Pelayo Morilla

Pelayo Morilla
Personal information
Full name	Pelayo Morilla Cabal
Date of birth	12 July 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth	Oviedo, Spain
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Youth career
0000–2018	Sporting Gijón
Senior career*
Years	Team
2018–2024	Sporting de Gijón B
2018–2024	Sporting Gijón
2021–2022	→ Algeciras (loan)
2024	Teruel
International career
2018	Spain U17
2018–2019	Spain U18
2018	Spain U19
2019	Spain U20
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 September 2024

Pelayo Morilla Cabal (born 12 July 2001) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a right winger, last played for Teruel.

Club career

Born in Oviedo, Asturias, Morilla was a Sporting de Gijón youth graduate. On 21 September 2017, while still a youth, he signed a professional five-year deal with the club.^[1]

Morilla made his senior debut with the reserves on 7 January 2018, coming on as a late substitute in a 5–3 Segunda División B away win against Gernika Club.^[2] He made his first-team debut on 18 August, replacing Pablo Pérez in a 1–1 away draw against AD Alcorcón in the Segunda División.^[3]

On 14 September 2018, Morilla scored his first goal, netting a free kick for the 2–0 in a 2–1 away win in that season's Copa del Rey against Numancia.^[4] On 21 July 2021, after featuring mainly for the B-side, he was loaned to Primera División RFEF side Algeciras CF for the campaign.^[5]

References

^ "Pelayo Morilla renueva su compromiso con el Sporting" [Pelayo Morilla renews his link with Sporting] (in Spanish). Sporting Gijón. 21 September 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
^ "El Gernika pierde 3–5 frente al Sporting B" [Gernika lose by 3–5 against Sporting B] (in Spanish). El Confidencial. 8 January 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
^ "Una obra de arte de Sousa salva al Sporting sobre la bocina" [A masterpiece from Sousa saves Sporting under the bell] (in Spanish). Marca. 18 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
^ ""Pelayo Morilla no olvidará este partido"" [«Pelayo Morilla will not forget this match»] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 14 September 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
^ "Pelayo Morilla, cedido al Algeciras CF" [Pelayo Morilla, loaned to Algeciras CF] (in Spanish). Sporting Gijón. 21 July 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.