Julio Morales

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Julio Morales
Personnel
Surname Julio César Morales
birthday February 16, 1945
place of birth Montevideo ,  Uruguay
Juniors
Years station
Racing Club de Montevideo
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
0000-1965 Racing Club de Montevideo
1965-1972 Nacional Montevideo
1973-1978 FK Austria Vienna 171 (55)
1979-1982 Nacional Montevideo
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1966-1981 Uruguay 24 (11)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1983-1987 Racing Club de Montevideo
1 Only league games are given.

Julio César Morales (born February 16, 1945 in Montevideo ), usually short Julio Morales , called Cáscara or Cascarilla , is a former Uruguayan football player on the position of a striker and participant in the 1970 World Cup finals . With the Club Nacional de Football from Montevideo, he won the World Cup twice. With Austria Wien he advanced to the final of the European Cup Winners' Cup.

Career

From the beginning to the world cup

Morales was born the youngest of eight brothers in the Brazo Oriental neighborhood of Montevideo. He began his career in the youth teams of Racing Club de Montevideo before making his debut on the combat team at the age of 16. At the age of 20, he moved on the instigation of Zezé Moreira in 1965 to the city rival Nacional Montevideo , with whom he won the national championship five times over the next few years.

On May 18, 1966, he made his debut in the national team in a 3-1 win over Paraguay in Montevideo, but was not considered for the World Cup in England, which was soon to take place. At the Football World Cup in 1970 he was initially not used in the preliminary round matches and only celebrated his World Cup debut in the quarter-finals. In the semifinals against eventual world champions Brazil , he prepared the interim lead by Luis Cubilla before Uruguay had to admit defeat 1: 3. Morales was also used in the defeat in the game for third place against Germany .

In the Copa Libertadores , Morales first reached the final twice with Nacional, but lost each time in 1967 to Racing Club Avellaneda and 1969 to Club Estudiantes de La Plata . In 1971 the finals again succeeded, the opponent was again Estudiantes de La Plata. After the away game was lost 0-1, Nacional won the second leg with the same result. So a playoff was necessary, which took place in Lima and was won 2-0 by Nacional. Then Nacional also managed to win the World Cup against Panathinaikos Athens , with Morales being excluded in the first leg.

As a legionnaire in Austria

In 1972 Nacional found itself in economic difficulties, which the then club secretary of FK Austria Wien , Norbert Lopper , learned about a relative living in Uruguay. Austria then committed Morales and his compatriot Alberto Martínez during the winter break of the 1972/73 season . After overcoming transition difficulties, Morales also developed into a successful goalscorer at Austria and won two championship titles and two cup wins with the club by 1978 . Together with Hans Pirkner and Thomas Parits he formed the legendary “Hundred Years Storm” of the Violets.

In the 1977/78 season Austria reached the final of the European Cup Winners' Cup , with Morales having decisive goals against Lokomotive Košice and FK Dynamo Moscow . The final was lost against RSC Anderlecht .

Morales scored 73 goals in 214 competitive games for Austria, including 171 games with 55 goals in the Bundesliga.

Back in Uruguay

In 1979 Morales returned to Uruguay and played again for Nacional. In 1980 another league title and the entry into the final of the Copa Libertadores, where they met Internacional Porto Alegre . After a goalless draw in the away game, Nacional achieved a 1-0 home win. With a 1-0 win over Nottingham Forest , the World Cup was won again.

After returning to Uruguay, Morales played again for the national team. At the Mundialito , held in Montevideo in 1980 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the first edition of the soccer World Cup, in which all previous world champions except England, which was replaced by the vice world champions Netherlands, took part, Uruguay defeated Brazil 2-1 in the final around the young Sócrates . Morales was used in all games and scored one goal against Italy . His last game in the national team, for which he scored 11 goals in 24 games, he played on September 6, 1981 in a World Cup qualifier in Lima against Peru .

In 1982 Morales also ended his career at Nacional after 191 goals in 471 games for the club.

successes

Stations as a trainer

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personal data
SURNAME Morales, Julio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Morales, Julio César (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Uruguayan soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH February 16, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Montevideo , Uruguay