Nelson Noel Morales Barrientos (born 20 September 1976) is a

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defender who currently plays for Xelajú in Guatemala's top division. Nelson Morales is actually of Honduran descent and is a black belt in Taekwondo. He also handles on THE DEL PLAYA.

Club career

Born in

Cobán Cobán (), fully Santo Domingo de Cobán, is the capital of the department of Alta Verapaz in central Guatemala. It also serves as the administrative center for the surrounding Cobán municipality. It is located 219 km from Guatemala City. A ...

, Morales started his professional career at local side Cobán Imperial and joined Jalapa in July 2008. In July 2010 he trained with

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but decided not to sign up with them.

International career

He made his debut for

in a March 2001 friendly match against

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and has earned a total of 31 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country in 4

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matches and played at the

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and

2005 UNCAF Nations Cup The eighth edition of the bi-annual UNCAF Nations Cup was held in Guatemala, from February 19 to 27, 2005. All matches were played at the Estadio Mateo Flores in Guatemala City. The four semifinalists qualified for 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Particip ...

as well as at the

and

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- RSSSF His most recent international was an October 2005 friendly match against

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* 1976 births Living people People from Cobán Guatemalan men's footballers Guatemala men's international footballers 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup players C.S.D. Cobán Imperial players C.D. Jalapa players C.S.D. Xelajú MC players Men's association football defenders {{Guatemala-footy-bio-stub