Personal information | |||
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Full name | Claudio Marcelo Morel Rodríguez | ||
Date of birth | 2 February 1978 | ||
Place of birth | Asunción, Paraguay | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Playing position | Left back, Centre back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Sarmiento de Leones | ||
Youth career | |||
1995–1998 | San Lorenzo | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1998–2004 | San Lorenzo | 135 | (2) |
2004–2010 | Boca Juniors | 149 | (1) |
2010–2012 | Deportivo La Coruña | 33 | (0) |
2012–2014 | Independiente | 53 | (1) |
2014 | Sol de América | 11 | (0) |
2015 | 12 de Octubre | 0 | (0) |
2016 | Sarmiento de Leones | 0 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2000 | Paraguay U23 | ||
1999–2010 | Paraguay | 35 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 November 2014. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 June 2010 |
Claudio Marcelo Morel Rodríguez (born 2 February 1978 in Asunción) is a Paraguayan footballer who currently plays for Sarmiento de Leones in the Torneo Federal B.
He also plays as a left back for the Paraguay national team. He is the son of ex-Paraguayan footballer Eugenio Morel.
Morel Rodríguez started his career in Argentina with San Lorenzo in the Primera División. In the 2000–01 season he won the Clausura with San Lorenzo, and in 2001 he helped them win the Copa Mercosur, beating Brazilian club Flamengo in the final.
He scored his first goal for the club on 5 October 2002 in a 2–1 win over Newell's Old Boys at the Estadio Pedro Bidegain. He won the 2002 Copa Sudamericana with the club, beating Atlético Nacional of Colombia 4–0 in the final in November 2002.
He scored one more goal for San Lorenzo also in the 2002–03 season, and also against Newell's Old Boys, in a 2–1 defeat on 2 May 2003 at the Estadio Newell's Old Boys.
He moved to Boca Juniors in 2004 and made his Boca debut in a 0–0 draw against Lanús on 15 August 2004. His first trophy with Boca came in 2004 when the club won the Copa Sudamericana, by beating Bolivian club Bolivar 2–1 over two legs in the final. In 2005 he won the Recopa Sudamericana and the Copa Sudamericana as well as winning both the 2005 Apertura and the 2006 Clausura in the 2005–2006 season. He won the Recopa Sudamericana 2006 with Boca, beating São Paulo 4–3 on aggregate.