Eduardo Javier Morante Rosas (, born 1 June 1987) is an

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...

ian former

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who played as a centre back.

Club career

Emelec

Morante came from

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's youth system. In 2006, he was transferred to Emelec, where he has played since. During his first three years with the "Electrics", he did not have many opportunity to showcase his abilities, having played only one match in each season from 2006 to 2009. With the arrival of Argentinean manager

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in 2010 he had his first serious opportunities to demonstrate what he was capable of doing, and he did not disappoint, ever since Sampaoli gave him his first opportunity he never again left Emelec's first team sheet and has established himself as one of the leaders of the team's defense and is now considered to be one of the most promising young players in

Universidad de Chile

2012 Season

On 17 January 2012, was reported that Emelec accepted a

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2 million bid of

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club Universidad de Chile for Morante. Due to a season-long injury, Morante has lost his starting line-up spot, thus forced Sampaoli to send him on loan to

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finals rivals LDU Quito for the first half of the 2013 season.

LDU Quito

2013 Season

Morante returned to Ecuador on loan to play for LDU Quito.

International career

His performances with his club grabbed the attention of newly hired Ecuador National team manager, the Colombian

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who called Morante for two international friendly matches to be played in August 2010 against

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and

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. However, Morante got injured the weekend before joining Ecuador's squad and could not attend the call up.

Honours

Club

;Universidad de Chile * Primera División de Chile (1): 2012 Apertura

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Morante, Eduardo 1987 births Living people People from Vinces Canton Men's association football central defenders Ecuadorian men's footballers Ecuador men's international footballers C.S. Emelec footballers Club Universidad de Chile footballers L.D.U. Quito footballers C.D. Cuenca footballers C.D. El Nacional footballers Mushuc Runa S.C. footballers Fuerza Amarilla S.C. footballers Ecuadorian Serie A players Chilean Primera División players Ecuadorian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Chile Ecuadorian expatriate sportspeople in Chile