Jaime Moreno

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Jaime Moreno
Personal information
Full name	Jaime Moreno Morales
Date of birth	January 19, 1974 (age 33)
Place of birth	Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position	forward
Club information
Current club	D.C. United
Number	99
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1991-1994 1994-1996 1996-2002 2003 2004–	Club Blooming Middlesbrough D.C. United MetroStars D.C. United	? (?) 25 (2) 150 (69) 11 (2) 88 (34)
National team2
1994-2000	Bolivia	63 (7)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 December, 2006. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 12 October 2005. * Appearances (Goals)

Jaime Moreno Morales (born January 19, 1974 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia) is a football (soccer) striker (forward), the first Bolivian to play in the English Premiership. He has spent most of his career with Major League Soccer club D.C. United, of which he is its current captain.

Moreno made history in 1994 when he signed with Middlesbrough FC. Moreno started in Middlesbrough FC first ever game in the new Riverside Stadium in a Friendly against Italian side Sampdoria. He then went on to spend two years with the Middlesbrough FC, mostly coming off the bench. In 1996, in the middle of the MLS season, he was signed by the league and allocated to DC, and helped lead them to the MLS Cup. He was arguably the league's best player in 1997, when he lead the league in goals (16), was named to the MLS Best XI and won another MLS Cup for his side (he would add a third Cup and another Best XI in 1999). After the 1997 season, he spent a few games back on loan to Middlesbrough.

1998 was Moreno's best season, as he scored 16 goals and added 11 assists, only losing the MLS MVP Award to teammate and fellow Bolivian Marco Etcheverry. He continued to play well amid constant concerns about his weight, but injuries began to take toll in 2001. He would go on to miss a large chunk of the 2002 season and a conflict with head coach Ray Hudson led to Moreno being traded to the MetroStars after that season.

Moreno missed most of his one season with the New Jersey-based club, but did score two goals, one against DC. He was shipped back to United before the 2004 season and, undertaking a strict training regimen to avoid injuries, regained much of his old form. He was a finalist for MLS MVP, was named to the league's Best XI for the second time, and led DC to their fourth MLS Cup. He was named to another Best XI in 2005. In ten years in MLS, Moreno has scored 94 goals and added 73 assists in league play. He is presently the second-highest goal-scorer in MLS history. He was named to the MLS All-Time Best XI after the 2005 season. In 2006, he scored his 100th goal against the Columbus Crew on May 31st. He became the 2nd MLS player to score in the triple-digits, following Jason Kreis.

Moreno was a regular on the Bolivian national team for most of the 1990s and played in the 1994 FIFA World Cup and the 1997 Copa América, but has been ignored for recent qualifiers despite exceptional form with United.^{[citation needed]} He has one son, James Moreno. The rest of his children are females.

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• List of current MLS players

	Bolivia squad - 1994 FIFA World Cup
1 Trucco | 2 J. Peña | 3 Sandy | 4 Rimba | 5 Quinteros | 6 Borja | 7 Pinedo | 8 Melgar | 9 A. Peña | 10 Etcheverry | 11 Moreno | 12 Rojas | 13 Soruco | 14 Ramos | 15 Soria | 16 Cristaldo | 17 O. Sánchez | 18 Ramallo | 19 Torrico | 20 Castillo | 21 E. Sánchez | 22 Baldivieso | Coach: Azkargorta

D.C. United - Current Squad
1 Perkins | 3 Arguez | 5 Erpen | 6 Casal | 7 Fred | 8 Moose | 10 Gómez | 11 Emilio | 12 Wilson | 13 North | 14 Olsen | 15 Dyachenko | 16 Brian Carroll | 17 Gros | 18 McTavish | 19 Simms | 20 Kpene | 21 deRoux | 22 Nolly | 23 Walker | 24 Jeff Carroll | 25 Willis | 26 Namoff | 32 Boswell | 40 Crowe | 99 Moreno | — Burch | Coach: Soehn

Major League Soccer | MLS All-Time Best XI
Tony Meola | Jeff Agoos | Marcelo Balboa | Eddie Pope | Landon Donovan | Marco Etcheverry Piotr Nowak | Preki | Carlos Valderrama | Brian McBride | Jaime Moreno