Guillermo Carlos Morigi (born March 1, 1974) is an Argentine former professional

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left winger who played for Vélez Sársfield in the Primera División Argentina throughout most of his career. He was part of the team during its most successful years, the 1990s.

Club career

Morigi was born in

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. He started his career with Vélez Sársfield of the Argentine First Division. He was part of the first team in the history of the club to achieve two consecutive championships, the Apertura and Clausura of the 1995–96 season. He also won with the team the

1996 Supercopa Sudamericana The 1996 Supercopa Libertadores was the ninth season of the Supercopa Libertadores, a club football tournament for past Copa Libertadores winners. Vélez Sarsfield won the competition for the first time, defeating Cruzeiro 3–0 on aggregate in ...

and

1997 Recopa Sudamericana The 1997 Recopa Sudamericana was the ninth Recopa Sudamericana, an annual football match between the winners of the previous season's Copa Libertadores and Supercopa Sudamericana competitions. The match was contested between River Plate, winners ...

. For the 1997–98 season Morigi was sold to Spanish

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side Valencia CF. However, as most of Vélez Sársfield's 1990s multi champions, he was not successful outside his first team. He played 15 games for Valencia and scored 1 goal, in a 4–3 victory over

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. He was also part of the squad that won the

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, and played some minutes in the first final against

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. Morigi was also part of the squad that won de

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, having played for the club during the first half of the season-long championship. He returned to Vélez in 1999 and played for the team until 2002. He then had a short spell at

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and Ecuadorian

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, where he suffered a serious knee injury. He was released from his contract in 2004, and immediately retired at the age of 30.

International career

Morigi played a friendly match for the Argentina national team in 1996, while he was playing for Vélez.

Post-playing career

In 2008 Morigi won a trial against Barcelona SC for unpaid salary. Ecuadorian justice put an embargo on the team's stadium, the Estadio Monumental Banco Pichincha, to secure payment. He then went on to work as a football agent with the New Player Agent Corp.My Best Play

Honours

Vélez Sársfield *

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: Apertura 1995, Clausura 1996 *

Supercopa Sudamericana The Supercopa Libertadores (English: ''Libertadores Supercup''), also known as the Supercopa Libertadores João Havelange, Supercopa João Havelange or simply Supercopa, was a football club competition contested annually between 1988 and 1997 by t ...

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Valencia *

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Copa del Rey The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footbal ...

: 1998–99

References

External links

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Argentine Primera statistics
at Fútbol XXI *

at BDFA *
Valencia CF statistics
at Histoche {{DEFAULTSORT:Morigi, Guillermo Living people 1974 births Sportspeople from Buenos Aires Province Association football wingers Argentine footballers Argentina international footballers Argentine expatriate footballers Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield footballers Valencia CF players Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers Barcelona S.C. footballers Argentine Primera División players La Liga players Expatriate footballers in Spain Expatriate footballers in Ecuador Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Spain