Iván Moreno y Fabianesi

Football player infobox
playername = Iván Moreno y Fabianesi


fullname = Iván Diego Moreno y Fabianesi
height = height|m=1.75
nickname = Torero, Gallego
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1979|06|04
cityofbirth = Badajoz
countryofbirth = Spain
currentclub = Estudiantes de La Plata
clubnumber = 16
position = Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1998-2001
2001-2002
2002
2002-2003
2003-2005
2006
2006-2007
2007-
clubs = Rosario Central
Villarreal
Porto
Banfield
Colón
Morelia
Vélez Sársfield
Estudiantes de La Plata
caps(goals) = 78 (13)
0? 0(?)
00 0(0)
36 0(7)
86 (17)
18 0(2)
31 0(4)
37 0(5)
pcupdate = 11 September 2008

Iván Moreno y Fabianesi is an Spanish-born Argentine football midfielder. He was born June 4 1979, in Badajoz, Spain, the third child of a Spanish father (a professional footballer) and an Argentine mother.

As a child, Moreno lived in Spain and Argentina following his parents' multiple relocations. During his stint with Rosario Central he claimed his Argentine citizenship right, to avoid filling up a "foreigner" slot in Argentine clubs. When drafted by then-coach José Pekerman to the Argentine under-20 team, Moreno accepted, thus preempting any eventual call to the Spanish national football team.

Moreno's career in Spain had little success. During his tenure with Villarreal CF, he played mostly with the Onda farm team. He was more successful in Mexico, to the point that Argentina's Vélez Sársfield brought him to fulfill a key slot in midfield. After a modest success under coach Ricardo LaVolpe, Moreno was transferred in June 2007 to Estudiantes de La Plata, where he has played as a creative midfielder, mostly on the right, while helping Rodrigo Braña] in the defensive department.

In Argentina, he is known as the "Torero (bullfighter)" because of his signature goal celebration, imitating a matador's pass, which was conceived to dedicate the goal to his parents in Spain.

External links

*es [http://www.futbolxxi.com/Futbolista.aspx?ID=7659&SEOFutbolista=Moreno+y+Fabianesi+Ivan+Diego Argentine Primera statistics]
*es icon [http://www.elmundodeportivo.es/20070130/NOTICIA248232518.html Nota sobre Iván Moreno en Mundo Deportivo]
*es icon [http://www.derf.com.ar/despachos.asp?cod_des=55371 Artículo sobre su conflicto en Colón]
*es icon [http://www.derf.com.ar/despachos.asp?cod_des=88350&ID_Seccion=31 Nota tras su incorporación a Vélez] ♠