Eugenio Morel

Eugenio Morel
Personal information
Full name	Eugenio Félix Morel Bogado
Date of birth	2 February 1950 (age 74)
Place of birth	Asunción, Paraguay
Position(s)	Left forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1969–1972	Racing Club
1972–1974	Talleres
1974–1979	Libertad
1980–1981	Argentinos Juniors
1982–1983	San Lorenzo de Almagro
1983–1984	Cerro Porteño
1984–1986	Oriente Petrolero
1987–1989	O'Higgins
1989–?	Tacuary
International career‡
1979–1981	Paraguay
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 June 2014 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 June 2014 (UTC)

Eugenio Félix Morel Bogado (born 2 February 1950 in Asunción, Paraguay) is a retired professional footballer.

He has been characterized as a very fast, talented left-footed player who scored many goals playing the left forward position.

Childhood and youth

Morel was seven years old when his family decided to go to Argentina in 1957. With other hopes in the great Buenos Aires, he started to practice football which eventually will become his living for many years to come.

Career

Morel played his first games in Racing Club in Argentina in 1969, showing his quality in the tough Argentine football leagues. He had his debut in the first division league in 1970. Other teams he played for include Talleres de Remedios de Escalada (1972), Libertad of Paraguay (1974 to 1979), Argentinos Juniors (1980 to 1981), San Lorenzo de Almagro (1982), Cerro Porteño of Asunción (1983) and Oriente Petrolero of Bolivia (1984). Later on he played for clubs of the countryside of Paraguay between 1986 and 1987 and also had brief stints at O'Higgins of Chile (1987); Tacuary (1989); Club 2 de Febrero and Club 3 de Mayo of Capiatá and Club 8 de Diciembre of Fernando de la Mora. He retired at the age of 46.

One of his most memorable goals happened at the 1979 Copa América, when he scored a bicycle kick goal against Brazil in the Estadio Defensores del Chaco in Asunción. The goal allowed Paraguay to advance to the finals and eventually win the Copa America tournament for the second time in history.

Personal life

His sons are Juan Eduardo, Claudio Marcelo, Emmanuel Andrés, Eugenio Ricardo, Pablo Sebastián and Félix Nicolás. Of all of them, Claudio is the only one that followed his steps by becoming a successful football player.

Honours

Player

Club

Argentinos Juniors

Argentine Primera División Runners-up: 1980–81

International

Paraguay

Copa América: 1979

References

Viva Paraguay^{[permanent dead link]}
Eugenio Morel at National-Football-Teams.com