Nikola Moro
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 12 March 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Solin, Croatia | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Dinamo Zagreb | ||
| Number | 27 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2009 | Solin | ||
| 2009–2014 | Dinamo Zagreb | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2016 | Dinamo Zagreb B | 24 | (5) |
| 2016– | Dinamo Zagreb | 81 | (10) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012 | Croatia U14 | 2 | (0) |
| 2013 | Croatia U15 | 4 | (1) |
| 2014 | Croatia U16 | 6 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Croatia U17 | 17 | (7) |
| 2014–2015 | Croatia U18 | 7 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | Croatia U19 | 12 | (2) |
| 2017– | Croatia U21 | 15 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 June 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 November 2019 | |||
Nikola Moro (Serbo-Croatian pronunciation: [nǐkola môːro];[2][3] born 12 March 1998) is a Croatian footballer who plays as an defensive midfielder for GNK Dinamo Zagreb and the Croatia national under-21 football team.
Club career
Aged six, he started football, moving to Zagreb aged 11.[4] A Hajduk fan in his early days in Solin,[4] Nikola's father Miro Moro yearned for him to contemplate a career in Hajduk[5] but he went to the GNK Dinamo Zagreb Academy. Nikola joined the main GNK Dinamo Zagreb unit from the Dinamo youth academy in 2014.[6]
Moro played a full 90 minutes in his league debut for his senior team versus their feeder club NK Lokomotiva in May 2016.[7] On 22 February 2017, he signed a new contract until 2022.[8][9]
International career
Representing Croatia at U-16, U-17 and U-19 level, Nikola Moro made the quarter-finals of the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup eventually losing to Mali.[10][11]
References
- ^ "Nikola Moro | Dinamo Zagreb". www.gnkdinamo.hr.
- ^ "Nìkola". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Croatian). Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "mȏro". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Croatian). Retrieved 21 March 2020.
Mȏro
- ^ a b "Kapetan Nikola Moro: Navijač Hajduka, a svim srcem igra za Dinamo". www.vecernji.hr.
- ^ "NIKOLA, ZAR SI MOR'O? Otac modre zvijezde: 'Pustio sam sina u Dinamo jer nisam imao novca za uzdržavanje, a u Hajduku nam nisu dali ni opremu' - Sportske Novosti". sportske.jutarnji.hr.
- ^ "NOVI DRAGULJ POTPISAO ZA DINAMO NA TRI GODINE 'Nikola Moro je budućnost Modrih' -Jutarnji List". Jutarnji.hr. 18 March 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
- ^ "Lokomotiva Zagreb 0–4 Dinamo Zagreb izvještaj s utakmice 14.05.2016. 1. HNL". Goal.com (in Croatian). 14 May 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
- ^ "Future Stars of Croatia Locked into Deals Until 2022". Croatia Week.
- ^ https://sportarena.hr/nogomet/hrvatska/dinamo/lovren-fiolic-i-moro-ostaju/
- ^ "[PHOTOS] Croatia U-17s Return Home to Warm Welcome". Croatia Week. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
- ^ "All-action Moro gets his reward". FIFA.com. 1 November 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
External links
- Nikola Moro at Talentshunter.eu
- Nikola Moro at Soccerway
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