Claudio Marcelo Morel Rodríguez (born 2 February 1978) is a Paraguayan former footballer. He holds the player record for Copa Sudamericano wins with three - with

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, and

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and

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. He also played as a left back for the Paraguay national team. He is the son of ex-Paraguayan footballer Eugenio Morel.

Career

Club career

San Lorenzo

Morel Rodríguez started his career in Argentina with

in the

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. 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. He won the

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with the club, beating Atlético Nacional of Colombia 4–0 in the final in November 2002. 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.

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. His first trophy with Boca came in 2004 when the club won the

, by beating Bolivian club Bolivar 2–1 over two legs in the final. In 2005, he won the

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and the

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. On 10 February 2007, Morel scored his first goal with Boca Juniors in a 4–0 victory over Banfield, later that year in December he played in the

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in Japan and helped Boca 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". In August 2008 he helped Boca win the

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, beating fellow Argentine club

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5–3 on aggregate. In December 2008 he was chosen as the

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by the press. On 20 June 2010, prior to Paraguay's group match against Slovakia at the

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, Boca Juniors announced they would not renew Morel Rodríguez' contract.

Return to Paraguay

In 2015, he and Sol de América colleague Aureliano Torres both joined 12 de Octubre of the División Intermedia.

International career

He made his international debut in 1999. Morel Rodríguez also represented Paraguay U23 at the

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, making three appearances. He played in the

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qualifiers, and has played in the qualifying games for the

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Later and coaching career

After a spell at Sarmiento de Leones, Morel began playing for Argentine amateur club San Eliseo in San Vicente. In the beginning of 2019 it was reported, that Morel had been appointed manager of the club. In August 2020, there were rumors about Morel would be appointed manager of Ciclón de Tarija. However, the rumors was never officially confirmed. In February 2021, Morel returned to

as a youth coach.

Honours

;San Lorenzo *

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: 2001 Clausura * Copa Mercosur:

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;Boca Juniors *

: 2005 Apertura, 2006 Clausura, 2008 Apertura *

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;Individual *

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: 2008

Career statistics

Club

Estadísticas actualizadas a la fecha: 29 de mayo de 2012.Estadísticas de Marca
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¹Las copas locales se refieren a la Copa del Rey. *

²Las competiciones internacionales se refieren a la

, Copa Mercosur, Mundial de Clubes y

References

External links

Deportivo official profile

Argentine Primera statistics
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