 Born in Lorient, Morel made his senior debut for FC Lorient at the age of 19, coming on as a substitute for Pape Malick Diop in Lorient's Ligue 2 1–0 defeat at home to FC Gueugnon on 19 April 2003.He played only one other match (a Ligue 2 match) in the 2002–03 season.In the next three seasons, he progressively played more matches for Lorient.