| Mauricio Morales | |
| Fullname: | Mauricio Geraldiny Morales Olivares |
| Birth Date: | 7 January 2000 |
| Birth Place: | Pichidangui, Los Vilos, Chile |
| Height: | 1.69 m |
| Position: | Central midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Deportes Antofagasta (on loan from Universidad de Chile) |
| Clubnumber: | 34 |
| Youthyears1: | 2013–2019 |
| Youthclubs1: | Universidad de Chile |
| Years1: | 2019– |
| Caps1: | 24 |
| Goals1: | 1 |
| Years2: | 2023– |
| Clubs2: | → Deportes Antofagasta (loan) |
| Caps2: | 0 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2015 |
| Nationalteam1: | Chile U15 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2017 |
| Nationalteam2: | Chile U17 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 16 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Pcupdate: | 19 July 2023 |
Mauricio Geraldiny Morales Olivares (born 7 January 2000), also known as Mauro Morales, is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Primera B de Chile club Deportes Antofagasta on loan from Universidad de Chile.
Morales made his professional debut in a Copa Chile match against Cobresal on 7 September 2019.[1] On 21 December, he signed his first contract as a professional footballer.[2] Morales made his international club debut in a Copa Libertadores match against San Lorenzo de Almagro on 18 March 2021.[3]
In July 2023, Morales joined on loan to Deportes Antofagasta in the Primera B de Chile.[4]
At early age, he represented Chile at under-15 level at the 2015 South American U-15 Championship[5] and winning the friendly 2015 Aspire Tri-Series International Tournament in Doha, Qatar.[6] Later, he represented the under-17 team in two friendly matches against the United States, at the 2017 South American U-17 Championship – where Chile finished runners-up – and at the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
He played all the matches for the under-17s at the friendly tournament, the 2017 Lafarge Foot Avenir in France, better known as Tournament Limoges, which Chile won after defeating Belgium and Poland,[7] [8] and drawing to France.[9]