Giovanni Moreno

Giovanni Moreno

Personal information
Full name	Giovanni Andrés Moreno Cardona
Date of birth	1 July 1986
Place of birth	Segovia, Colombia
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position	Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua
Number	10
Youth career
	Florida Soccer
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2006–2008	Envigado	66	(40)
2008–2010	Atletico Nacional	81	(44)
2010–2012	Racing Club	50	(12)
2012–	Shanghai Greenland Shenhua	88	(25)
National team^‡
2008–	Colombia	14	(2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 November 2015. † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 August 2015

Giovanni Andrés Moreno Cardona (born 1 July 1986) is a Colombian footballer who plays for and captains Chinese Super League club Shanghai Greenland Shenhua where he primarily operates as a attacking midfielder.

Club career

Moreno started his career with Colombian second division side Envigado. After achieving promotion and playing half a season with Envigado in the first division, Moreno was transferred to Atlético Nacional. Later on, the Colombian footballer joined Argentine Primera División side Racing Club for the 2010-11 season. Atlético Nacional received 4.3 million US dollars for 75% of Moreno's rights, half being paid by Racing and the other half by a third party entrepreneurial group.^[1] In the summer of 2012, Shanghai Greenland Shenhua of the Chinese Super League signed Moreno. Moreno extended his stay in China by signing a two-year contract extension with Shanghai Shenhua in July 2015.^[2]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 29 November 2015

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Continental		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Envigado  Colombia	2006	Categoría Primera B	2	0	-	-	-	-	2	0
	2007		42	30	-	-	-	-	42	30
	2008	Categoría Primera A	22	10	-	-	-	-	22	10
	Total		66	40	-	-	-	-	66	40
Atlético Nacional  Colombia	2008	Categoría Primera A	16	7	-	-	-	-	16	7
	2009		34	16	8	5	-	-	42	21
	2010		17	11	6	5	-	-	23	16
	Total		67	34	14	10	-	-	81	44
Racing Club  Argentina	2010/11	Primera División de Argentina	16	5	-	-	-	-	16	5
	2011/12		31	6	3	1	-	-	34	7
	Total		47	11	3	1	-	-	50	12
Shanghai Shenhua  China	2012	Chinese Super League	14	2	-	-	-	-	14	2
	2013		21	9	0	0	-	-	21	9
	2014		27	8	5	3	-	-	35	11
	2015		26	6	4	1	-	-	30	7
	Total		88	25	9	4	-	-	97	29
Total			285	121	26	15	0	0	311	136

International

Colombia
Year	Apps	Goals
2008	1	0
2009	4	1
2010	7	1
2011	1	0
2012	1	0
Total	14	2

Statistics accurate as of match played 29 February 2012^[3]

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1[4]	30 September 2009	Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Cotton Bowl (stadium)	Mexico	1–0	2-1	Friendly
2[5]	27 May 2010	FNB Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa	Armenia	1–1	1-2	Friendly

References

1. "Les gustó al toque". Olé (in Spanish). 18 July 2010. Retrieved 18 July 2010.
2. 上海绿地申花俱乐部与球队队长吉奥瓦尼·莫雷诺续约两年发布时间. http://www.shenhuafc.com.cn/ (in Chinese). Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C. 28 July 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2015. External link in |website= (help)
3. "Giovanni Moreno". National Football Teams. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
4. "Mexico 1-2 Colombia". http://int.soccerway.com/. Soccerway. Retrieved 19 August 2015. External link in |website= (help)
5. "South Africa 2-1 Colombia". http://int.soccerway.com/. Soccerway. Retrieved 19 August 2015. External link in |website= (help)

External links

• Giovanni Moreno profile at Soccerway
• Giovanni Moreno at National-Football-Teams.com
• Giovanni Moreno at footballzz.co.uk
• Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI (Spanish)