Julio Morales

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Julio César Pelinho Morales is a former Uruguayan football striker. He was born on February 16, 1945, in the city of Montevideo in Uruguay. He was part of the Uruguay squad for the 1970 World Cup. He won a number of trophies in South America and Europe including the Copa Libertadores in 1971 and 1980.

[edit] Club career

Morales started his career in 1961 at the age of 16 with Racing Club de Montevideo, in 1965 he was signed by Uruguayan giantsNacional he helped the club to win 5 league titles and a Copa Libertadores before moving to Europe to play for Austria Wien.

With Austria Wien he won two Austrian league titles and two Austrian Cups, he also played in the European Cup Winners Cup final in 1978.

After the disappointment of missing out on the Cup Winners Cup, Morales returend to Nacional, where he won another league title and Copa Libertadores before his retirement in 1982.

Morales is the 5th highest scoring player in the history of the Copa Libertadores with 30 goals, he scored a total of 191 goals for Nacional in 471 appearances.

[edit] National titles

Season	Club	Title
1966	Nacional	Primera División Uruguaya
1968	Nacional	Primera División Uruguaya
1969	Nacional	Primera División Uruguaya
1970	Nacional	Primera División Uruguaya
1971	Nacional	Primera División Uruguaya
1974	Austria Wien	Austrian Cup
1976	Austria Wien	Austrian Bundesliga
1977	Austria Wien	Austrian Cup
1978	Austria Wien	Austrian Bundesliga
1980	Nacional	Primera División Uruguaya

[edit] International titles

Season	Club	Title
1971	Nacional	Copa Libertadores
1971	Nacional	Copa Intercontinental
1971	Nacional	Copa Interamericana
1980	Nacional	Copa Libertadores
1971	Nacional	Copa Intercontinental

[edit] External links

• Nacional player profile (Spanish)

v • d • e Uruguay squad - 1970 FIFA World Cup Fourth Place 1 Mazurkiewicz • 2 Ancheta • 3 Matosas • 4 Ubiñas • 5 Montero Castillo • 6 Mujica • 7 Cubilla • 8 Rocha • 9 Espárrago • 10 Maneiro • 11 Morales • 12 Santos • 13 Sandoval • 14 Cámera • 15 Fontes • 16 Caetano • 17 Bareño • 18 Gómez • 19 Zubía • 20 Cortés • 21 Losada • 22 Corbo • Coach: Hohberg

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