Iván Moreno y Fabianesi

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Iván Moreno y Fabianesi
Personal information
Full name	Iván Diego Moreno y Fabianesi
Date of birth	June 4, 1979 (1979-06-04) (age 29)
Place of birth	Badajoz, Spain
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Estudiantes de La Plata
Number	16
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998-2001 2001-2002 2002 2002-2003 2003-2005 2006 2006-2007 2007-	Rosario Central Villarreal Porto Banfield Colón Morelia Vélez Sársfield Estudiantes de La Plata	78 (13) 0- (-) 00 (0) 36 (7) 86 (17) 18 (2) 31 (4) 31 (5)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Iván Moreno y Fabianesi is an Spanish-Argentine football midfielder. He was born June 4, 1979, in Badajoz, Spain, the third child of a Spanish father (a professional footballer) and an Argentine mother.

As a child, Moreno lived in Spain and Argentina following his parents' multiple relocations, and became a naturalized Argentine in order to avoid filling up a "foreigner" slot in Argentine clubs. When drafted by then-coach José Pekerman to the Argentine under-20 team, Moreno accepted, thus preempting any eventual call to the Spanish national football team.

Moreno's career in Spain had little success. During his tenure with Villarreal CF, he played mostly with the Onda farm team. He was more successful in Mexico, to the point that Argentina's Vélez Sársfield brought him to fulfill a key slot in midfield. After a modest success under coach Ricardo LaVolpe, Moreno was transferred in June 2007 to Estudiantes de La Plata.

In Argentina, he is known as the "Torero (bullfighter)" because of his signature goal celebration, imitating a matador's pass, which was conceived to dedicate the goal to his parents (who live in Spain).

[edit] External links

• (Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics
• (Spanish) Nota sobre Iván Moreno en Mundo Deportivo
• (Spanish) Artículo sobre su conflicto en Colón
• (Spanish) Nota tras su incorporación a Vélez

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