Elian Morales
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Elian Ariel Morales Traña | ||
| Date of birth | 29 May 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Cuajiniquil, Costa Rica | ||
| Position(s) | Left midfielder[1] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Guadalupe | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| AD Cuajiniquil | |||
| –2017 | CCDR La Cruz | ||
| 2017–2019 | LD Alajuelense | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2020 | LD Alajuelense | 4 | (0) |
| 2020 | → AD Rosario (loan) | ||
| 2020–2021 | Sporting FC | 27 | (2) |
| 2021–2022 | Guadalupe | 15 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | San José | ||
| 2023– | Guadalupe | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:10, 17 April 2022 (UTC) | |||
Elian Ariel Morales Traña (born 29 May 2000) is a Costa Rican footballer who plays as a left midfielder for Guadalupe
Club career
[edit]LD Alajuelense
[edit]Morales is a product of CCDR La Cruz and AD Cuajiniquil. He joined LD Alajuelense at the age of 16 in 2017.[2]
In September 2018, Morales and his teammate, Geancarlo Castro, went on a one-month internship with Argentine club Rosario Central.[3][4] At the end of December 2018, Morales began training with the clubs first team.[5]
18-year old Morales got his professional debut for the club on 28 February 2019 against C.S. Cartaginés, when he came on as a substitute for Freddy Álvarez in the 91st minute.[6] He made three more appearances for the first team in the following months.
In the following season, he made no official appearances and for that reason, he was one out of eight Alajuelense player, who was loaned out to Costa Rican second division club AD Rosario, or Rosario de Naranjo, in January 2020 for the rest of the season.[7]
Sporting FC
[edit]In July 2020, Morales moved to fellow league club Sporting FC in San José, Costa Rica.[8][9] Morales made 27 league appearances for the club and scored two goals.
Later clubs
[edit]One year later, on 11 July 2021, Morales signed with Guadalupe.[10] After a year at Guadalupe, Morales departed and joined Costa Rican second division team San José on 26 July 2022.[11] Ahead of the 2023/24 season, he returned to Guadalupe.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ Elian Morales at WorldFootball.net
- ^ CONOZCA LOS SEIS CACHORROS QUE PARTICIPARON EN LOS 90 MINUTOS POR LA VIDA, lda.cr, 7 January 2019
- ^ Geancarlo Castro y Elian Morales viajan a pasantía con el Club Atlético Rosario Central, futbolconsultants.com, 6 September 2018
- ^ Nuestros jugadores Geancarlo Castro y... - Li, facebook.com, 12 September 2018
- ^ L.D.A. en Twitter: "Elian Morales entrena co, twitter.com, 29 December 2018
- ^ CARTAGINÉS VS. ALAJUELENSE 2 - 4, soccerway.com, 28 February 2019
- ^ Alajuelense envía a préstamo a uno de sus porteros y siete futbolistas más al Rosario de Naranjo en Segunda División, nacion.com, 26 December 2019
- ^ Elian Morales at Soccerway
- ^ Alajuelense consuma la venta de otro cachorro, 16 December 2020
- ^ Elian Morales y Jeffrey Montenegro buscan trascender con el Sporting FC, diariodeportivocr.com, 11 July 2021
- ^ ¡Bienvenidos! 💙 Anunciamos la incorporación de los jugadores..., facebook.com, 26 July 2022
- ^ ¡GOOOOOL! VAMOS GUADA 💙💛 Elian Morales..., facebook.com, 5 August 2023
External links
[edit]- Elian Morales at Soccerway