Tania Morales


Tania Paola Morales Bazarte, known as Tania Morales, is a Mexican footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chivas and the Mexico national team.
She is a former member of Mexico's U-20 World Cup team and the Mexico women's national football team.
In 2017, she was the captain of the C. D. Guadalajara, nicknamed the Chivas and the Rebaño Sagrado, in the initial season of the Liga MX Femenil.

Mexican women's national team

Morales played for Mexico in the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in 2006.
Playing for the Mexican senior team, on April 2, 2008, Morales scored two goals in a match with Jamaica as Mexico competed unsuccessfully to qualify for the 2008 Olympic Games. At the 2010 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup, Morales played in all five matches as Mexico succeeded in qualifying for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. At the Gold Cup, Morales was a substitute in the match against the United States women's national soccer team on November 5, 2010 which Mexico won 2–1. U.S. Soccer called the match a "stunning upset" and the "biggest result in Mexican women's soccer history." Morales was a starter in a follow up game with the U.S. on June 5, 2011 which the U.S. won 1–0. However, Morales, although a member of the Mexican team, did not play in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.
On November 27, 2017, Morales was selected by the National Team to participate in preparations for competing in the Central American and Caribbean Games in 2018. She played for the National Team in one match in Turkey in March 2018.

Club

Morales was the captain of the Guadalajara Chivas team in the inaugural season of the Liga MX Femenil. She scored five goals and tallied two assists during the 14 match season. On November 4, 2017, Morales scored the first and only Gol Olimpíco, in the league.
The Chivas won the league championship on November 24, 2017 after defeating C.F. Pachuca in the second match of a two-match playoff. Morales had an assist in the victory. The matches drew record-setting crowds of 28,955 and 32,466 spectators.
In the 2018 clausura for third-place Chivas, Morales scored five goals.

Honors

Liga MX Femenil Team of The Season: Apertura 2017