Júnior Morales

For the Brazilian footballer, see Júnior Moraes.

Júnior Morales
Personal information
Full name	Júnior Exequiel Morales Maradiaga
Date of birth	(1978-03-23) March 23, 1978
Place of birth	San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	Atlético Choloma
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2001	Real España	31	(0)
2002	Platense
2003–2005	Real España
2006	Broncos UNAH
2006	Atlético Olanchano
2007	Hispano
2007	Deportes Savio	14	(0)
2008	Platense	25	(0)
2009	Vida	15	(0)
2009–2010	Deportes Savio	16	(0)
2010–2011	Victoria		(0)
2011–2012	Deportes Savio	3	(0)
2012–2014	Atlético Choloma
2014-	KRC Genk
National team^‡
2001–2005	Honduras	8	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 August 2011. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 August 2011

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Morales and the second or maternal family name is Maradiaga.

Júnior Exequiel Morales Maradiaga (born 23 March 1978 in San Pedro Sula, Honduras) is a Honduran footballer who currently plays as goalkeeper for Liga Nacional de Honduras club Atlético Choloma.

Club career

A much-travelled goalkeeper, Morales played for several clubs before joining Platense for the 2008 Clausura championship. In October 2008, Morales was dismissed by Platense during the 2008 Apertura season.^[1] At the end of 2008 he joined Vida^[2] but in May 2009, the club announced Morales would leave the club.^[3]

Victoria

On 1 July 2010, Júnior Morales moved to Victoria replacing John Bodden, who moved to Necaxa, signing a one-year contract.^[4]

On 21 August 2010, Morales made his domestic league debut with Victoria in a 1-1 in the Clásico Ceibeño against Vida.^[5]

International career

Morales made his debut for Honduras in a March 2001 friendly match against Peru and has earned a total of 8 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country at the 2001 UNCAF Nations Cup,^[6] as well as at the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup.^[7]

His final international was a September 2005 friendly match against Japan.

Personal life

Morales is married to Katherine and the couple have two children, Pedro and Katherine. Morales has two other kids named Junior Alexander y Daniel Alejandro..^[8]

References

↑ Platense separa a Júnior Morales - La Prensa (Spanish)
↑ Vida contrata al portero Júnior Morales - La Prensa (Spanish)
↑ Júnior Morales no seguirá en el Vida - La Prensa (Spanish)
↑ "Júnior Morales fichó por el Victoria". Diez.hn. Retrieved 1 July 2010.
↑ "Vida y Victoria no se hicieron daño". Diez.hn. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
↑ Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2001 - Details Archived October 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. - RSSSF
↑ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2005 - Full Details Archived October 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. - RSSSF
↑ Júnior Morales: "Soy fan número uno de Galilea Montijo" - Diez (Spanish)

External links

Júnior Morales at National-Football-Teams.com
Profile - Diez

Honduran Liga Nacional awards

Top goalscorers	1965–66: Grey 1966–67: Caballero 1967–68: Garden 1968–69: Abrussezze 1969–70: Ortega 1970–71: Alvarado 1971–72: Alvarado 1972–73: none 1973–74: Blandón & Plummer 1974–75: Rodríguez 1975–76: López 1976–77: O. Hernández 1977–78: Carreño 1978–79: Bernárdez 1979–80: Norales 1980–81: Altamirano 1981–82: Altamirano 1982–83: Altamirano 1983–84: Gamboa 1984–85: Altamirano 1985–86: Flores 1986–87: Dueñas 1987–88: Machado 1988–89: Matthews, Alonso, Lobo & Gamboa 1989–90: Ávila 1990–91: Vallejo 1991–92: Bennett 1992–93: Arriola 1993–94: Chacón 1994–95: Ávila 1995–96: Castro 1996–97: Costa 1997–98 A: Velásquez 1997–98 C: Guevara & Velásquez 1998–99: de Lima 1999–00 A: Velásquez 1999–00 C: Cárcamo 2000–01 A: Verón 2000–01 C: Cacho 2001–02 A: Reneau 2001–02 C: M. Ferreira 2002–03 A: M. Ferreira 2002–03 C: Costa, Cacho & Emílio 2003–04 A: Tosello 2003–04 C: Emílio 2004–05 A: Emílio 2004–05 C: Ramírez 2005–06 A: Ramírez 2005–06 C: Emílio 2006–07 A: Costly 2006–07 C: Pavón 2007–08 A: E. Martínez 2007–08 C: Velásquez 2008–09 A: E. Ferreira 2008–09 C: Diduch 2009–10 A: Palacios 2009–10 C: Bengtson 2010–11 A: Bengtson 2010–11 C: Bengtson 2011–12 A: Cardozo 2011–12 C: Torlacoff & Copete 2012–13 A: Rojas 2012–13 C: R. Martínez 2013–14 A: Castillo 2013–14 C: R. Martínez 2014–15 A: E. Hernández 2014–15 C: Castillo 2015–16 A: Vega 2015–16 C: Elis & Vega

Best goalkeepers	1965–66: Chesman 1966–67: Norales 1967–68: Norales 1968–69: Norales 1969–70: Norales 1970–71: Dubois 1971–72: Santini 1972–73: none 1973–74: Mayorga 1974–75: Mayorga 1975–76: Santini 1976–77: Rivera 1977–78: Rivera 1978–79: Morales 1979–80: Mayorga 1980–81: Stewart 1981–82: Morales 1982–83: Rivera 1983–84: Solís 1984–85: Guerrero 1985–86: Banegas 1986–87: Herrera 1987–88: Rivera 1988–89: Banegas 1989–90: Tejeda 1990–91: Bautista 1991–92: Henríquez 1992–93: Cubillo 1993–94: Palacios 1994–95: Banegas 1995–96: Flores 1996–97: Prono 1997–98 A: Vásquez 1997–98 C: Vásquez 1998–99: Prono 1999–00 A: Prono 1999–00 C: Prono 2000–01 A: González 2000–01 C: González 2001–02 A: González 2001–02 C: Flores 2002–03 A: James 2002–03 C: Medina 2003–04 A: Escober 2003–04 C: Coello 2004–05 A: Morales 2004–05 C: Vásquez 2005–06 A: Valladares 2005–06 C: James 2006–07 A: Valladares 2006–07 C: Vallecillo 2007–08 A: Bodden 2007–08 C: Valladares 2008–09 A: Canales 2008–09 C: Escober 2009–10 A: Morales 2009–10 C: de León 2010–11 A: Bodden 2010–11 C: Orio 2011–12 A: Escober 2011–12 C: Orio 2012–13 A: Morales 2012–13 C: Cárcamo 2013–14 A: Bodden 2013–14 C: Portigliatti 2014–15 A: Cárcamo 2014–15 C: Morales 2015–16 A: Zúniga 2015–16 C: Morales

Honduras squads

Honduras squad – 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup semi-finalists

1 Coello 2 Henríquez 3 Figueroa 4 Caballero 6 Izaguirre 7 E. Núñez 8 Palacios 9 Ramírez 10 Velásquez 11 M. Núñez 13 Berríos 14 García 16 Vega 18 Morán 19 Turcios 20 Thomas 21 Vallecillo 22 Morales 23 Guerrero 24 Guifarro 25 Garden Coach: Herrera

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