Morientes in 2010
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Fernando Morientes Sánchez | ||
Date of birth | 5 April 1976 | ||
Place of birth | Cáceres, Spain | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Playing position | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
Albacete | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1993–1995 | Albacete | 22 | (5) |
1995–1997 | Zaragoza | 66 | (28) |
1997–2005 | Real Madrid | 182 | (72) |
2003–2004 | → Monaco (loan) | 28 | (10) |
2005–2006 | Liverpool | 41 | (8) |
2006–2009 | Valencia | 66 | (19) |
2009–2010 | Marseille | 12 | (1) |
2015 | Santa Ana | 3 | (0) |
Total | 420 | (143) | |
National team | |||
1993–1994 | Spain U18 | 12 | (10) |
1995 | Spain U20 | 5 | (1) |
1995–1998 | Spain U21 | 16 | (4) |
1996 | Spain U23 | 2 | (0) |
1998–2007 | Spain | 47 | (27) |
Teams managed | |||
2012 | Huracán (youth) | ||
2012–2014 | Real Madrid (youth) | ||
2015–2016 | Fuenlabrada | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Fernando Morientes Sánchez (Spanish pronunciation: [ferˈnando moˈɾjentes ˈsantʃeθ]; born 5 April 1976) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a striker, and a current manager.
He played for a number of clubs during his career, including Real Madrid, Monaco, Liverpool and Valencia. In La Liga, he scored 124 goals in 337 games over the course of 15 seasons. He earned 11 major honours with the first club, including three Champions League trophies.
Morientes played 47 times for the Spanish national team, representing the country in two World Cups (totalling five goals) and one European Championship.
Born in Cáceres, Extremadura, Morientes moved to Sonseca, Province of Toledo, at the age of four. He began his professional career at Albacete Balompié, making his La Liga debut on 7 November 1993 as a 75th-minute substitute for Alejandro in a 2–3 loss against CD Tenerife at the Estadio Carlos Belmonte, and he made one more appearance that season, also from the bench.