Dayro Moreno

Once Caldas

Moreno joined Once Caldas's youth academy aged 15, and made his professional debut in 2003. His first title as a professional was the 2003 Apertura title won against Junior, the club's first title in 53 years. The following year, Once Caldas won the 2004 Copa Libertadores, beating Boca Juniors in the finals, with Moreno participating for seventy minutes in the second leg. That same year, he was an unused substitute in the 2004 Intercontinental Cup, where Once Caldas lost the game in a penalty shoot-out against UEFA Champions League winners Porto. Moreno also participated in both legs of the 2005 Recopa Sudamericana, where Once Caldas lost 4–3 on aggregate to Boca Juniors. In January 2007, Moreno was loaned out to Brazilian club Athletico Paranaense. However, he only played two games and scored once, which came on his debut against Figueirense in the first matchday of the Campeonato Brasileiro on 12 May 2007. He returned to Once Caldas in June 2007. In the summer of 2007, Argentine club Boca Juniors showed their interest in him. However, nothing was finalized and he stayed with Once Caldas, where he was the top scorer of the 2007 Finalización with 16 goals. After scoring the winning goal against Argentina in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifiers in November 2007, there were rumours that Moreno went clubbing, and arrived late to the next Once Caldas training session. As a result, head coach Santiago Escobar insisted on not playing him in the next match, but…

Moreno played seven games for the Colombia under-20 squad that won the 2005 South American U-20 Championship. He also made three appearances for the same team at the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship. In total he made ten appearances for the U20 team and didn't score any goals. Moreno made his Senior team debut on 1 March 2006 against Venezuela. He scored his first goal on 20 November 2007, the game-winner in a 2–1 victory against Argentina. On 6 June 2011, he was included in the 23-man squad chosen by coach Hernán Darío Gómez for the 2011 Copa América. After a five-year-absence from the national team, he returned and opened the scoring in a 3–1 friendly win against Haiti on 29 May 2016. A few days later, he was included in José Pékerman's squad for the Copa América Centenario. Moreno played three games at the tournament and started the match against Costa Rica, but failed to score and didn't complete 90 minutes in any of the games he played. On 29 August 2025, Moreno was called up for the national team after a 9-year absence.

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As of match played 4 September 2025

As of match played 18 June 2016 Scores and results list Colombia goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Moreno goal.

Once Caldas

Categoría Primera A: 2003 Apertura, 2010 Finalización Copa Libertadores: 2004 Atlético Nacional

Categoría Primera A: 2017 Apertura Recopa Sudamericana: 2017 Colombia

Copa América third place: 2016 Individual

Categoría Primera A top goalscorer (7): 2007 Finalización, 2010 Finalización, 2013 Finalización, 2014 Apertura, 2017 Apertura, 2017 Finalización, Apertura 2022 Liga MX Golden Boot (shared): Apertura 2016 Liga MX Best XI: Apertura 2016