| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mauricio Geraldiny Morales Olivares | ||
| Date of birth | 7 January 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Pichidangui, Los Vilos, Chile | ||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Deportes Antofagasta (on loan from Universidad de Chile) | ||
| Number | 34 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2013–2019 | Universidad de Chile | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019– | Universidad de Chile | 24 | (1) |
| 2023– | → Deportes Antofagasta (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2015 | Chile U15 | ||
| 2017 | Chile U17 | 16 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 July 2023 | |||
Mauricio Geraldiny Morales Olivares (born 7 January 2000), also known as Mauro Morales, is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Primera B de Chile club Deportes Antofagasta on loan from Universidad de Chile.
Morales made his professional debut in a Copa Chile match against Cobresal on 7 September 2019.[1] On 21 December, he signed his first contract as a professional footballer.[2] Morales made his international club debut in a Copa Libertadores match against San Lorenzo de Almagro on 18 March 2021.[3]
In July 2023, Morales joined on loan to Deportes Antofagasta in the Primera B de Chile.[4]
At early age, he represented Chile at under-15 level at the 2015 South American U-15 Championship[5] and winning the friendly 2015 Aspire Tri-Series International Tournament in Doha, Qatar.[6] Later, he represented the under-17 team in two friendly matches against the United States, at the 2017 South American U-17 Championship – where Chile finished runners-up – and at the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
He played all the matches for the under-17s at the friendly tournament, the 2017 Lafarge Foot Avenir in France, better known as Tournament Limoges, which Chile won after defeating Belgium and Poland,[7][8] and drawing to France.[9]