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Julio Morales (Uruguayan footballer)

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Julio Morales
Morales in the 1970 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name Julio César Morales Araújo[1]
Date of birth (1945-02-16)16 February 1945
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Date of death 14 February 2022(2022-02-14) (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
Men's football
Representing  Uruguay
Mundialito
Winner 1980 Uruguay
*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.

Club career

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Morales started his career in 1961 at the age of 16 with Racing Club de Montevideo, in 1965 he was signed by Uruguayan giants Nacional he helped the club to win five league titles and a Copa Libertadores before moving to Europe to play for Austria Wien.

With Austria Wien he won two Austrian league titles and two Austrian Cups, he also played in the European Cup Winners Cup final in 1978.

After the disappointment of missing out on the Cup Winners Cup, Morales returned to Nacional, where he won another league title and Copa Libertadores before his retirement in 1982.

Morales is the fifth highest scoring player in the history of the Copa Libertadores with 30 goals, he scored a total of 191 goals for Nacional in 471 appearances.

Death

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Morales died in Montevideo on 14 February 2022, two days before his 77th birthday.[3]

Honours

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Nacional

Austria Wien

References

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  1. ^ "Morales, Julio César".
  2. ^ "Morales, Julio César".
  3. ^ Falleció Julio César “Cascarilla” Morales a los 76 años de edad, multicampeón con Nacional (in Spanish)
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