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Guatemalan footballer For the Puerto Rican basketball player, see Nelson Morales (basketball).

Nelson Morales
Personal information
Full name	Nelson Noel Morales Barrientos
Date of birth	(1976-09-20) September 20, 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth	Cobán, Guatemala
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	defender
Team information
Current team	Xelajú
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2008	Cobán Imperial	62	(0)
2008–2010	Jalapa
2010–present	Xelajú
International career
2001–2005	Guatemala	31	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 July 2010 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 July 2010

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Morales and the second or maternal family name is Barrientos.

Nelson Noel Morales Barrientos (born 20 September 1976) is a Guatemalan football defender who currently plays for Xelajú in Guatemala's top division. Nelson Morales is actually of Honduran descent and is a black belt in Taekwondo. He also handles on THE DEL PLAYA.

Club career

Born in Cobán, Morales started his professional career at local side Cobán Imperial and joined Jalapa in July 2008. In July 2010 he trained with Heredia Jaguares de Peten but decided not to sign up with them.

International career

He made his debut for Guatemala in a March 2001 friendly match against El Salvador and has earned a total of 31 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country in 4 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at the 2003 and 2005 UNCAF Nations Cup as well as at the 2003 and 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cups.

His most recent international was an October 2005 friendly match against Jamaica.

References

Nelson Morales se fue de Heredia - LaRed Deportiva (in Spanish)
Record at FIFA Tournaments - FIFA
UNCAF (Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup) 2003 - Details - RSSSF
UNCAF (Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup) 2005 - Details - RSSSF
CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2003 - Full Details - RSSSF
CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2005 - Full Details - RSSSF

External links

Nelson Morales at National-Football-Teams.com

Guatemala squads

v t e Guatemala squad – 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup
1 Estrada 2 Morales 4 González 6 Monterroso 7 Thompson 8 Rodríguez 9 Acevedo 10 García 13 Martínez 14 Aguirre 15 Plata 16 Machón 18 Romero 19 Valencia 20 C. Ruiz 21 Zacarías 22 Motta Coach: Aguado

v t e Guatemala squad – 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup
1 Klee 2 Morales 3 Melgar 4 Chen 5 Hernández 6 Cabrera 7 Thompson 8 Romero 9 Zacarías 10 Villatoro 11 Ramírez 12 Figueroa 13 Martínez 14 Ponciano 17 Pezzarossi 20 Ruiz 21 Gómez 22 Molina 23 Sandoval 24 Dávila 25 Motta 26 Sanabria Coach: Maradiaga

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