 2003. Retrieved 2008-10-30.
- ↑ "Morel Rodríguez, Claudio Marcelo". Club Atlético Boca Juniors. Archived from the original on 4 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-30.
- ↑ "Sólo faltó Román" (in Spanish). Diario Olé. 10 February 2007. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
- ↑ "Salvador Cabañas was chosen as "Footballer of America" 2007". CONMEBOL. 2 January 2008. Archived from the original on 4 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-30.
- ↑ Morel Rodríguez gana el Premio ABC Color – Diario ABC Color
- ↑ http://www.wsc.co.uk/component/option,com_kunena/Itemid,73/func,view/catid,34/id,396537/
- ↑ http://www.abc.com.py/deportes/futbol/intermedia-con-mitad-de-semana-bien-movida-1363933.html
- ↑ http://www.11v11.com/matches/paraguay-v-bolivia-20-january-2000-268580/
- ↑ http://www.11v11.com/matches/paraguay-v-peru-22-january-2000-268582/
- ↑ http://www.11v11.com/matches/argentina-v-paraguay-18-january-2000-268579/
- ↑ Estadísticas de Marca
External links
- Deportivo official profile (Spanish)
- Argentine Primera statistics (Spanish)
- BDFutbol profile
- Claudio Morel Rodríguez at National-Football-Teams.com
- 2010 FIFA World Cup profile
- Claudio Morel Rodríguez – FIFA competition record
- Statistics at the Guardian StatsCentre
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