Héctor Moreno (soccer player)

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Héctor Moreno
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Héctor Moreno at the 2018 World Cup
Personnel
Surname Héctor Alfredo Moreno Herrera
birthday 17th January 1988
place of birth Culiacan ,  Mexico
size 182 cm
position Central defender
Juniors
Years station
2003-2006 UNAM Pumas
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2006-2007 UNAM Pumas 44 0(2)
2008-2011 AZ Alkmaar 80 0(6)
2011-2015 Espanyol Barcelona 118 0(7)
2015-2017 PSV Eindhoven 61 (11)
2017-2018 AS Roma 5 0(0)
2018-2019 Real Sociedad 33 0(2)
2019– al-Gharafa Sports Club 16 0(1)
National team
Years selection Games (goals) 2
2005 Mexico U-17 6 0(2)
2007 Mexico U-20 4 0(1)
2007– Mexico 104 0(4)
1 Only league games are given.
As of April 6, 2020

2 As of April 6, 2020

Héctor Alfredo Moreno Herrera (born January 17, 1988 in Culiacán ) is a Mexican football player . The defender has been under contract with al-Gharafa Sports Club since 2019 .

Career

society

Moreno's career began with the traditional Mexican club UNAM Pumas . At the age of 15 he joined the club's youth department. He received attention when he advanced to the final of the FIFA U-17 World Cup in 2005 with the Mexican national team and was able to win the title. The following year, 2006, he was part of the Pumas' professional squad . He was also nominated several times for the U-20 of his country and took part in the U-20 World Cup in Canada.

Due to his good performances in the national and club team, some European teams became aware of him. On December 12th 2007 it was announced that Moreno had signed with the Dutch top team AZ Alkmaar for the next four and a half years . In his first half year he was able to set accents for the AZ and scored his first goal in the Eredivisie . In the following season he won the Dutch championship with the AZ Alkmaar; to in the first second title of the Association for 1981. So Moreno was already operations in the 2009/10 UEFA Champions League , where Alkmaar with 4 draws and 2 losses last place in the preliminary round group behind Arsenal , Olympiakos and Standard Liege occupied and thus retired early.

For the 2011/12 season Moreno moved to the Spanish Primera División to Espanyol Barcelona , where he signed a five-year contract. He made his first appearance for his new club on August 28, 2011 against RCD Mallorca .

On August 15, 2015 PSV Eindhoven announced the signing of Moreno. Upon his return to the Eredivisie , Moreno signed a contract until 2019.

During the Champions League match between PSV Eindhoven and Manchester United on September 15, 2015, Luke Shaw suffered a double fractured tibia after a foul by Moreno and was out for several months.

At the end of the season, Moreno won the Dutch championship with his club.

National team

Moreno made his debut in the jersey of the Mexican national team on October 17, 2007 in a friendly against Guatemala, which Mexico lost 3-2. He was also nominated for the 2010 World Cup and played two games in the preliminary round of Group A (against France and Uruguay).

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Web links

Commons : Héctor Moreno  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Much hope is being placed in young Hector Moreno, signed from AZ Alkmaar, as Espanyol continue their search to replace Victor Ruiz who left the club for Napoli during the winter transfer window." , espangol.com (English)
  2. ↑ weltfussball.de: Match report RCD Mallorca - Espanyol Barcelona (accessed on October 13, 2011)
  3. ↑ PSV Eindhoven sign Moreno . Transfer market. August 16, 2015. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  4. ↑ Shaw returns to United as defender steps up recovery from broken leg. In: The Independent. February 2, 2016, accessed May 9, 2016 (UK English).
personal data
SURNAME Moreno, Héctor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Moreno Herrera, Héctor Alfredo (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION mexican soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH 17th January 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Culiacan , Mexico