Nikola Moro

Nikola Moro (Croatian pronunciation: [nǐkola môːro];[2][3] born 12 March 1998) is a Croatian footballer who plays as an defensive midfielder for GNK Dinamo Zagreb and the Croatia national under-21 football team.

Nikola Moro
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-03-12) 12 March 1998
Place of birth Solin, Croatia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Dinamo Zagreb
Number 27
Youth career
2004–2009 Solin
2009–2014 Dinamo Zagreb
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Dinamo Zagreb B 24 (5)
2016– Dinamo Zagreb 81 (10)
National team‡
2012 Croatia U14 2 (0)
2013 Croatia U15 4 (1)
2014 Croatia U16 6 (0)
2014–2015 Croatia U17 17 (7)
2014–2015 Croatia U18 7 (1)
2016–2017 Croatia U19 12 (2)
2017– Croatia U21 15 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 June 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 November 2019

Club career

Aged six, he started football, moving to Zagreb aged 11.[4] A Hajduk fan in his early days in Solin,[4] Nikola's father Miro Moro yearned for him to contemplate a career in Hajduk[5] but he went to the GNK Dinamo Zagreb Academy. Nikola joined the main GNK Dinamo Zagreb unit from the Dinamo youth academy in 2014.[6]

Moro played a full 90 minutes in his league debut for his senior team versus their feeder club NK Lokomotiva in May 2016.[7] On 22 February 2017, he signed a new contract until 2022.[8][9]

International career

Representing Croatia at U-16, U-17 and U-19 level, Nikola Moro made the quarter-finals of the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup eventually losing to Mali.[10][11]

References
  1. "Nikola Moro | Dinamo Zagreb". www.gnkdinamo.hr.
  2. "Nìkola". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Croatian). Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  3. "mȏro". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Croatian). Retrieved 21 March 2020. Mȏro
  4. "Kapetan Nikola Moro: Navijač Hajduka, a svim srcem igra za Dinamo". www.vecernji.hr.
  5. "NIKOLA, ZAR SI MOR'O? Otac modre zvijezde: 'Pustio sam sina u Dinamo jer nisam imao novca za uzdržavanje, a u Hajduku nam nisu dali ni opremu' - Sportske Novosti". sportske.jutarnji.hr.
  6. "NOVI DRAGULJ POTPISAO ZA DINAMO NA TRI GODINE 'Nikola Moro je budućnost Modrih' -Jutarnji List". Jutarnji.hr. 18 March 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  7. "Lokomotiva Zagreb 0–4 Dinamo Zagreb izvještaj s utakmice 14.05.2016. 1. HNL". Goal.com (in Croatian). 14 May 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  8. "Future Stars of Croatia Locked into Deals Until 2022". Croatia Week.
  9. https://sportarena.hr/nogomet/hrvatska/dinamo/lovren-fiolic-i-moro-ostaju/
  10. "[PHOTOS] Croatia U-17s Return Home to Warm Welcome". Croatia Week. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  11. "All-action Moro gets his reward". FIFA.com. 1 November 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2016.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.