Claudio Morel Rodríguez
Personal information
Full name Claudio Marcelo Morel Rodríguez
Date of birth (1978-02-02) 2 February 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth Asunción, Paraguay
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Left-back, Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Boca Juniors (youth coach)
Youth career
1995–1998 San Lorenzo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2004 San Lorenzo 135 (2)
2004–2010 Boca Juniors 149 (1)
2010–2012 Deportivo La Coruña 33 (0)
2012–2014 Independiente 53 (1)
2014 Sol de América 14 (0)
2015 12 de Octubre
2016 Sarmiento de Leones 14 (2)
2017–2018 San Eliseo
International career
2000 Paraguay U23
1999–2010 Paraguay 35 (0)
Managerial career
2019–XXXX San Eliseo
2021– Boca Juniors (youth coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Claudio Marcelo Morel Rodríguez (born 2 February 1978) is a Paraguayan former footballer.

He holds the player record for Copa Sudamericano wins with three - with San Lorenzo in 2002, and Boca Juniors in 2004 and 2005.

He also played as a left back for the Paraguay national team. He is the son of ex-Paraguayan footballer Eugenio Morel.

Career

Club career

San Lorenzo

Morel Rodríguez started his career in Argentina with San Lorenzo in the Primera División. In the 2000–01 season he won the Clausura with San Lorenzo, and in 2001 he helped them win the Copa Mercosur, beating Brazilian club Flamengo in the final.

He scored his first goal for the club on 5 October 2002 in a 2–1 win over Newell's Old Boys at the Estadio Pedro Bidegain.[1] He won the 2002 Copa Sudamericana with the club, beating Atlético Nacional of Colombia 4–0 in the final in November 2002.[2]

He scored one more goal for San Lorenzo also in the 2002–03 season, and also against Newell's Old Boys, in a 2–1 defeat on 2 May 2003 at the Estadio Newell's Old Boys.[3]

Boca Juniors

He moved to Boca Juniors in 2004 and made his Boca debut in a 0–0 draw against Lanús on 15 August 2004.[4] His first trophy with Boca came in 2004 when the club won the Copa Sudamericana, by beating Bolivian club Bolivar 2–1 over two legs in the final. In 2005, he won the Recopa Sudamericana and the Copa Sudamericana as well as winning both the 2005 Apertura and the 2006 Clausura in the 2005–2006 season. He won the Recopa Sudamericana 2006 with Boca, beating São Paulo 4–3 on aggregate.

On 10 February 2007, Morel scored his first goal with Boca Juniors in a 4–0 victory over Banfield,[5] later that year in December he played in the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan and helped Boca to the runners-up spot, losing to Italian club A.C. Milan 4–2 in the final.

He was runner-up behind fellow Paraguayan Salvador Cabañas in the 2007 South American Footballer of the Year award. He was also selected in the "Ideal Eleven of South America in 2007[6]". In August 2008 he helped Boca win the 2008 Recopa Sudamericana, beating fellow Argentine club Arsenal 5–3 on aggregate. In December 2008 he was chosen as the Paraguayan footballer of the year by the press.[7]

On 20 June 2010, prior to Paraguay's group match against Slovakia at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Boca Juniors announced they would not renew Morel Rodríguez' contract.[8]

Return to Paraguay

In 2015, he and Sol de América colleague Aureliano Torres both joined 12 de Octubre of the División Intermedia.[9]

International career

He made his international debut in 1999.

Morel Rodríguez also represented Paraguay U23 at the 2000 CONMEBOL Men Pre-Olympic Tournament, making three appearances.[10][11][12]

He played in the 2002 World Cup qualifiers, and has played in the qualifying games for the 2010 World Cup.

Later and coaching career

After a spell at Sarmiento de Leones, Morel began playing for Argentine amateur club San Eliseo in San Vicente.[13] In the beginning of 2019 it was reported, that Morel had been appointed manager of the club.[14][15]

In August 2020, there were rumors about Morel would be appointed manager of Ciclón de Tarija.[16] However, the rumors was never officially confirmed.

