Yairo Moreno
Moreno with Independiente Medellín in 2018
Personal information
Full name Yairo Yesid Moreno Berrío
Date of birth (1995-04-04) 4 April 1995 (age 28)
Place of birth Necoclí, Colombia
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Winger, left-back
Team information
Current team
 Independiente Medellín
Youth career
Independiente Medellín
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2018 Independiente Medellín 40 (11)
2015 → La Equidad (loan) 19 (0)
2016 → Envigado (loan) 32 (7)
2018–2023 León 112 (10)
2021–2022 → Pachuca (loan) 25 (3)
2023– Independiente Medellín 0 (0)
International career‡
2019– Colombia 16 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Colombia
Men's football
Copa América
Third place 2021
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 September 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 September 2023

Yairo Yesid Moreno Berrío (born 4 April 1995) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a winger or left-back for Categoría Primera A club Independiente Medellín and the Colombia national team.[1]

Club career

Independiente Medellín

Born in Necoclí, Moreno moved to Medellín at early age and joined the youth sides of Independiente Medellín. He made his first team debut on 23 March 2014, coming on as a late substitute for Giovanni Hernández in a 2–0 Categoría Primera A home win over Deportivo Cali.[2]

In the following two seasons, Moreno served loans at fellow top tier sides La Equidad and Envigado, scoring his first senior goal with the latter in a 2–1 loss to Patriotas. He returned to DIM for the 2017 campaign, and started to feature regularly for the club afterwards.[3]

León

On 6 June 2018, Moreno moved abroad and signed for Liga MX side León.[4] He made his debut abroad on 24 July, replacing Héctor Mascorro in a 4–3 Copa MX away loss to Mineros de Zacatecas.[5]

Despite being a regular starter, Moreno was loaned to fellow league team Pachuca on 28 May 2021.[6] An immediate starter, he lost his first-choice status during the 2022 Clausura tournament, and returned to León in June 2022.[7]

On 11 July 2023, Moreno confirmed his departure from León through his Instagram profile.[8]

Return to Independiente Medellín

On 4 September 2023, Moreno returned to Independiente Medellín on a contract until the end of the 2023 season.[9]

International career

Moreno made his senior national team debut on 6 September 2019 in a friendly against Brazil, when he replaced Juan Cuadrado in the 87th minute.[10]

Honours

León

References

  1. ^ Yairo Moreno at Soccerway
  2. ^ "No es Dayro ni Nairo: es Yairo, sorpresa de la lista de Copa América" [Not Dayro nor Nairo: he is Yairo, the surprise of the list of the Copa América] (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  3. ^ "'Cafetero' con pasado 'asegurador'" (in Spanish). Saque de Meta. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Colombiano Yairo Moreno, nuevo refuerzo de León" [Colombian Yairo Moreno, new addition of León] (in Spanish). TUDN. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Yairo Moreno ya está de vuelta con el León" [Yairo Moreno is already back with León] (in Spanish). La Silla Rota. 16 June 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  6. ^ "Yairo Moreno sale de León y llega a Pachuca" [Yairo Moreno leaves León and arrives at Pachuca] (in Spanish). Esto en Línea. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  7. ^ "Yairo Moreno deja el Pachuca y regresará al Club León de México para la próxima la temporada" [Yairo Moreno leaves Pachuca and will return to Club León from Mexico for the following season] (in Spanish). Infobae. 18 June 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  8. ^ "Yairo Moreno le dice adiós al Club León" [Yairo Moreno bids farewell to Club León] (in Spanish). Fieramanía. 11 July 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  9. ^ "Yairo Moreno es nuevo jugador del #Poderoso" [Yairo Moreno is a new #Powerful player] (in Spanish). Independiente Medellín. 4 September 2023. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  10. ^ "Brazil v Colombia game report". ESPN. 6 September 2019.

External links

Independiente Medellín – current squad
Colombia squad – 2021 Copa América third place
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