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Lautaro Morales

Personal information
Full name Lautaro Alberto Morales
Date of birth (1999-12-16) 16 December 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Quilmes, Argentina
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team Talleres(on loan from Lanús)
Number 17
Youth career
2011–2019 Lanús
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Lanús 17 (0)
2022–2023 → Newell's Old Boys (loan) 16 (0)
2023– → Talleres (loan) 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 April 2024

Lautaro Alberto Morales (born 16 December 1999) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Talleres, on loan from Lanús.[2]

Morales progressed through the Lanús youth ranks, signing in 2011.[3] He became a first-team member at the start of the 2019–20 campaign, though wouldn't make a competitive appearance in that season; going unused on the bench twenty-eight times in total.[2] His senior debut did arrive at the beginning of the next season, though, with the goalkeeper playing the full duration of a victory over Brazilian side São Paulo in the Copa Sudamericana second stage, first leg on 28 October 2020.[2]

On 5 August 2022, Morales joined Newell's Old Boys on a loan deal until June 2023.[4]

On 10 August 2023, Lanús sent Morales on loan to Argentine Primera División side Talleres until 31 December 2024, with a future option to make the move permanent.[5]

International career

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In 2017, with no prior youth call-ups, Morales was selected to train with the Argentine senior squad ahead of friendlies with Brazil and Singapore in Asia and Oceania.[6][7] Two years later, Morales was called up by Argentina for the 2019 South American U-20 Championship in Chile.[2] He didn't make an appearance but was on the bench for all nine matches as they qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup, though he didn't make the squad for that tournament in Poland.[2]

In September 2020, it was confirmed that Morales had tested positive for COVID-19 amid the pandemic; he isolated after showing symptoms.[8][9][10]

As of 30 December 2020.[2]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Lanús 2019–20 Primera División 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2020–21[nb 1] 7 0 0 0 0 0 6[a] 0 0 0 13 0
Career total 7 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 13 0

  1. ^ Appearance(s) in the Copa Sudamericana

  2. ^ Soccerway counts Copa de la Liga Profesional appearances as league appearances.

  3. ^ "Lautaro Morales". World Football. Retrieved 4 November 2020.

  4. ^ a b c d e f "Argentina - L. Morales". Soccerway. Retrieved 4 November 2020.

  5. ^ "Quién es el sparring que sorprendió a Lionel Messi". Infobae. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2020.

  6. ^ Newell’s sign goalkeeper Lautaro Morales on-loan from Lanús, newellscarajo.com, 5 August 2022

  7. ^ "Lautaro Morales nuevo refuerzo de Talleres" [Lautaro Morales is Talleres new reinforcement]. Club Atlético Talleres (in Spanish). 10 August 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2023.

  8. ^ "Lautaro Morales, el sparring que sorprendió a Lionel Messi". InfoVeloz. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2020.

  9. ^ "El pibe que cumplió el sueño de atajarle un tiro a Messi". DEPORTV. 7 July 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2020.

  10. ^ "Lautaro Morales, con coronavirus". Fortaleza Granate. 19 September 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2020.

  11. ^ "Lautaro Morales, segundo positivo en el plantel de Lanús". Diario La Unión. 19 September 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2020.

  12. ^ "Lanús y otro caso de coronavirus en el plantel". Uno Santa Fe. 19 September 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2020.