Alfredo Morelos

Independiente Medellín

2014 season

Morelos began his career at Independiente Medellín in 2011 at the age of 15 and worked his way through the academy ranks. He was promoted to the first team by then manager Hernán Darío Gómez, and made his first team debut aged 18 years and 22 days, in a 2–2 draw with Rionegro Águilas in the Copa Colombia group stage on 13 July 2014, coming on as a 74th-minute substitute. On 24 July 2014, Morelos started his first game for Independiente Medellín and scored his first ever senior goal, aged 18 years, 1 month and 3 days in a 2–0 win over Evigado also in the Copa Colombia. Seven days later, he scored a brace in two minutes in a 3–2 win over Jaguares de Córdoba during a Copa Colombia group B match taking his tally to three goals in as many matches in the competition. Morelos featured three more times for Independiente Medellín in the group stage of the competition scoring a further two goals, one against Leones on 21 August 2014 in a 3–0 win and one seven days later against Evigado in a 1–1 draw. Independiente Medellín finished second in their group with 21 points, level on points with first placed Atlético Nacional and progressed through to the last 16 of the 2014 Copa Colombia but were defeated 5–2 on aggregate by Deportes Tolima; Morelos made an appearance in both legs of the tie. Morelos made his Categoría Primera A debut for Independiente Medellín on 31 August 2014 in a 3–0 win over Águilas Doradas coming on as an…

Youth

Morelos was called up by the Colombia under-17 team for the first time in July 2012 and made his under-17 debut in a 1–1 draw against Paraguay on 2 April 2013. He went on to make four appearances for the under-17 side. In September 2014, Morelos was called up by the Colombia under-20 team for the first time and made his under-20 debut on 16 January 2015, in a 1–0 win against Uruguay. Morelos was in the Colombia squad when they finished runner's-up in the 2015 South American Youth Football Championship. He played six games in total for the under-20 team.

Senior

On 28 August 2018, Morelos received his first call-up to the Colombian senior national team for the friendly matches against Venezuela and Argentina. He made his international debut on 8 September 2018, coming on as a 77th-minute substitute against Venezuela. In the last minute he provided an assist for Yimmi Chará's winning goal for Colombia. He made a further two appearances in March 2019 in friendlies against Japan and South Korea, making his first international start against the latter side. He was not named in the 40-man preliminary squad announced on 16 May for the 2019 Copa América, with several media outlets speculating his poor on-field discipline at club level in Scotland contributed to his omission. Morelos returned to the national side in October 2019 and featured in friendlies against Chilie and Algeria. Morelos scored his first international goal on 16 November 2019, in a friendly…

Born in Cereté, Colombia, Morelos lived with his sisters, his parents and his grandmother, but after joining Independiente Medellín, he had to live away from his family. Morelos said in an interview with AS.com that he is married. While in Finland, Morelos said though it was tough to adapt to the country, as his family decided to stay in Colombia and he had to travel to South America to be with them. Morelos also revealed that it was his father who got him into football and goalscoring.

Morelos has been with his childhood sweetheart Yesenia Herrera since 2014, the couple married in January 2016 and have a daughter together Leonela Morelos who was born in May 2020. In October 2024, Morelos was involved in a traffic accident, after hitting a motorcyclist with his SUV; he also failed a breathalyzer test, and was subsequently arrested for drink-driving.