Alejandro Moreno
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alejandro Enrique Moreno Riera | ||
| Date of birth | July 8, 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Barquisimeto, Venezuela | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1993–1998 | Dallas Texans | ||
| 1998–2001 | UNC Greensboro Spartans | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2004 | Los Angeles Galaxy | 61 | (12) |
| 2005 | San Jose Earthquakes | 31 | (8) |
| 2006–2007 | Houston Dynamo | 34 | (3) |
| 2007–2009 | Columbus Crew | 74 | (20) |
| 2010 | Philadelphia Union | 26 | (2) |
| 2011–2012 | Chivas USA | 46 | (7) |
| Total | 272 | (52) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2004–2012 | Venezuela | 41 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of September 3, 2012. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of November 11, 2011 |
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Alejandro Enrique Moreno Riera (born July 8, 1979 in Barquisimeto) is a retired Venezuelan footballer who is currently a television commentator for ESPN FC, ESPN Deportes and ESPN Latin America.
Moreno spent a year in Texas at age 12 and spent succeeding summers there before earning a scholarship for four years of college soccer at UNC Greensboro. He finished his college career fourth on the team's all-time scoring lists, with 65 goals and 25 assists, having been named first team NSCAA All-South all four years with the team.
Alejandro Moreno won 4 MLS Championships during his professional career.
After completing his career at Greensboro, Moreno was drafted 27th overall in the 2002 MLS SuperDraft by the Los Angeles Galaxy. He 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 former US international 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 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 was traded to Columbus Crew on May 10, 2007 in exchange for Joseph Ngwenya. He scored the first goal in the 2008 MLS Cup for Columbus, who eventually won the game 3-1 against New York Red Bulls.
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