José Alcides "Pepe" Moreno Mora (born 10 September 1981) is a retired

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Career

Pepe Moreno began his career in the youth system of Deportivo Pasto, club with which he made his professional debut in Columbia's first division during the 1999 season. After two years with Pasto he joined

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. While with Cali he helped the club capture Colombian league titles in 2001 and 2002. During this time he appeared in 43 league games and scored 2 goals, used primarily as a reserve. In 2004 Pepe Moreno joined Millonarios and began to make a name for himself as a goal scorer. While with Millonarios he scored 12 goals in 29 league matches. In 2005, he returns to América de Cali and continues his goal scoring exploits with 18 goals in 42 matches. In 2006, he leaves to Europe, signing with on loan with

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. After limited success he returned to South America in January 2007, as Argentina's

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Independiente moved to acquire him for $900,000 from

. During this stint with Independiente he scored 4 goals in 19 appearances. In January 2008, the Colombian striker Moreno joined Steaua București on loan from Independiente until the end of the season, with an option to buy for 1,400,000 euros. Moreno has success with Steaua but the club was unable to buy him. After loans to

in which he was a member of the Finalizacion 2008 championship squad and

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, Pepe returned again on loan to Steaua in the winter of 2010 for a half-year. Steaua again had the option to buy him at the end of the season. On his return match with Steaua versus Romanian champions

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, he assisted on the equalizing goal with a back pass to

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in minute 92, helping Steaua draw away with Unirea, 2–2. In January 2011 Moreno returned to Colombia, this time on loan to

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. During his half season with Huila he scored 3 goals in 11 appearances. Moreno than signed with

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for the second half of the 2011 Colombian championship. With Once Caldas Pepe Moreno regained his goal scoring form recording 7 goals and 4 assists in 20 matches. On 1 February 2012 it was announced that Moreno was acquired on loan by

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. Despite this announcement, on 7 February, Moreno reportedly publicly stated that he had chosen to remain with

instead of reporting to the Revolution. On the 9th

President Brian Bilello wrote in an article on the Revolution's website that all necessary paperwork had been filed to complete the loan deal, and that representatives from the team had been attempting to contact Moreno himself for the past few days, but were unable to do so. Shortly thereafter, WUNR's "Deportes y Mas" host Marino Velasquev reported that the

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and

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had sued Moreno for breach on contract. Velasquez added on 13 February that the team was taking the case to FIFA. Moreno would report to the Revolution nearly 7 weeks later, citing visa issues and a "Personal Matter" keeping him from arriving. He scored his only goal for the franchise in a 2–1 defeat to DC United on 14 April. In August of that year, after making a total of 7 appearances, Moreno was waived by the club.

International career

In 2006 Moreno played three games for the Colombia national team.

Notes

References

External links

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Steauafc.com profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Moreno, Pepe 1981 births Living people Colombian men's footballers Colombia men's international footballers Men's association football defenders Categoría Primera A players Argentine Primera División players Peruvian Primera División players Liga I players Ukrainian Premier League players Major League Soccer players Deportivo Pasto footballers América de Cali footballers Millonarios F.C. players FC Dynamo Kyiv players Club Atlético Independiente footballers FCSB players FCSB II players Juan Aurich footballers Atlético Huila footballers Once Caldas footballers New England Revolution players La Equidad footballers Atlético Bucaramanga footballers Colombian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina Expatriate men's footballers in Peru Expatriate men's footballers in Romania Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Footballers from Cauca Department 21st-century Colombian sportsmen