Dayro Moreno

Dayro Moreno

Personal information
Full name	Dayro Mauricio Moreno Galindo
Date of birth	16 September 1985 (1985-09-16)
Place of birth	Chicoral, Tolima, Colombia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	Club Tijuana
Number	17
Youth career
	Once Caldas
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2003–2007	Once Caldas	136	(58)
2006	→ A. Paranaense (loan)	2	(1)
2008–2010	Steaua Bucureşti	43	(13)
2009	Steaua II Bucureşti	4	(2)
2010–2011	Once Caldas	44	(32)
2011–	Club Tijuana	12	(5)
National team‡
2004–2005	Colombia U-20	26	(16)
2007–	Colombia	17	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 August 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 August 2007

Dayro Mauricio Moreno Galindo (born 16 September 1985 in Chicoral, Tolima, Colombia) is a Colombian footballer currently playing for Club Tijuana in Primera División de México.

Club career

Once Caldas

Dayro Moreno won the Copa Libertadores 2004 with Once Caldas beating Boca Juniors in the final. In that same year he played with Once Caldas the Intercontinental Cup final, lost after a penalty shoot-out against UEFA Champions League winners FC Porto.

In the summer of 2007 there were rumours and subsequent offers for Dayro to play in the Croatian league. But hearing Boca Juniors had interest in him, and demanding too much from the Croatians the deal was cancelled, and in 2007 he resumed play for Caldas.

Steaua Bucureşti

Dayro Moreno alongside team-mate and fellow countryman Juan Toja during half-time in a match between Steaua Bucureşti and Pandurii Târgu Jiu

In January 2008 after an outstanding season with Once Caldas and a legendary performance against Argentina in the South American Qualifiers where he scored the game winning goal (2-1), he joined Romanian team Steaua Bucureşti playing alongside Colombians Róbinson Zapata and Pepe Moreno, who was part of the team at the time.

Steaua paid for him a fee of US$ 2 million.

In 2009–10, Dayro was demoted to the B squad. He agreed to play for the second team until he is prepared to come back to the first squad.

In October 2009, following a series of good games for the B squad he was called back to the first team by the new Steaua manager, Stoichiţă.

Steaua II Bucureşti

After several months with the second team, Dayro was called back to the first team.

Once Caldas

On 24 January 2010, he returned to Once Caldas on a fee around $500.000. In the summer of 2011 he was linked with a transfer in Portugal to Sporting Lisbon, but the deal was canceled after he was offered a lower wage than he requested.

Club Tijuana

On 2 June 2011, it was announced that Moreno would move to Mexican team Xoloitzcuintles de Tijuana for a fee of US$ 3.5 millions. He will play for Club Tijuana for the next three seasons.

International career

Dayro has played for Colombia national football team U20 squad, where he shined. He currently has 17 caps in the Colombian national football team and has scored 2 goals.

International goals

Scores and results list Colombia's goal tally first. "Score" column indicates the score after the player's goal.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	20 November 2007	El Campín, Bogotá, Colombia	Argentina	2–1	2–1	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
2.	3 September 2010	Estadio José Antonio Anzoátegui, Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela	Venezuela	2–0	2–0	Friendly

Titles

Season	Club	Title
2003	Once Caldas	Colombian Primera A
2009	Once Caldas	Colombian Primera A
2004	Once Caldas	Copa Libertadores
2010	Once Caldas	Colombian Primera A

External links

• Dayro Moreno's profile - oncecaldas.com.co (Spanish)
• Dayro Moreno's career - Romaniansoccer.ro (English)
• Dayro Moreno's career - national-soccer-teams.com (English)