Javier Morales

Argentina

From 1998 to 2006, Morales played for four different clubs in the Argentine Primera División, including two stints each with Lanús and Arsenal de Sarandí. He spent most of that time with Avellaneda-based Arsenal, playing in 146 matches and scoring 15 goals for the club. He spent his last season in Argentina with Instituto before moving to Spain.

Spain

Morales spent the 2006–07 season with Vecindario of the Spanish Segunda División. In one lone season with the club, he scored five goals in 23 matches (20 starts).

United States

In August 2007, Morales moved to the United States to play for Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer. Morales was acquired by Real Salt Lake at the same time as fellow Argentines Matias Mantilla and Fabián Espíndola. Morales made an immediate impact for RSL, tallying an assist 40 seconds into his MLS debut (August 29 vs. the Kansas City Wizards). His first career goal for RSL came September 19 against the LA Galaxy. He finished the season with one goal and two assists in seven matches (five starts). In his second season with RSL (2008), Morales emerged as a star player and team leader. He started 29 of Real Salt Lake's 30 contests, totaling 6 goals (tied with Robbie Findley for second-highest on the team, just behind Yura Movsisyan). Morales tallied 15 assists, shattering the club record of 11 set by Jeff Cunningham in 2006. It was the second-highest total in the MLS that season, behind only league MVP…

Morales holds a U.S. green card which qualified him as a domestic player for MLS roster purposes.