Álvaro Morata

Álvaro Morata
Morata with Spain in 2017
Personal information
Full name Álvaro Borja Morata Martín[1]
Date of birth (1992-10-23) 23 October 1992 (age 32)[2]
Place of birth Madrid, Spain
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[3]
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 AC Milan
Number 7
Youth career
2005–2007 Atlético Madrid
2007–2008 Getafe
2008–2010 Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2013 Real Madrid B 83 (45)
2010–2014 Real Madrid 37 (10)
2014–2016 Juventus 64 (15)
2016–2017 Real Madrid 26 (15)
2017–2020 Chelsea 47 (16)
2019–2020 → Atlético Madrid (loan) 49 (18)
2020–2024 Atlético Madrid 64 (27)
2020–2022 → Juventus (loan) 67 (20)
2024- AC Milan 8 (3)
National team‡
2009 Spain U17 6 (2)
2010 Spain U18 2 (3)
2010–2012 Spain U19 13 (11)
2013–2014 Spain U21 13 (13)
2014– Spain 83 (37)
Honours
Representing  Spain
UEFA European Championship
Winner 2024 Germany
UEFA Nations League
Winner 2023 Netherlands
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Winner 2013 Israel Team
UEFA European Under-19 Championship
Winner 2011 Romania Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:50, 16 November 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:50, 16 November 2024 (UTC)

Álvaro Borja Morata Martín (born 23 October 1992) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a striker for La Liga club Atlético Madrid and captains the Spain national team.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 16 April 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Real Madrid Castilla 2010–11[4] Segunda División B 26 14 — — — 2[c] 1 28 15
2011–12[5] 33 15 — — — 4[c] 3 37 18
2012–13[6] Segunda División 18 12 — — — — 18 12
Total 77 41 — — — 6 4 83 45
Real Madrid 2010–11[7] La Liga 1 0 1 0 — 0 0 — 2 0
2011–12[8] 1 0 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 1 0
2012–13[9] 12 2 2 0 — 1[d] 0 0 0 15 2
2013–14[10] 23 8 6 0 — 5[d] 1 — 34 9
Total 37 10 9 0 — 6 1 0 0 52 11
Juventus 2014–15[11] Serie A 29 8 4 2 — 12[d] 5 1[e] 0 46 15
2015–16[12] 34 7 5 3 — 8[d] 2 0 0 47 12
Total 63 15 9 5 — 20 7 1 0 93 27
Real Madrid 2016–17[13] La Liga 26 15 5 2 — 9[d] 3 3[f] 0 43 20
Chelsea 2017–18[14] Premier League 31 11 6 2 3 1 7[d] 1 1[g] 0 48 15
2018–19[15] 16 5 1 2 2 0 4[h] 2 1[g] 0 24 9
Total 47 16 7 4 5 1 11 3 2 0 72 24
Atlético Madrid (loan) 2018–19[16] La Liga 15 6 0 0 — 2[d] 0 — 17 6
2019–20[17] 34 12 0 0 — 8[d] 3 2[i] 1 44 16
Total 49 18 0 0 — 10 3 2 1 61 22
Juventus (loan) 2020–21[18] Serie A 32 11 3 2 — 8[d] 6 1[e] 1 44 20
2021–22[19] 35 9 5 1 — 7[d] 2 1[e] 0 48 12
Total 67 20 8 3 — 15 8 2 1 92 32
Atlético Madrid 2022–23[20] La Liga 36 13 4 2 — 5[d] 0 — 45 15
2023–24[21] 28 14 5 1 — 10[d] 5 1[i] 0 44 20
Total 64 27 9 3 — 15 5 1 0 89 35
Career total 430 161 47 17 5 1 86 30 17 6 585 215
  1. ↑ Includes Copa del Rey, Coppa Italia and FA Cup
  2. ↑ Includes EFL Cup
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Appearance(s) in Segunda División B play-offs
  4. ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Appearance in Supercoppa Italiana
  6. ↑ One appearance in UEFA Super Cup, two appearances in FIFA Club World Cup
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Appearance in FA Community Shield
  8. ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Appearance(s) in Supercopa de España

