Alejandro Moreno

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Alejandro Moreno
Personal information
Full name	Alejandro Moreno
Date of birth	July 8, 1979 (age 27)
Place of birth	Barquisimeto, Venezuela
Height	5'9
Position	forward
Club information
Current club	Houston Dynamo
Number	15
Youth clubs
1998-2001	UNC-Greensboro
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
2002-04 2005 2006-	Los Angeles Galaxy San Jose Earthquakes Houston Dynamo	61 (12) 31 (8) 30 (3)
National team**
2005-	Venezuela	5 (0)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 October 2006. ** National team caps and goals correct as of 19 October 2006.

Alejandro Moreno (born July 8, 1979 in Barquisimeto, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan soccer player, who currently plays striker for Houston Dynamo of Major League Soccer.

Moreno played four years of college soccer at UNC Greensboro. He finished his career their fourth on the team's all-time scoring lists, with 65 goals and 25 assists, and having been named first team NSCAA All-South all four years with the team.

After completing his career at Greensboro, Moreno was drafted 27th overall in the 2002 MLS SuperDraft by the Los Angeles Galaxy. Moreno played sparingly in his rookie season, but developed into an excellent sparkplug coming off the bench in his second season, when he registered six goals and two assists in just 1,117 minutes.

Although Moreno exhibited a good deal of promise in 2003, he was not able to earn a consistent starting role with the Galaxy because of a logjam at the forward position, which included Guatemalan star Carlos Ruiz and American national teamer Jovan Kirovski, as well as recent acquisition Joseph Ngwenya. In 2004, Moreno again registered six goals and two assists, this time in 1,297 minutes. He was traded to the San Jose Earthquakes in the off-season in a four-player deal. In his lone season with the Quakes, Moreno scored eight goals and four assists. Along with the rest of his Earthquakes teammates, he moved to Houston for the 2006 season.

Moreno's performances in MLS have seen him receive call-ups for the Venezuelan national team, and he made his first appearance February 18, 2005 against Australia.

[edit] See also

• List of current MLS players

Houston Dynamo - Current Squad
1 Wells | 2 Robinson | 3 Goldthwaite | 5 Cochrane | 6 Gray | 7 Wondolowski | 8 Dalglish | 9 Mullan | 11 Davis | 12 Nash | 13 Clark | 14 De Rosario | 15 Moreno | 16 Waibel | 17 Chabala | 18 Onstad | 19 Ianni | 21 Lanes | 22 Holden | 23 Moloi | 24 Barrett | 25 Ching | 26 Storey | 30 Hutton | Coach: Kinnear