Dayro Moreno, Colombia footballer: Profile, Career, News & Videos

Dayro Moreno is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Categoría Primera A club Once Caldas and the Colombia national football team. He is top goalscorer in the history of the Colombian Categoría Primera A with 225 goals.

Moreno began his career with Once Caldas, winning the 2004 Copa Libertadores. In 2008, he moved to Europe to play for Romanian club Steaua București for two years, before returning to Once Caldas in 2010 and winning the 2010 Finalizacion league title with the Manizales-based club. In 2011, he moved to Mexico's Club Tijuana, where he stayed until 2018 with loans in between to Atlético Junior, Millonarios, and Atlético Nacional. His time at Atletico Nacional was a success, winning the 2017 Recopa Sudamericana and 2017 Apertura while being the top goalscorer of both Apertura and Finalización tournaments in 2017. After being dismissed from the club due to disciplinary problems in October 2018, he transferred to Talleres de Córdoba of Argentina in December. In 2021, he had a brief spell at Oriente Petrolero in Bolivia, before returning to Colombia with Atlético Bucaramanga for the 2022 season, where he finished as top scorer again and led Bucaramanga into the playoffs for the first time in years.

Moreno has been capped internationally at the youth and senior level for Colombia. He was part of the squad that got third place at the Copa América Centenario.

Although known for his ability to score goals, he has also been known negatively for indiscipline problems.