Dayro Moreno

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Moreno and the second or maternal family name is Galindo.

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250px Dayro Moreno playing for Steaua in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Dayro Mauricio Moreno Galindo
Date of birth	(1985-09-16) 16 September 1985
Place of birth	Chicoral, Tolima, Colombia
Height
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	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	(12)
2009	Steaua II Bucureşti	4	(2)
2010–2011	Once Caldas	49	(25)
2011–	Tijuana	60	(27)
2012	→ Once Caldas (loan)	12	(3)
2012–2013	→ Atlético Junior (loan)	38	(11)
2013–2014	→ Millonarios (loan)	45	(29)
International career‡
2004–2005	Colombia U-20	26	(16)
2007–2011	Colombia	27	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 January 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 June 2015

Dayro Mauricio Moreno Galindo (born 16 September 1985 in Chicoral, Tolima, Colombia) is a Colombian footballer currently playing as a forward for Club Tijuana of Mexico.

Club career

Once Caldas

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

In the summer of 2007 there were rumors 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 were part of the team at the time.

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

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

Once Caldas

On 24 January 2010, he returned to Once Caldas for a fee around $500,000. In the summer of 2011 he was linked to a transfer to Portugal's Sporting Lisbon, but the deal was canceled after he was offered a lower wage than he requested.

Club Tijuana

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

On 1 February 2012, he rejoined Once Caldas after rejecting a $ 400,000 offer from Universidad de Chile.

Junior de Barranquilla

He then joined Junior late July to play the second part of the Colombian tournament.

Millonarios FC

In July 2013, the Ascenso MX side Correcaminos UAT announced that Moreno would join them the upcoming season. However, Moreno then changed his mind and moved to Millonarios Futbol Club after stating that he did not wanted to join a Second Division side.

Club Tijuana

In 2013, after returning from Xolos of Tijuana, he signed with Millonarios Futbol Club in the second semester to the Colombian league.

International career

Dayro played for the 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

honors

Club

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

Individual

• Categoría Primera A top goalscorer: 4 times

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)
• Dayro Moreno's career – soccerway.com (Romanian)