Background
He is the son of ex-Paraguayan football player Eugenio Morel.
He is the son of ex-Paraguayan football player Eugenio Morel.
He also plays as a left back for the Paraguay national team Club career
= San Lorenzo He scored one more goal for San Lorenzo also in the 2002-2003 season, and also against Newell"s Old Boys, in a 2–1 defeat on 2 May 2003 at the Estadio Newell"s Old Boys. = Boca Juniors He moved to Boca Juniors in 2004 and made his Boca debut in a 0–0 draw against Lanús on 15 August 2004.
On 10 February 2007, Morel scored his first goal with Boca Juniors in a 4–0 victory over Banfield, later that year in December he played in the 2007 Fédération internationale de football association Club World Cup in Japan and helped Boca to the runners-up spot, losing to Italian club A.C. (before Christ) Milan 4–2 in the final.
He was runner-up behind fellow Paraguayan Salvador Cabañas in the 2007 South American Football player of the Year award. He was also selected in the "Ideal Eleven of South America in 2007".
In December 2008 he was chosen as the Paraguayan football player of the year by the press Return to Paraguay
International career
He made his international debut in 1999.
Morel Rodríguez also represented Paraguay U23 at the 2000 CONMEBOL Men Pre-Olympic Tournament, making three appearances.
He played in the 2002 World Cup qualifiers, and has played in the qualifying games for the 2010 World Cup. San Lorenzo
Copa Mercosur: 2001
Copa Sudamericana: 2002
Boca Juniors
Copa Sudamericana: 2004, 2005
Recopa Sudamericana: 2005, 2006, 2008
Copa Libertadores: 2007
Individual
Paraguayan Football player of the Year: 2008.
Morel Rodríguez started his career in Argentina with San Lorenzo in the Primera División. In the 2000-2001 season he won the Clausura with San Lorenzo, and in 2001 he helped them win the Copa Mercosur, beating Brazilian club Flamengo in the final. He scored his first goal for the club on 5 October 2002 in a 2–1 win over Newell"s Old Boys at the Estadio Pedro Bidegain. He won the 2002 Copa Sudamericana with the club, beating Atlético Nacional of Colombia 4–0 in the final in November 2002. His first trophy with Boca came in 2004 when the club won the Copa Sudamericana, by beating Bolivian club Bolivar 2–1 over two legs in the final. In 2005 he won the Recopa Sudamericana and the Copa Sudamericana as well as winning both the 2005 Apertura and the 2006 Clausura in the 2005–2006 season. He won the Recopa Sudamericana 2006 with Boca, beating São Paulo 4–3 on aggregate. In August 2008 he helped Boca win the 2008 Recopa Sudamericana, beating fellow Argentine club Arsenal 5–3 on aggregate. On 20 June 2010, prior to Paraguay"s group match against Slovakia at the 2010 Fédération internationale de football association World Cup, Boca Juniors announced they would not renew Morel Rodríguez" contract. Argentine Primera División: 2001 Clausura Argentine Primera División: 2005 Apertura, 2006 Clausura, 2008 Apertura.
