Nils Mortimer Moreno (born 11 June 2001) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a winger for club Granada B. He is a former Spanish youth international.

Career

Barcelona

Born in

Málaga Málaga (, ) is a municipality of Spain, capital of the Province of Málaga, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. With a population of 578,460 in 2020, it is the second-most populous city in Andalusia after Seville and the sixth most pop ...

, Mortimer began his career at UD La Mosca as a four-year old. Instead of getting picked up by

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, he was discovered by Sevilla and spent one year making the two-and-a-half-hour trip between the two cities. The distance would prove to be too demanding for the youngster, and he joined Málaga's youth academy. In 2013, he joined the famous

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youth academy where he worked his way through the youth ranks, winning the UEFA Youth League with the '' Juveniles A'' in

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. Mortimer made his debut for the club's reserve team,

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, on 24 March 2019 in a 1–0 win at

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under head coach García Pimienta, and began receiving regular call-ups for the team during the 2019–20 season. He was officially promoted to the B team in June 2020, signing a three-year contract, with his buyout clause set to €50 million which would rise to €100 million if he were to be promoted to the first team. He made a total of 39 appearances for ''Barça B'', scoring three goals in four seasons as part of the team. He was released from his contract on 7 July 2022, making him a free agent.

Viborg

On 7 July 2022, the same day as he was released by Barcelona B, Mortimer joined

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club

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on a four-year contract. He made his debut for Viborg on 24 July in a 3–1 away loss to AGF, coming on in the 83rd minute in place of Jay-Roy Grot. His first Viborg goal came on 9 August, opening the score in a 2–1 away win over Faroese club

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in the UEFA Europa Conference League third qualifying round. On 10 August 2023, Viborg confirmed the mutual agreement to terminate Mortimer's contract.

Granada B

On 17 August 2023, Mortimer signed a one-year contract with

Granada Granada (,, DIN 31635, DIN: ; grc, Ἐλιβύργη, Elibýrgē; la, Illiberis or . ) is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the fo ...

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competing in the third-tier

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. He made his debut for the club on 27 August, coming on as a substitute in a 2–1 home defeat against Murcia.

Career statistics

Club

References

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