 Morales in the 1970 FIFA World Cup | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Julio César Morales Araújo[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 16 February 1945 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 14 February 2022 (aged 76) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1961–1965 | Racing Montevideo | ||||||||||||||||
| 1965–1972 | Nacional | ||||||||||||||||
| 1973–1978 | Austria Wien | 168 | (55) | ||||||||||||||
| 1979–1982 | Nacional | ||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1966–1981 | Uruguay | 24 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Julio César Morales Araújo,[2] nicknamed Cascarilla (16 February 1945 – 14 February 2022) was a Uruguayan professional footballer who played as a striker. He was part of the Uruguay squad for the 1970 World Cup, where they finished fourth, as well as in a Mundialito winning team in January 1981, at the age of almost 36. He won a number of trophies in South America and Europe including the Copa Libertadores in 1971 and 1980.
