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Héctor Moreno
Personal information
Full name	Héctor Alfredo Moreno Herrera
Date of birth	January 17, 1988 (age 21)
Place of birth	Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Center Back
Club information
Current club	AZ
Number	4
Senior career*
National team‡
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 December 2009.; † Appearances (Goals).; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 December 2009

Héctor Alfredo Moreno Herrera (born January 17, 1988 in Culiacán, Sinaloa) is a Mexican football player that currently plays as defender for Dutch Eredivisie club AZ Alkmaar. Moreno was a member of the Mexican National U-17 team that won the 2005 U-17 World Cup held in Peru.

[edit] Club career

[edit] Universidad Nacional

Moreno's first 1st division team was UNAM Pumas, a México City based team commonly known as Pumas. He joined the Pumas youth system at the age of 15, and then broke into the first team after winning the U-17 FIFA World Cup. Moreno quickly secured a position as a regular starter. During the first game of the Mexican national team against Gambia in the FIFA U-20 World Cup 2007, he played as a defensive midfielder and scored the second goal for his team during the second half. Mexico won the match 3-0, with other goals respectively by Giovani Dos Santos and Javier Hernández.

[edit] AZ

On December 12, 2007, it was announced that Moreno was transferred to the Dutch club AZ Alkmaar for 4 and a half years. Moreno became the 5th Mexican defender to currently play in one of Europe's top leagues along Rafael Márquez, Carlos Salcido, Francisco Rodriguez, and Ricardo Osorio . In only 8 appearances for the Dutch Club, Hector has already scored his first goal in Europe, an amazing feature for a young defender, and is already seen as a big future for AZ and Mexico. Recently, Villarreal from la Liga has shown their interest on signing the young prospect for his outstanding performance in the Dutch League. In December 2008 he suffered a fracture of his right foot and is not expected to return until early March 2009. In April 2009 he was crowned, along with his team, as the league champion. He also signed a contract extension around the same time that would keep him with the club until 2014.

[edit] International career

He has been called up on various occasions Mexico, but with the number of defenders that Mexico already has such as Osorio, Marquez, Salcido, Magallon, and Galindo; he's had very limited playing time.