In February 2021, Morel returned to Boca Juniors as a youth coach.[17]

Honours

San Lorenzo
Boca Juniors
Individual

Career statistics

Club

Equipo Temporada Liga local Copa local(1) Competición
internacional(2) 		Total
PJ Goles PJ Goles PJ Goles PJ Goles
San Lorenzo
1998–1999 8 0 -- -- -- -- --
1999–2000 27 0 -- -- -- 27 0
2000–2001 10 0 -- -- -- 10 0
2001–2002 29 0 -- -- -- 29 0
2002–2003 32 2 -- -- -- 40 2
2003–2004 29 0 -- -- -- 29 0
Total 135 2 -- -- 50 1 185 3
Boca Juniors
Apertura 2004 14 0 -- -- 2 0 16 0
Clausura 2005 11 0 -- -- 6 0 16 0
Apertura 2005 9 0 -- -- 2 0 11 0
Clausura 2006 10 0 -- -- 0 0 10 0
Apertura 2006 16 0 -- -- 4 0 20 0
Torneo Clausura 2007 13 1 -- -- 14 0 27 1
Torneo Apertura 2007 15 0 -- -- 4 0 19 0
Clausura 2008 13 0 -- -- 9 0 22 0
Torneo Apertura 2008 16 0 -- -- 2 0 18 0
Torneo Clausura 2009 8 0 -- -- 5 0 13 0
Torneo Apertura 2009 11 0 -- -- 2 0 13 0
Torneo Clausura 2010 13 0 -- -- 0 0 13 0
Total 149 1 -- -- 50 0 199 1
Deportivo de La Coruña 2010/2011 15 0 1 0 0 0 16 0
2011/2012 18 0 1 0 -- -- 19 0
Total 33 0 2 0 0 0 35 0
Total de su carrera 317 3 2 0 100 1 419 4

Estadísticas actualizadas a la fecha: 29 de mayo de 2012.[18]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Claudio Morel Rodríguez 05/10/2002 (San Lorenzo)". The Guardian. 5 October 2002. Archived from the original on 29 April 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2008.
  2. ^ "Consagratoria goleada de San Lorenzo en Medellín" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 28 November 2002. Archived from the original on 4 August 2008. Retrieved 30 October 2008.
  3. ^ "Claudio Morel Rodríguez 02/05/2003 (San Lorenzo)". The Guardian. 2 May 2003. Archived from the original on 29 April 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2008.
  4. ^ "Morel Rodríguez, Claudio Marcelo". Club Atlético Boca Juniors. Archived from the original on 4 August 2008. Retrieved 30 October 2008.
  5. ^ "Sólo faltó Román" (in Spanish). Diario Olé. 10 February 2007. Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
  6. ^ "Salvador Cabañas was chosen as "Footballer of America" 2007". CONMEBOL. 2 January 2008. Archived from the original on 4 August 2008. Retrieved 30 October 2008.
  7. ^ Morel Rodríguez gana el Premio ABC Color – Diario ABC Color
  8. ^ "When Saturday Comes - the Half Decent Football Magazine - Paraguay's Next Top Male Model final (Ft Slovakia) - Message Board". Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
  9. ^ "Intermedia, con mitad de semana bien movida – Fútbol – ABC Color".
  10. ^ "Paraguay v Bolivia, 20 January 2000".
  11. ^ "Paraguay v Peru, 22 January 2000".
  12. ^ "Argentina v Paraguay, 18 January 2000".
  13. ^ Incómodo en San Eliseo, Sampaoli cambió de country, eldiariosur.com, 26 December 2017
  14. ^ Claudio Morel Rodríguez asumió como nuevo director técnico ..., eldiariosur.com, 23 January 2019
  15. ^ Reunión Fútbol infantil, saneliseogolf.com, 23 February 2019
  16. ^ FÚTBOL TARIJEÑO: Claudio Morel Rodríguez es el nuevo entrenador del Club Atlético Ciclón, diarionuevosur.com, 13 August 2020
  17. ^ Regresan dos campeones: Los ex Boca que están de nuevo en el club, elcrackdeportivo.com.ar, 23 February 2021
  18. ^ Estadísticas de Marca

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