Juan José Morales

Juan José Morales
Personal information
Full name	Juan José Morales
Date of birth	13 May 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth	Bella Vista, Tucumán, Argentina
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Centre forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
2000–2007	San Martín Tucumán
2002–2003	→ Central Norte (loan)
2004	→ Atlético Concepción [es] (loan)
2008	Colón
2008–2011	Quilmes
2009–2010	→ Universidad Católica (loan)
2011–2012	Argentinos Juniors
2012	Atlético Venezuela
2013	Paraná
2014	Huachipato
2014	Mineros de Guayana
2015	All Boys
2016	Terengganu
2017–2018	San Jorge Tucumán
2019	Deportivo Rincón [es]
2020	Juventud Unida Trancas
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Juan José Morales (born May 13, 1982, in Bella Vista, Tucumán, Argentina) is an Argentine former football forward.

Career

A native of Tucumán province, Morales (also known as Jota Jota) began his football career with local side San Martín de Tucumán. He went on loan to Central Norte and Atlético Concepción, and helped San Martín win promotion from the Torneo Argentino C and Primera B Nacional.^[1]

Morales left San Martín in 2007, but did not settle in the Argentine Primera División with Club Atlético Colón. Although Morales struggled at Colón, he would later enjoy success against the club, first with Universidad Católica (Copa Libertadores) and then with Quilmes (Primera División).^[2] The next season he joined Quilmes Atlético Club, where he would lead the club with 16 goals in the 2008–09 Primera B Nacional. Spells with Club Deportivo Universidad Católica and Argentinos Juniors followed. Morales would spend the rest of his career as a journeyman, with spells abroad in Venezuela, Brazil, Chile and Malaysia.^[3] Throughout his career, Morales scored 68 league goals in Argentina's top four divisions.^[4]

In late 2014, Morales made the decision to cancel his contract with Venezuelan side A.C.C.D. Mineros de Guayana and join his partner, Flaviana Seeling (a member of the Brazilian music group Axé Bahia) on the Chilean reality television competition Amor a prueba.^[3]

References

^ "Del fútbol al 'Reality Show': la desconocida historia de Juan José Morales". nexofin.com (in Spanish). 1 October 2015.
^ "J.J. Morales cumplió con su tradición" (in Spanish). Clarín. 8 August 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Goleador argentino cambió el fútbol por un reality" (in Spanish). El Tribuno. 3 December 2014.
^ "Jota Morales: "Si San Martín me necesita, voy corriendo a Jujuy" (in Spanish). El Tucumano. 4 January 2018.

External links

Juan José Morales at BDFA (in Spanish)
Juan José Morales at Soccerway
Juan José Morales at ESPN FC
Juan José Morales at PlaymakerStats.com

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[1] "Del fútbol al 'Reality Show': la desconocida historia de Juan José Morales". nexofin.com (in Spanish). 1 October 2015.

[2] "J.J. Morales cumplió con su tradición" (in Spanish). Clarín. 8 August 2010.

[ET-3] "Goleador argentino cambió el fútbol por un reality" (in Spanish). El Tribuno. 3 December 2014.

[4] "Jota Morales: "Si San Martín me necesita, voy corriendo a Jujuy" (in Spanish). El Tucumano. 4 January 2018.

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