Official: Iván Morales Joins Chilean Contingent at Independiente de Avellaneda
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At a glance
- Independiente de Avellaneda announced the signing of Chilean striker Iván Morales on loan from Argentinos Juniors until June 2027.
- The agreement includes a possible extension through December 2027 and an option to buy 50% of his rights for $1.5 million.
- Morales becomes the latest Chilean at Independiente, joining Maximiliano Gutiérrez, Lautaro Millán and Luciano Cabral.
Iván Morales is officially the newest Chilean at Independiente de Avellaneda. The Argentine club announced Tuesday that it had signed the 27-year-old striker on loan from Argentinos Juniors until June 2027.
The agreement includes the possibility of extending the loan through December of that year. Independiente also holds an option to buy 50% of Morales’ rights for $1.5 million.
The move gives Morales his third spell in Argentine football. Before joining Argentinos Juniors, he played for Sarmiento de Junín. Independiente will be the fifth professional club of his career, following Colo-Colo, Cruz Azul of Mexico, Sarmiento and Argentinos Juniors.
At Independiente, Morales will join fellow Chileans Maximiliano Gutiérrez, Lautaro Millán and Luciano Cabral. The club is currently sixth in Group A of Argentina’s Clausura with 13 points.
Originally published by Cooperativa in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.