Morales, Pedro (soccer player)

Early career

He played for the Uachipato youth team. In this team he began a professional career. In the summer of 2007, he moved to Universidad de Chile for 300 thousand euros. In the team he played together with the famous Chilean player Marcelo Salas . In total, Universidad spent 40 matches and scored 15 goals.

Dynamo (Zagreb)

In June 2008, he moved to Zagreb Dynamo , signing a five-year contract ^[3] . Transfer Dynamo cost 1,600,000 euros. Pedro Morales was signed as a kind of replacement for Luca Modric , who transferred to the English Tottenham Hotspur ^[4] . The team debuted on July 27, 2008 in a match against Rijeka (2-0).

Also, together with the team, Morales participated in the qualification for the Champions League . First, the Blues defeated the Northern Irish “ Linfield ” and the Slovenian “ Domžale ”. But in the next round Dynamo lost to Shakhtar Donetsk. Dynamo lost both matches, the first away (2: 0) ^[5] and home (1: 3) ^[6] . Morales played both matches ^[7] .

After Dynamo flew out of the Champions League, the club began playing in the UEFA Cup . In the first round, Dynamo beat Czech Sparta . The first match at Maximir ended in a draw (0: 0) ^[8] , Morales started the match at the base but in the 85th minute was replaced by Dejan Lovren . The second match also ended in a draw (3: 3) ^[9] , Morales scored the first goal in the 17th minute, in the 85th minute he was replaced by Mirko Khrgovic . Due to goals on the road, Dynamo made it to the group stage. Dynamo took the last 5th place in the group, losing to Moscow Spartak , Dutch Nek , English Tottenham and Italian Udinese . In the group round, Morales played 3 matches ^[10] .

Croatian Championship 2008/09 Dynamo won, Pedro spent 21 matches and scored 7 goals ^[11] . Pedro Morales held one of the best matches in the championship on November 9, 2008 against Crozia Sesvet (6: 1) ^[12] , then he made a hat-trick . In the same season, Dynamo won the Croatian Cup , defeating the eternal rival Split Hajduk in the final.

In June 2009, it was reported that Morales fell ill with swine flu ^[13] .

In January 2012, Morales returned to Universidad de Chile.

Malaga

In January 2013, Pedro moved to the Spanish “ Malaga ” ^[14] . The contract was signed for six months with the possibility of extension for two years. On March 9, in his match against Valladolid , he made his debut in La Liga , replacing Lucas Piazon in the second half ^[15] . On March 30, in a fight against Rayo Vallecano , Morales scored his first goal for the club ^[16] .

As part of the youth team of Chile, he played at the U20 World Youth Championship in the summer of 2005 in Holland. In the group of Chile, it took 3rd place, losing to Morocco and Spain and ahead of Honduras . In the match against Honduras (0: 7) ^[17] , Morales scored a goal. In the 1/8 finals, Chile lost to the Dutch owners (0: 3). In total, Morales spent all 4 matches on the world championship, leaving for substitutions ^[18] .

In the national team of Chile debuted on May 16, 2007 in a match against Cuba ^[19] . In January 2008, he was called up to the Chilean national team, coach Marcelo Bielsa . Spent 2 matches in friendly matches against South Korea (1: 0) and Japan (0: 0).

A month later, Morales was called to the prestigious Toulon Youth Tournament in France. The Chilean national team reached the finals where they lost to Italy . Morales scored 2 goals in Japan and Cote d'Ivoire in the tournament. In June 2008, he played in two important qualifying matches for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa against Bolivia (0: 2) ^[20] and Venezuela (2: 3) ^[21] . Chile successfully entered the qualifying round and entered the World Cup, in the group taking 2nd place and among others overtaking the Argentine national team .

Chile Goals

• Champion of Croatia (3): 2008/09 , 2009/10 , 2010/11
• Croatian Cup Winner (1): 2008/09
• Croatian Super Cup Winner (1): 2010

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