Ángel Morales

Ángel Morales
Personal information
Full name	Ángel Alejandro Morales Santos
Date of birth	14 June 1975 (age 48)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1994–1995	Independiente
1995	Platense
1996–1997	Independiente
1997	Sampdoria
1998	Mérida
1999	Racing Club
1999–2002	Cruz Azul
2002–2004	Veracruz
2004–2005	Racing Club
2006	Dorados Sinaloa
2006–2007	Banfield
2007–2008	Olimpo
2008–2010	Nacional
2010–2011	Huracán
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ángel Alejandro Morales Santos (born 14 June 1975), nicknamed Matute, is an Argentine retired footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

Club career[edit]

Morales was born in Buenos Aires. In his extensive professional career, he represented six clubs in his country, including both Avellaneda giants, Club Atlético Independiente and Racing Club, starting his career at the former and having two spells with both.

His first abroad experience came in June 1997, at the age of 22, as he played in Italy for U.C. Sampdoria for a few months, scoring against Juventus FC. In the ensuing transfer window, he signed with CP Mérida in Spain, but collected almost no La Liga appearances in a relegation-ending season.

After returning to his country, with Racing, Morales moved abroad again, playing for Mexican sides Cruz Azul, Tiburones Rojos de Veracruz and Dorados de Sinaloa. At 33, he signed with Uruguay's Club Nacional de Football and, two years later, in 2010, returned to his country and joined Club Atlético Huracán.^[1]

Morales' older brother, Carlos, was also a footballer. Also a midfielder, he represented Paraguay internationally, having been born in the country.

^ ""Matute" Morales, el nuevo refuerzo de Huracán" ["Matute" Morales, the new Huracán addition] (in Spanish). La Razón. 13 July 2010. Retrieved 16 July 2010.

Ángel Morales at BDFA (in Spanish)
Ángel Morales – Argentine League statistics at Fútbol XXI ^{[dead link]} (in Spanish)
Stats at Futbol360 (in Spanish)
Ángel Morales at BDFutbol
Ángel Morales – Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archived) (in Spanish)
Ángel Morales – FIFA competition record (archived)