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| - Humberto Morales is a Columbian footballer who plays as a striker for Canada's Bartlett United. Morales was drafted at the age of 22 by DEPOR ARMNY of Columbia's lower divisions. He scored three goals in four matches for ARMNY before he was spotted by Ceahlual of Romania's 5.Division. Early in Season 14 - his frst professional season - he was transferred to Ceahlual for $125.1 million, and made his home in Piatra Neamț for several years. He quickly entered Ceahlual's starting lineup, and helped them promote to 4.Division. In 108 official matches with the club he scored forty-one goals and twenty-eight assists on his way to eight Man of the Match Awards. Midway through Season 17, Ceahlual encountered some financial difficulties and were forced to put Morales on the market. Bartlett United - who had just experienced a double relegation to Canada's 4.Division spotted Morales, and made a successful offer of $113.1 million, and brought him to Toronto. United had been having striker difficulties since the sale of their aging Bartlett original Nick Lefebvre, and after a few failed experiments with elite international strikers were in dire straits. In an eight-day period, United added Morales, Gilles "Goals" Mathieu, Charles Delaney, and Chris Ewing at striker with the hopes of bouncing back. Morales quickly became United's go-to striker, scoring ten goals and eight assists in his first twenty matches, coming a narrow second to Mathieu for United's Best Newcomer, and helping united return to 3.Division. Over the next three seasons, Morales would prove to be the heart of United's offense. He scored sixty-two goals and ten assists in ninety-six official matches, and eventually led United to promote back to 2.Division at the end of Season 20.
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