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Claudio Morel Rodríguez
	Claudio Morel Rodríguez
Personal information
Full name	Claudio Marcelo Morel Rodríguez
Date of birth	February 2, 1978 (age 31)
Place of birth	Asunción, Paraguay
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Boca Juniors
Number	3
Senior career1
National team2
	1 Senior club appearances and goals; counted for the domestic league only and; correct as of 22:55, 4 October 2009 (UTC).; 2 National team caps and goals correct; as of 01:48, 30 November 2008 (UTC).; * Appearances (Goals)

Claudio Marcelo Morel Rodríguez (born 2 February 1978(1978-02-02) in Asunción) is a Paraguayan footballer who currently plays for Boca Juniors in Argentina. He also plays for the Paraguay national team.

[edit] Career

[edit] Club career

[edit] San Lorenzo

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.^[1] He won the 2002 Copa Sudamericana with the club, beating Atlético Nacional of Columbia 4-0 in the final in November 2002.^[2]

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.^[3]

[edit] Boca Juniors

He moved to Boca Juniors in 2004 and made his Boca debut in a 0–0 draw against Lanús on 15 August 2004.^[4] 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.

In December 2007 he played in the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan with Boca Juniors, helping them to the runners-up spot, losing to Italian club, A.C. Milan 4-2 in the final.

He was runner-up behind fellow Paraguayan Salvador Cabañas in the 2007 South American Footballer of the Year award. He was also selected in the "Ideal Eleven of South America in 2007^[5]". In August 2008 he helped Boca win the 2008 Recopa Sudamericana, beating fellow Argentine club Arsenal 5-3 on aggregate. In December 2008 he was chosen as the Paraguayan footballer of the year by the press.^[6]

[edit] International career

He made his international debut in 1999. He played in the 2002 World Cup qualifiers, and has played in the qualifying games for the 2010 World Cup.

[edit] Honours

[edit] Titles

Season	Club	Title
2001	San Lorenzo	Copa Mercosur
2001 Clausura	San Lorenzo	Primera División Argentina
2002	San Lorenzo	Copa Sudamericana
2004	Boca Juniors	Copa Sudamericana
2005	Boca Juniors	Recopa Sudamericana
2005 Apertura	Boca Juniors	Primera División Argentina
2005	Boca Juniors	Copa Sudamericana
2006 Clausura	Boca Juniors	Primera División Argentina
2006	Boca Juniors	Recopa Sudamericana
2007	Boca Juniors	Copa Libertadores
2008	Boca Juniors	Recopa Sudamericana
Apertura 2008	Boca Juniors	Primera División Argentina

[edit] Awards

Season	Team	Award
2008	Boca Juniors	Paraguayan Footballer of the Year

[edit] References

^ "Claudio Morel Rodríguez 05/10/2002 (San Lorenzo)". The Guardian. 5 October 2002. http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?Lang=0&mTEID=3377&Season=2002%20-%202003&CTID=60&CPID=137&TEID=3364&RFID=&PLID=551828&MAID=313389&ListType=9&pStr=Match_Details&t=3. Retrieved 2008-10-30.
^ "Consagratoria goleada de San Lorenzo en Medellín" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 28 November 2002. http://www.conmebol.com/articulos_ver.jsp?id=47749&slangab=S. Retrieved 2008-10-30.
^ "Claudio Morel Rodríguez 02/05/2003 (San Lorenzo)". The Guardian. 2 May 2003. http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?Lang=0&mTEID=3377&Season=2002%20-%202003&CTID=60&CPID=137&TEID=3364&RFID=&PLID=551828&MAID=321165&ListType=9&pStr=Match_Details&t=3. Retrieved 2008-10-30.
^ "Morel Rodríguez, Claudio Marcelo". Club Atlético Boca Juniors. http://www.bocajuniors.com.ar/english/futbol_prof_plantel_ficha.php?id=32. Retrieved 2008-10-30.
^ "Salvador Cabañas was chosen as "Footballer of America" 2007". CONMEBOL. 2 January 2008. http://www.conmebol.com/articulos_ver.jsp?id=61753&slangab=E. Retrieved 2008-10-30.
^ Morel Rodríguez gana el Premio ABC Color - Diario ABC Color

[edit] External links

[guardian021005-0] "Claudio Morel Rodríguez 05/10/2002 (San Lorenzo)". The Guardian. 5 October 2002. http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?Lang=0&mTEID=3377&Season=2002%20-%202003&CTID=60&CPID=137&TEID=3364&RFID=&PLID=551828&MAID=313389&ListType=9&pStr=Match_Details&t=3. Retrieved 2008-10-30.

[conmebol47749-1] "Consagratoria goleada de San Lorenzo en Medellín" (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 28 November 2002. http://www.conmebol.com/articulos_ver.jsp?id=47749&slangab=S. Retrieved 2008-10-30.

[guardian030502-2] "Claudio Morel Rodríguez 02/05/2003 (San Lorenzo)". The Guardian. 2 May 2003. http://guardian.touch-line.com/StatsCentre.asp?Lang=0&mTEID=3377&Season=2002%20-%202003&CTID=60&CPID=137&TEID=3364&RFID=&PLID=551828&MAID=321165&ListType=9&pStr=Match_Details&t=3. Retrieved 2008-10-30.

[boca32-3] "Morel Rodríguez, Claudio Marcelo". Club Atlético Boca Juniors. http://www.bocajuniors.com.ar/english/futbol_prof_plantel_ficha.php?id=32. Retrieved 2008-10-30.

[conmebol61753-4] "Salvador Cabañas was chosen as "Footballer of America" 2007". CONMEBOL. 2 January 2008. http://www.conmebol.com/articulos_ver.jsp?id=61753&slangab=E. Retrieved 2008-10-30.

[5] Morel Rodríguez gana el Premio ABC Color - Diario ABC Color

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