Luis Morán Sánchez (born 26 July 1987) is a Spanish professional

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who plays mainly as a right winger.

Club career

Born in Luanco, Asturias, and a product of local Sporting de Gijón's youth academy, Morán appeared once for its first team in 2006–07, with the club in the

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. In his first two full professional seasons, he scored four goals in 28 matches apiece. In 2008–09, with Sporting now in La Liga, Morán netted an historical goal in the last round against Recreativo de Huelva (2–1 home win), which guaranteed top-flight status for a further year. He repeated the same exact numbers the following campaign, being utilised mostly as a right winger by manager

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as opposed to his attacking midfielder role in the reserves. Morán only made 15 league appearances in

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– six starts, 608 minutes, no goals – as the side once again remained in the top division. On 31 August 2012, after a short loan spell with

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in Cyprus, Sporting announced he was leaving the club. On 31 January 2013, after spending several months without a team, Morán signed for second-tier

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until the end of the season. Safe for a very brief spell in his country with

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, he then plied his trade in the Cypriot first and second divisions as well as the Football League Greece. Morán returned to his hometown in August 2017, with the 30-year-old joining

Marino de Luanco Club Marino de Luanco is a Spanish football team based in Luanco, in the autonomous community of Asturias. Founded in 1931 it plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 1, holding home games at '' Estadio Miramar'', with a capacity of 3,500 seats. ...

on a one-year deal. On 5 July 2019, after having been an essential unit as the team

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from Tercera División as runners-up under former Spanish international Oli, he renewed his contract.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Moran, Luis 1987 births Living people People from Gozón Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Asturias Men's association football wingers La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Segunda Federación players Sporting de Gijón B players Sporting de Gijón players CD Mirandés footballers UD Logroñés players Marino de Luanco footballers Cypriot First Division players Cypriot Second Division players AEK Larnaca FC players Ermis Aradippou FC players Othellos Athienou FC players Football League (Greece) players Olympiacos Volos F.C. players Spain men's youth international footballers Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Greece