International

As of match played 26 March 2024[22]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Spain 2014 2 0
2015 4 1
2016 12 7
2017 5 5
2018 4 0
2019 6 4
2020 3 1
2021 14 5
2022 11 7
2023 8 4
2024 2 0
Total 71 34
Spain score listed first, score column indicates score after each Morata goal.[22]
List of international goals scored by Álvaro Morata
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 27 March 2015 Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, Seville, Spain 3  Ukraine 1–0 1–0 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
2 1 June 2016 Red Bull Arena, Salzburg, Austria 9  South Korea 4–0 6–1 Friendly
3 6–1
4 17 June 2016 Allianz Riviera, Nice, France 11  Turkey 1–0 3–0 UEFA Euro 2016
5 3–0
6 21 June 2016 Nouveau Stade, Bordeaux, France 12  Croatia 1–0 1–2 UEFA Euro 2016
7 5 September 2016 Reino de León, León, Spain 15  Liechtenstein 6–0 8–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
8 7–0
9 7 June 2017 Nueva Condomina, Murcia, Spain 20  Colombia 2–2 2–2 Friendly
10 2 September 2017 Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain 21  Italy 3–0 3–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
11 5 September 2017 Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein 22  Liechtenstein 2–0 8–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
12 6–0
13 11 November 2017 La Rosaleda, Málaga, Spain 23  Costa Rica 2–0 5–0 Friendly
14 26 March 2019 National Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malta 29  Malta 1–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
15 2–0
16 10 June 2019 Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain 31  Sweden 2–0 3–0 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
17 15 November 2019 Ramón de Carranza, Cádiz, Spain 32  Malta 1–0 7–0 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying
18 17 November 2020 La Cartuja, Seville, Spain 36  Germany 1–0 6–0 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A
19 25 March 2021 Nuevo Los Cármenes, Granada, Spain 37  Greece 1–0 1–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
20 19 June 2021 La Cartuja, Seville, Spain 42  Poland 1–0 1–1 UEFA Euro 2020
21 28 June 2021 Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark 44  Croatia 4–3 5–3 (aet) UEFA Euro 2020
22 6 July 2021 Wembley Stadium, London, England 46  Italy 1–1 1–1 (aet)
2-4 (p)		 UEFA Euro 2020
23 14 November 2021 La Cartuja, Seville, Spain 50  Sweden 1–0 1–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
24 29 March 2022 Riazor, A Coruña, Spain 52  Iceland 1–0 5–0 Friendly
25 2–0
26 2 June 2022 Benito Villamarín, Seville, Spain 53  Portugal 1–0 1–1 2022–23 UEFA Nations League A
27 27 September 2022 Estádio Municipal, Braga, Portugal 57  Portugal 1–0 1–0 2022–23 UEFA Nations League A
28 23 November 2022 Al Thumama Stadium, Doha, Qatar 58  Costa Rica 7–0 7–0 2022 FIFA World Cup
29 27 November 2022 Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor, Qatar 59  Germany 1–0 1–1 2022 FIFA World Cup
30 1 December 2022 Khalifa International Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar 60  Japan 1–0 1–2 2022 FIFA World Cup
31 8 September 2023 Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi, Georgia 65  Georgia 1–0 7–1 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying
32 4–0
33 5–1
34 12 October 2023 La Cartuja, Seville, Spain 67  Scotland 1–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying

Honours

Real Madrid Castilla

Real Madrid

Juventus

Chelsea

Spain U17

Spain U19

Spain U21

Spain

Individual

  • UEFA European Under-19 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2011[33]
  • UEFA European Under-19 Championship Golden Boot: 2011[34]
  • UEFA European Under-21 Championship Team of the Tournament: 2013[35]
  • UEFA European Under-21 Championship Golden Boot: 2013[35]
  • UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 2014–15[36]

References

  1. ↑ "Acta del Partido celebrado el 12 de mayo de 2019, en Madrid" [Minutes of the Match held on 12 May 2019, in Madrid] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Archived from the original on 22 September 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  2. ↑ "Álvaro Morata: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  3. ↑ "Álvaro Morata". Atlético Madrid. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "Real Madrid Castilla matches 10/11". BDFutbol. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "Real Madrid Castilla matches 11/12". BDFutbol. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "Real Madrid Castilla matches 12/13". BDFutbol. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "Real Madrid matches 10/11". BDFutbol. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  8. ↑ "Real Madrid matches 11/12". BDFutbol. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  9. ↑ "Real Madrid matches 12/13". BDFutbol. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  10. ↑ "Real Madrid matches 13/14". BDFutbol. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  11. ↑ "Games played by Álvaro Morata in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  12. ↑ "Games played by Álvaro Morata in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  13. ↑ "Games played by Álvaro Morata in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  14. ↑ "Games played by Álvaro Morata in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  15. ↑ "Games played by Álvaro Morata in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Álvaro Morata in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Álvaro Morata in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  18. ↑ "Games played by Álvaro Morata in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  19. ↑ "Games played by Álvaro Morata in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  20. ↑ "Games played by Álvaro Morata in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  21. ↑ "Games played by Álvaro Morata in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 "Álvaro Morata". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 23.4 23.5 23.6 23.7 23.8 "Álvaro Morata". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  24. ↑ "Real Madrid 2011–12: Statistics". BDFutbol. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  25. ↑ "Real Madrid 2016–17: Statistics". BDFutbol. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  26. ↑ McNulty, Phil (25 May 2014). "Real Madrid 4–1 Atlético Madrid". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  27. ↑ McNulty, Phil (3 June 2017). "Juventus 1–4 Real Madrid". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  28. ↑ "Real Madrid 3–2 Sevilla". BBC Sport. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  29. ↑ McNulty, Phil (19 May 2018). "Chelsea 1–0 Manchester United". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  30. ↑ "Consuelo de bronce" [Bronze consolation]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 15 November 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  31. ↑ "FIFA U-17 World Cup Nigeria 2009 - Matches - Spain-Nigeria". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 15 November 2009.
  32. ↑ Smith, Emma (18 June 2023). "Spain win Nations League final on penalties". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  33. ↑ "Technical report" (PDF). UEFA. p. 13. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  34. ↑ "Morata, talent in abundance". Juventus F.C. 19 July 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  35. ↑ 35.0 35.1 "Thiago leads all-star squad dominated by Spain". UEFA. 21 June 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  36. ↑ "UEFA Champions League squad of the season". UEFA. 9 June 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2015.