Víctor Hugo Morales

Víctor Hugo Morales Pérez (born 26 December 1947) is a Uruguayan football journalist, pundit and writer who has lived and worked in Argentina since 1981.

The following year Morales was appointed sports director of Radio Oriental, where he worked until 1981, when he moved to live and work in Buenos Aires. He was also a sports journalist on the "Telenoche 4" program on Channel 4 of Montevideo. In Argentina, his commentary on Diego Maradona's second goal in the 1986 World Cup quarter-final against England, famously known as the Goal of the Century, was widely praised.

He has been a staunch supporter of former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

Awards Morales was awarded the 2011 Illustrious Citizen of the City of Buenos Aires Medal and the Rodolfo Walsh Prize.

Selected works El intruso. Montevideo: Ediciones de la Plaza, 1979. Un grito en el desierto. Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana, 1998. Papel Prensa, el grupo de tareas Medios, jueces y militares en la mayor estafa del pais Ediciones Colihue, 2017. La batalla cultural. Mentiras, infamias y omisiones del monopolio mediático Ediciones Colihue, 2020. El reproche. Drama, 2022.