Marlos Moreno

Marlos Moreno
Marlos with Deportivo La Coruña in 2017
Personal information
Full name Marlos Moreno Durán[1]
Date of birth (1996-09-20) 20 September 1996
Place of birth Medellín, Colombia
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 Flamengo
(on loan from Manchester City)
Number 17
Youth career
2010–2014 Atlético Nacional
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Atlético Nacional 27 (5)
2016– Manchester City 0 (0)
2016–2017 → Deportivo La Coruña (loan) 19 (0)
2017–2018 → Girona (loan) 2 (0)
2018– → Flamengo (loan) 13 (0)
National team‡
2013 Colombia U17 3 (1)
2016– Colombia 8 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 August 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 September 2016

Marlos Moreno Durán (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmaɾloz moˈɾeno];[lower-alpha 1] born 20 September 1996) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays for Brazilian club Flamengo on loan from English club Manchester City as a forward.

Club career

Atlético Nacional

Born in Medellín, Moreno joined Atlético Nacional's youth setup in 2010, aged 14.[2] On 23 July 2014 he made his first team debut, coming on as a second-half substitute for Rodin Quiñónes in a 3–1 Copa Colombia away win against Rionegro Águilas.

Moreno made his Categoría Primera A debut on 15 October 2014, starting in a 2–1 loss at Deportivo Pasto.[3] He scored his first professional goal on 10 September of the following year, netting the second in a 3–0 home win against Deportivo Cali.

On 17 October 2015, Moreno scored a brace in a 4–0 away routing of Atlético Junior.[4] He also started in the season's final against the same team, scoring from 30 seconds and helping his team to win its first title of the year; it was also the fastest goal of the club's history.[5]

Manchester City

On 6 August 2016, Moreno signed for Manchester City for £4.75 million and was immediately loaned out to Deportivo de La Coruña, in a season-long deal.[6][7]

Loan to Deportivo

Moreno made his debut for Deportivo on 11 September, in a 1-0 loss to Athletic Bilbao.[8]

Loan to Girona

Moreno was loaned to La Liga side Girona FC for the first half of the 2017–18 season.[9]

Loan to Flamengo

On 12 January 2018 Moreno was loaned out to Brazilian Série A club Flamengo until 31 December 2018.[10][11]

International career

After representing Colombia at under-17 level, Moreno was called up to the main squad on 11 February 2016.[12] He made his full international debut on 24 March, coming on as 85th-minute substitute for Juan Cuadrado and setting up Edwin Cardona's last-minute winner.[13] On 11 June 2016, Moreno scored his first international goal against Costa Rica in the Copa America Centenario.

Career statistics

Club

As of 29 August 2018.[14]
Club Season League Cup[note 1] League Cup Continental[note 2] Other[note 3] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Atlético Nacional 2014 Categoría Primera A 1020———30
2015 175————175
2016 90——13310233
Total 275200013310438
Deportivo (loan) 2016–17[15] La Liga 19040———230
Girona (loan) 2017–18 2020———40
Flamengo (loan) 2018 Série A 13040—5040260
Career Total 6151200018350968
Note
  1. ↑ Includes Copa Colombia
  2. ↑ Includes Copa Libertadores
  3. ↑ Includes Superliga Colombiana

International

As of 5 October 2016[16]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
Colombia
YearAppsGoals
201681
Total81

International goals

As of match played 11 June 2016. Colombia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Moreno goal.[17]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 11 June 2016NRG Stadium, Houston, United States5 Costa Rica2–32–3Copa América Centenario

Honours

Club

Atlético Nacional

International

Colombia

Notes

  1. ↑ In isolation, Marlos is pronounced [ˈmaɾlos].

References

  1. ↑ "Updated squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  2. ↑ "Marlos Moreno: "Cambió mi vida, no me esperaba esto"" [Marlos Moreno: "It changed my life, I did not expect that"] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Nacional complicó su clasificación tras perder 2-1 contra el Pasto" [Nacional complicated its pass after losing 2–1 against Pasto] (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 15 October 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "Junior sufre una horrible noche frente al Nacional" [Junior suffer a terrible night against Nacional] (in Spanish). El Heraldo. 18 October 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  5. ↑ "Ficha técnica de la Estrella 15" [Match report of Estrella 15] (in Spanish). Atlético Nacional's official website. 20 December 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  6. ↑ "City sign Marlos Moreno". Manchester City F.C. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  7. ↑ "Marlos Moreno, nuevo jugador del Deportivo" [Marlos Moreno, new player of Deportivo] (in Spanish). Deportivo La Coruña. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  8. ↑ "Marlos Moreno hizo su debut en Deportivo" [Marlos Moreno made his debut in Deportivo] (in Spanish). ESPN. 11 September 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  9. ↑ "Marlos Moreno, new forward of Girona" (in Catalan). Girona FC. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  10. ↑ "Flamengo acerta empréstimo de Marlos Moreno junto ao Manchester City". Extra. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  11. ↑ "Manchester City forward Marlos Moreno joins Flamengo on loan". Sky Sports. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  12. ↑ "Convocatoria Selección Colombia para microciclo de preparación" [Colombia call-up for the preparation micro-stage] (in Spanish). Federación Colombiana de Fútbol. 11 February 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  13. ↑ "Efecto Marlos para salvar la victoria en La Paz" [Marlos effect to save the victory in La Paz] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  14. ↑ "Marlos Moreno profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  15. ↑ "Games played by Marlos Moreno in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  16. ↑ "Moreno, Marlos". National Football Teams. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  17. ↑ Marlos Moreno at Soccerway
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