Giovanni Moreno

Giovanni Moreno
Personal information
Full name	Giovanni Andrés Moreno Cardona
Date of birth	1 July 1986 (age 37)
Place of birth	Segovia, Colombia
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua
Number	10
Youth career
	Florida Soccer
Senior career*
Years	Team
2006–2008	Envigado
2008–2010	Atletico Nacional
2010–2012	Racing Club
2012–	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua
International career‡
2008–2012	Colombia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 November 2016; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 August 2015

Template:Spanish name Giovanni Andrés Moreno Cardona (born 1 July 1986) is a Colombian footballer who plays for and captains Chinese Super League club Shanghai Greenland Shenhua where he primarily operates as an attacking midfielder.

Club career

Moreno started his career with Colombian second division side Envigado. After achieving promotion and playing half a season with Envigado in the first division, Moreno was transferred to Atlético Nacional. Later on, the Colombian footballer joined Argentine Primera División side Racing Club for the 2010-11 season. Atlético Nacional received 4.3 million US dollars for 75% of Moreno's rights, half being paid by Racing and the other half by a third party entrepreneurial group.^[1] In the summer of 2012, Shanghai Greenland Shenhua of the Chinese Super League signed Moreno. Moreno extended his stay in China by signing a two-year contract extension with Shanghai Shenhua in July 2015.^[2]

As of match played 1 November 2016

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Continental		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Envigado Colombia	2006	Categoría Primera B	2	0	-	-	-	-	2	0
	2007	Categoría Primera B	42	30	-	-	-	-	42	30
	2008	Categoría Primera A	22	10	-	-	-	-	22	10
	Total		66	40	-	-	-	-	66	40
Atlético Nacional Colombia	2008	Categoría Primera A	16	7	-	-	-	-	16	7
	2009		34	16	8	5	-	-	42	21
	2010		17	11	6	5	-	-	23	16
	Total		67	34	14	10	-	-	81	44
Racing Club Argentina	2010/11	Primera División de Argentina	16	5	-	-	-	-	16	5
	2011/12	Primera División de Argentina	31	6	3	1	-	-	34	7
	Total		47	11	3	1	-	-	50	12
Shanghai Shenhua China	2012	Chinese Super League	14	2	-	-	-	-	14	2
	2013		21	9	0	0	-	-	21	9
	2014		27	8	5	3	-	-	35	11
	2015		26	6	4	1	-	-	30	7
	2016		26	9	4	1	-	-	30	10
	Total		114	34	13	5	-	-	127	38
Total			294	119	30	16	0	0	324	135

Statistics accurate as of match played 29 February 2012^[3]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1^[4]	30 September 2009	Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Cotton Bowl (stadium)	Mexico	1–0	2-1	Friendly
2	10 October 2009	Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellin,	Chile	2–2	2-4	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
3^[5]	27 May 2010	FNB Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa	Armenia	1–1	1-2	Friendly

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