Alfredo Moreno
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alfredo David Moreno | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Club Necaxa | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
Alfredo David Moreno (born January 12, 1980 in Santiago del Estero, Argentina) is an Argentine-Mexican football forward, who currently plays for Club Necaxa of the Primera División de México.
Moreno began his career with Boca Juniors, making his debut for the team September 26, 1999. He had a brief but successful stint with the team, scoring 5 goals in the Copa Libertadores 2000 match against Bolivian Blooming.
At the tender age of 21, Alfredo Moreno joined Necaxa (on loan with the option to buy the player in a definite purchase) for the Verano 2001 season. Moreno's debut in Mexico was on January 21, 2001 against Puebla. On his third game, he managed to score his first goal on Mexican soil by the virtue of penalty kick. However, in that same game against Toros del Celaya he was also booked twice and sent off. He scored 6 goals in 472 played for an average of one goal every 78 minutes in a season in which Necaxa failed to qualify for the post-season. The next six months were sort of a drought, for he only scored three goals. Moreno Necaxa did not make the purchase valid and Moreno was back in Argentina playing for Boca Juniors where he stayed there for a year and a half, helping the team to win the 2003 Copa Libertadores de América.
After he left Necaxa, however, Boca Juniors sent Alfredo on loan to China's Shandong FC where he had difficulty not only with his football abilities, but also the culture and communication. While in Asia, Moreno says that in training the coach would yell out some indications and a someone would have to translate to Spanish. To make things worse, the coach was Russian, so the indications started out in Russian, then Chinese and finally into Spanish. Later on, he joined Lokomotiv of the Russian League where he was there for a brief period of one month.
Once again, Moreno would have a second stay with "Los Rayos" for the newly renamed 2003 Apertura where his presence was immediately noticed. In his third game on August 16, 2003, Moreno scored twice to win the game 2-0 against Atlante F.C.. In what would be his best season with Necaxa, Alfredo scored 10 times in 20 games (13 starts), but the team slumped in the quarter finals against the champion Pachuca 4-3 in an aggregate score (Necaxa lost 1-3 at home and won 2-1 away). For the next 2 and a half years (Apertura 2004, 2005 and Clausura 2004, 2005 and 2006) Moreno has scored 29 goals.
In 2006 he played the Copa Libertadores again, this time with UANL Tigres alongside of fellow Necaxa striker Ariel Lopez "El Chupa". However, both failed to score in two goaless draws against Libertad of Paraguay where Tigres lost in penalty kicks.
Moreno has been an excellent striker, placing in Necaxa's top ten all-time goal scorers with 49 goals in 136 games played. He was also been publicly criticized for partying late at night in the annual celebration of La Feria de San Marcos in Aguascalientes. Also, he's been questioned that a player of such caliber has yet appear during the crucial times that the team needs him. In the years he has been with Necaxa, they have reached the Liguilla (or postseason) four times, being eliminated by Cruz Azul (Invierno 2001), Pachuca(Apertura 2003 and Apertura 2005) and Tecos UAG (Clausura 2005) and Moreno still cannot find the net in those eight games played.
After many speculations, after three bad seasons and after defending the Rayos jersey for more than 5 years, Moreno parted ways with Necaxa. On June 11 2006, Alfredo was transferred alongside Mario Perez to San Luis F.C. during the 2007 Draft. In exchange, Rayos receiver Angel Reyna and Leonel Olmedo.
In the Apertura tournament of 2007, Moreno was the best goal scorer along with Daniel Ludueña.
Titles
| Season | Club | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Apertura 2000 |  Boca Juniors |
Primera Division Argentina |
| 2000 | Boca Juniors |
Copa Libertadores |
| 2003 | Boca Juniors |
Copa Libertadores |
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