Luis Moreno (footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 19 March 1981 | ||
Place of birth | Panama City, Panama | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Right back, centre back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Tauro | ||
Number | 3 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000–2001 | Deportivo Italia | 0 | (0) |
2001–2004 | Tauro | ||
2005–2006 | Envigado | 43 | (2) |
2006–2007 | Tauro | ||
2007 | Independiente SF | 15 | (0) |
2007 | Tiburones Rojos | ||
2008–2010 | Tauro | 51 | (5) |
2011 | Deportivo Pereira | 8 | (0) |
2011–2012 | Tauro | ||
International career‡ | |||
2001–2011 | Panama[1] | 76 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 March 2011 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 March 2011 |
Luis Moreno (born 19 March 1981) is a Panamanian football defender who last played for Tauro.
He gained notoriety after violently kicking an injured barn owl that had landed on the pitch during a league match between Junior de Barranquilla and Deportivo Pereira. The barn owl died due to the kick.
Club career
[edit]Born in Panama City, "Lucho" Moreno began playing football with Venezuelan side Deportivo Italia. He was signed by first division club Tauro in 2001. He had a brief spell with Colombian side Envigado during 2005 and 2006, before returning to Tauro.[2] Peruvian side Universitario de Deportes attempted to sign him in 2006,[3] but he stayed with Tauro.
In January 2007, Moreno returned to the Colombian league, joining Independiente Santa Fe.[4] The club terminated his contract in May 2007, after a disciplinary incident.[5] He returned to Tauro, but shortly after joined Mexican Primera División A side Tiburones Rojos.[6]
Moreno was loaned to Deportivo Pereira in January 2011,[7] but returned to Tauro later that year,[8] where he would help the club win its tenth league title in 2013.[9]
International career
[edit]Moreno made his debut for Panama in a June 2000 friendly match against Venezuela and has earned a total of 76 caps, scoring no goals.[10] He represented his country in 17 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[11] and has been a key member of the side, participating in the 2005, 2007 and 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup finals.[12][13][14]
His final international was a September 2011 friendly match against Paraguay.
Honours
[edit]- CONCACAF Gold Cup All-Tournament Team: 2009
Owl kicking incident
[edit]During a February 2011 league match between Junior de Barranquilla and Deportivo Pereira, Junior's unofficial mascot owl landed on the field during play and was struck by a pass. As the owl lay stunned on the field, Moreno, from the opposing team, kicked it approximately 3 meters (~10 feet) to the touchline.[15] Shortly after, he claimed he was prompting it to fly away[16][17] but in a later interview he admitted "The kick was a product of tension on the field at the time."[15] The owl was treated for its injuries at a local veterinary clinic, but later died of stress related to the incident. Moreno received a two-match ban, a $560 fine from Colombian football's governing body in addition to veterinary costs for the owl's treatment and was ordered to do community service at a zoo.[18]
References
[edit]- ^ Luis Moreno - International Appearances
- ^ Luis "Lucho" Moreno retorna al Tauro F.C. - Crítica (in Spanish)
- ^ "Un panameño a la "U"" (in Spanish). Peru.com. 19 August 2006.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Moreno es uno de los cinco refuerzos" (in Spanish). Prensa.com. 15 December 2006.
- ^ "Luis Moreno separado del equipo Santa Fe" (in Spanish). Prensa.com. 9 May 2007.
- ^ Figueroa, Carlos (18 August 2007). "Luis Moreno y Edwin fueron presentados" (in Spanish). Panamá America. Archived from the original on August 9, 2011.
- ^ Llegan primeros refuerzos para el Pereira Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine - Liga Postobon (in Spanish)
- ^ Luis “Lucho” Moreno regresa al Tauro FC - Panamá América (in Spanish)
- ^ "Luis 'Lucho' Moreno cree en Tauro" (in Spanish). CONCACAF.com. 13 February 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-04-26. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
- ^ Appearances for Panama National Team - RSSSF
- ^ Luis Moreno – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Courtney, Barrie & Saaid, Hamdan (30 July 2005). "CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2005 - Full Details". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 24 October 2008.
- ^ Saaid, Hamdan (19 July 2007). "CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2007 - Full Details". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 24 October 2008.
- ^ Lugo, Erik Francisco (12 August 2009). "CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2009 - Full Details". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 26 July 2014.
- ^ a b "Owl kicked by player dies from shock". Smh.com.au. 2011-03-02. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
- ^ "Football player faces sanctions for kicking injured owl in Colombia", The Canadian Press, February 28, 2011.
- ^ "Luis Moreno Owl Abuse". Southamerican-futbol.blogspot.com. 2011-02-27. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
- ^ The Fiver (2011-12-22). "The Fiver Christmas Awards 2011". London: Guardian. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
External links
[edit]- Luis Moreno at National-Football-Teams.com
- Luis Moreno at Soccerway