Tania Morales
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tania Paola Morales Bazarte | ||
| Date of birth | December 22, 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Guadalajara | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2018 | Guadalajara | 14 | (5) |
| National team | |||
| 2002–2006 | Mexico U-20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2005–2011 | Mexico | at least 7 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 November 2017 | |||
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Tania Paola Morales Bazarte (born 22 December 1986; Guadalajara, Mexico) is a Mexican soccer midfielder and a former member of Mexico's U-20 World Cup team and the Mexico women's national football team.
In 2017, she was the captain of the C. D. Guadalajara, nicknamed the Chivas and the Rebaño Sagrado, in the initial season of the Liga MX Femenil.
Mexican women's national team[edit]
Morales played for Mexico in the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in 2006.[1]
Playing for the Mexican senior team, on April 2, 2008, Morales scored two goals in a match with Jamaica as Mexico competed unsuccessfully to qualify for the 2008 Olympic Games. At tje 2010 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup, Morales played in all five matches as Mexico succeeded in qualifying for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.[2] At the Gold Cup, Morales was a substitute in the match against the United States women's national soccer team on November 5, 2010 which Mexico won 2–1. U.S. Soccer called the match a "stunning upset" and the "biggest result in Mexican women's soccer history."[3] Morales was a starter in a follow up game with the U.S. on June 5, 2011 which the U.S. won 1–0.[4] However, Morales, although a member of the Mexican team, did not play in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.
On November 27, 2017, Morales was selected by the National Team to participate in preparations for competing in the Central American and Caribbean Games in 2018.[5]
Club[edit]
Morales was the captain of the Guadalajara Chivas team in the inaugural season of the Liga MX Femenil. She scored five goals and tallied two assists during the 14 match season.[6] On November 4, 2017, Morales scored the first and only Gol Olimpíco, (a goal scored directly by a corner kick with no other player touching the ball) in the league.[7]
The Chivas won the league championship on November 24, 2017 after defeating C.F. Pachuca (Women) in the second match of a two-match playoff. Morales had an assist in the victory. The matches drew record-setting crowds of 28,955 and 32,466 spectators.[8]
References[edit]
- ↑ "La capitana rojiblanca que tambien es superheroe," https://www.vavel.com/mx/futbol-mexicano/liga-mx/chivas/845877-la-capitana-que-tambien-es-super-heroina.html, accessed 7 Jan 2018
- ↑ "CONCACAF Mexico 2010: Women's World Cup Qualifying Recap", http://www.concacaf.com/article/world-cup-qualifying-women-2010-technical-report, pp. 11, 15-19, accessed 25 Jan 2018
- ↑ "U.S. Soccer," https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2014/03/17/13/31/usa-falls-in-mexico, accessed 6 Jan 2018; "Seleccion Femenil, Sabe de Tequila" (January 4, 2011), Reforma, http://www.reforma.com/aplicacioneslibre/articulo/default.aspx?id=8045&md5=e9ebb4a77df393a3f7a4085fb5dc1ad6&ta=0dfdbac11765226904c16cb9ad1b2efe&po=1, accessed 25 Jan 2018
- ↑ "U.S. Soccer," https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2014/03/17/13/06/cheney-strike-in-stoppage-time-lifts-us-women, accessed 6 Jan 2018
- ↑ Norma Palafox y Miriam Garcia, llamadas al Tri Sub 20", Liga Mx Femenil, https://mexico.as.com/mexico/2017/11/28/futbol/1511826884_854455.html, accessed 8 Jan 2018
- ↑ "Tania Morales", http://www.ligafemenil.mx/cancha/jugador/124821/tania-paola-morales-bazarte,. accessed 7 Jan 2018
- ↑ "Gol Olimpíco", http://www.marca.com/claro-mx/futbol/futbol-femenil/2017/11/05/59fe612be5fdead4438b4572.html, accessed 8 Jan 2018
- ↑ "Pachuca tomo ventaja en el Gran Final", http://www.ligafemenil.mx/cancha/detallenoticia/23008; "El Club Guadalajara es campeon de las Liga MX Femenil," http://www.ligafemenil.mx/cancha/detallenoticia/23054/el-club-guadalajara-es-campeon-de-la-liga-mx-femenil, accessed 7 Jan 2018
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