Nikola Moro

Nikola Moro
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-03-12) March 12, 1998
Place of birth Solin, Croatia
Height 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 GNK Dinamo Zagreb
Number 27
Youth career
2009–2014 GNK Dinamo Zagreb
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Dinamo Zagreb 2 24 (5)
2016– Dinamo Zagreb 26 (3)
National team
2014–2015 Croatia U17 15 (6)
2016– Croatia U19 8 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Nikola Moro (born 12 March 1998) is a Croatian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for GNK Dinamo Zagreb, the reserves of GNK Dinamo Zagreb, and the Croatia national under-19 football team. In addition to the one league appearance for the senior GNK Dinamo Zagreb lineup, he has also made one cup appearance. Signing until 2022 with the GNK Dinamo Zagreb seniors, he is set to feature for the first team more regularly in the impending future.[1][2]

A Hajduk fan in his early days in Solin,[3] Nikola's father Miro Moro yearned him to contemplate a career in Hajduk[4] but he went to the GNK Dinamo Zagreb Academy. Nikola joined the main GNK Dinamo Zagrebn unit from the Dinamo youth academy in 2014.[5]

Early life

Aged six, he started football, moving to Zagreb aged 11.[6]

Club career

Moro played a full 90 minutes in his league debut for his senior team versus their feeder club NK Lokomotiva.[7]

International career

Representing Croatia at U-16, U-17, and finally U-19 level, Nikola Moro made the quarter-finals of the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup eventually losing to Mali.[8][9]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.croatiaweek.com/future-stars-of-croatia-locked-into-deals-until-2022/
  2. ↑ https://sportarena.hr/nogomet/hrvatska/dinamo/lovren-fiolic-i-moro-ostaju/
  3. ↑ http://www.vecernji.hr/nogomet/kapetan-nikola-moro-navijac-hajduka-a-svim-srcem-igra-za-dinamo-1034099
  4. ↑ http://sportske.jutarnji.hr/nogomet/nikola-zar-si-moro-otac-modre-zvijezde-pustio-sam-sina-u-dinamo-jer-nisam-imao-novca-za-uzdrzavanje-a-u-hajduku-nam-nisu-dali-ni-opremu/5479467/
  5. ↑ "NOVI DRAGULJ POTPISAO ZA DINAMO NA TRI GODINE 'Nikola Moro je budućnost Modrih' -Jutarnji List". Jutarnji.hr. 2014-03-18. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
  6. ↑ http://www.vecernji.hr/nogomet/kapetan-nikola-moro-navijac-hajduka-a-svim-srcem-igra-za-dinamo-1034099
  7. ↑ "Lokomotiva Zagreb 0 - 4 Dinamo Zagreb izvještaj s utakmice 14.05.2016. 1. HNL". Goal.com (in Croatian). 2016-05-14. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
  8. ↑ "[PHOTOS] Croatia U-17s Return Home to Warm Welcome". Croatia Week. 2015-11-05. Retrieved 2016-11-24.
  9. ↑ "All-action Moro gets his reward". FIFA.com. 2016-11-01. Retrieved 2016-11-24.


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