Jorge Luis Moreira Ferreira (born 1 February 1990) is a Paraguayan

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who plays as a

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for Resistencia.

Club career

2 de Mayo

Born in Villarrica, Moreira started his career with 2 de Mayo, as a

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. Promoted to the first team in June 2009, he made his first team – and Primera División – debut on 20 June, coming on as a late substitute for Domingo Martínez in a 2–1 away loss against

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. Moreira scored his first professional goal on 14 August 2009, netting the fourth in a 5–0 home routing of

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. He finished his first senior season with two goals in 16 appearances.

Libertad

In December 2009, Moreira moved to Libertad ahead of the ensuing campaign. In 2011, after the injury of

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, he was converted into a

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by manager

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, and started to feature regularly in that position onwards. Whilst at the club, Moreira won five league titles and scored six goals.

River Plate

On 21 July 2016, Moreira moved abroad for the first time in his career, joining

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side River Plate after agreeing to a four-year contract. He made his debut abroad ten days later, starting in a 3–0

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home defeat of CS Rivadavia Venado Tuerto. Moreira made his top tier debut on 28 August 2016, playing the full 90 minutes in a 4–1 home routing of Banfield. He scored his first goal for the club the following 27 April, netting the equalizer in a 2–1 win at Emelec, for the year's

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. In October 2017, Moreira suffered an injury which took him out of the

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semifinals. He then subsequently underwent surgery in his right

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, being estimated to return under three months; however, setbacks meant that he only could return in August 2018, nearly ten months from his last appearance.

Portland Timbers

On 20 February 2019, Moreira was acquired by

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on loan from

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of Argentina. On 18 June 2020, Portland announced that Moreira would return to River Plate after the two club's were unable to agree on a transfer fee to make the move permanent.

International career

Moreira represented

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at under-17 and

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levels. On 25 March 2010, he was first called up for the full side by manager

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for a

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against

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. Moreira made his full international debut on 31 March 2010, replacing

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in the 1–1 draw at the

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Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Libertad *

Paraguayan Primera División The División Profesional de la Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol (; "Professional Division of the Paraguayan Football Association"), also known as the Primera División (; "first division"), or due to sponsorship reasons Copa de Primera TIGO-Vi ...

: 2010 Clausura, 2012 Clausura, 2014 Apertura, 2014 Clausura, 2016 Apertura River Plate *

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: 2016 *

: 2015–16, 2016–17 *

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Moreira, Jorge 1990 births Living people People from Villarrica, Paraguay Paraguayan men's footballers Men's association football fullbacks Paraguayan Primera División players Argentine Primera División players Major League Soccer players Club 2 de Mayo footballers Club Libertad footballers Club Atlético River Plate footballers Portland Timbers players 12 de Octubre Football Club players Club Fernando de la Mora footballers Resistencia S.C. footballers Paraguay men's under-20 international footballers Paraguay men's international footballers Paraguayan expatriate men's footballers Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Argentina Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States