Júnior Morales

Júnior Morales
Personal information
Full name	Júnior Exequiel Morales Maradiaga
Date of birth	(1978-03-23) March 23, 1978
Place of birth	San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	Atlético Choloma
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2001	Real España	31	(0)
2002	Platense
2003–2005	Real España
2006	Broncos UNAH
2006	Atlético Olanchano
2007	Hispano
2007	Deportes Savio	14	(0)
2008	Platense	25	(0)
2009	Vida	15	(0)
2009–2010	Deportes Savio	16	(0)
2010–2011	Victoria		(0)
2011–2012	Deportes Savio	3	(0)
2012–2014	Atlético Choloma
2014–	KRC Genk
National team^‡
2001–2005	Honduras	8	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 August 2011. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 20 August 2011

Júnior Exequiel Morales Maradiaga (born 23 March 1978 in San Pedro Sula, Honduras) is a Honduran footballer who currently plays as goalkeeper for Liga Nacional de Honduras club Atlético Choloma.

Club career

A much-travelled goalkeeper, Morales played for several clubs before joining Platense for the 2008 Clausura championship. In October 2008, Morales was dismissed by Platense during the 2008 Apertura season.^[1] At the end of 2008 he joined Vida^[2] but in May 2009, the club announced Morales would leave the club.^[3]

Victoria

On 1 July 2010, Júnior Morales moved to Victoria replacing John Bodden, who moved to Necaxa, signing a one-year contract.^[4]

On 21 August 2010, Morales made his domestic league debut with Victoria in a 1-1 in the Clásico Ceibeño against Vida.^[5]

International career

Morales made his debut for Honduras in a March 2001 friendly match against Peru and has earned a total of 8 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country at the 2001 UNCAF Nations Cup,^[6] as well as at the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup.^[7]

His final international was a September 2005 friendly match against Japan.

Personal life

Morales is married to Katherine and the couple have two children, Pedro and Katherine. Morales has two other kids named Junior Alexander y Daniel Alejandro..^[8]

References

↑ Platense separa a Júnior Morales - La Prensa (in Spanish)
↑ Vida contrata al portero Júnior Morales - La Prensa (in Spanish)
↑ Júnior Morales no seguirá en el Vida - La Prensa (in Spanish)
↑ "Júnior Morales fichó por el Victoria". Diez.hn. Retrieved 1 July 2010.
↑ "Vida y Victoria no se hicieron daño". Diez.hn. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
↑ Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2001 - Details Archived October 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. - RSSSF
↑ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2005 - Full Details Archived October 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. - RSSSF
↑ Júnior Morales: "Soy fan número uno de Galilea Montijo" - Diez (in Spanish)

External links

Júnior Morales at National-Football-Teams.com
Profile - Diez

Honduran Liga Nacional awards

Top goalscorers

1965–66: Grey
1966–67: Caballero
1967–68: Garden
1968–69: Abrussezze
1969–70: Ortega
1970–71: Alvarado
1971–72: Alvarado
1972–73: none
1973–74: Blandón / Plummer
1974–75: Rodríguez
1975–76: López
1976–77: O. Hernández
1977–78: Carreño
1978–79: Bernárdez
1979–80: Norales
1980–81: Altamirano
1981–82: Altamirano
1982–83: Altamirano
1983–84: Gamboa
1984–85: Altamirano
1985–86: Flores
1986–87: Dueñas
1987–88: Machado
1988–89: Matthews / Alonso / Lobo / Gamboa
1989–90: Ávila
1990–91: Vallejo
1991–92: Bennett
1992–93: Arriola
1993–94: Chacón
1994–95: Ávila
1995–96: Castro
1996–97: Costa / Cárcamo
1997–98 A: Velásquez
1997–98 C: Guevara / Velásquez
1998–99: de Lima
1999–00 A: Velásquez
1999–00 C: Cárcamo
2000–01 A: Verón
2000–01 C: Cacho
2001–02 A: Reneau
2001–02 C: M. Ferreira
2002–03 A: M. Ferreira
2002–03 C: Costa / Cacho / Emílio
2003–04 A: Tosello
2003–04 C: Emílio
2004–05 A: Emílio
2004–05 C: Ramírez
2005–06 A: Ramírez
2005–06 C: Emílio
2006–07 A: Costly
2006–07 C: Pavón
2007–08 A: E. Martínez
2007–08 C: Velásquez
2008–09 A: E. Ferreira
2008–09 C: Diduch
2009–10 A: Palacios
2009–10 C: Bengtson
2010–11 A: Bengtson
2010–11 C: Bengtson
2011–12 A: Cardozo
2011–12 C: Torlacoff / Copete
2012–13: Rojas
2013–14: R. Martínez
2014–15: Castillo
2015–16: Vega
2016–17: R. Martínez

Best goalkeepers

1965–66: Chesman
1966–67: Norales
1967–68: Norales
1968–69: Norales
1969–70: Norales
1970–71: Dubois
1971–72: Santini
1972–73: none
1973–74: Mayorga
1974–75: Mayorga
1975–76: Santini
1976–77: Rivera
1977–78: Rivera
1978–79: Morales
1979–80: Mayorga
1980–81: Sttewart
1981–82: Morales
1982–83: Rivera
1983–84: Solís
1984–85: Guerrero
1985–86: Banegas
1986–87: Herrera
1987–88: Rivera
1988–89: Banegas
1989–90: Tejeda
1990–91: Bautista
1991–92: Henríquez
1992–93: Cubillo
1993–94: Palacios
1994–95: Banegas
1995–96: Flores
1996–97: Prono / James
1997–98 A: Vásquez
1997–98 C: Vásquez
1998–99: Prono
1999–00 A: Prono
1999–00 C: Prono
2000–01 A: Morales
2000–01 C: González
2001–02 A: Centeno
2001–02 C: Flores
2002–03 A: James
2002–03 C: Medina
2003–04 A: Escober
2003–04 C: González / Coello
2004–05 A: Morales
2004–05 C: Vásquez
2005–06 A: Valladares
2005–06 C: James
2006–07 A: Canales
2006–07 C: Vallecillo
2007–08 A: Bodden
2007–08 C: Valladares
2008–09 A: Canales
2008–09 C: Escober
2009–10 A: Morales
2009–10 C: de León
2010–11 A: Bodden
2010–11 C: Orio
2011–12 A: Escober
2011–12 C: Orio
2012–13: Morales
2013–14: Bodden
2014–15: Portigliatti
2015–16:
2016–17:

Honduras squads

Honduras squad – 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup semi-finalists
1 Coello 2 Henríquez 3 Figueroa 4 Caballero 6 Izaguirre 7 E. Núñez 8 Palacios 9 Ramírez 10 Velásquez 11 M. Núñez 13 Berríos 14 García 16 Vega 18 Morán 19 Turcios 20 Thomas 21 Vallecillo 22 Morales 23 Guerrero 24 Guifarro 25 Garden Coach: Herrera

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