Nikola Moro

Nikola Moro (Croatian pronunciation: [nǐkola môːro];[2][3] born 12 March 1998) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Russian Premier League club Dynamo Moscow and captains the Croatia national under-21 team.

Nikola Moro
Moro with Dynamo Moscow in 2020
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-03-12) 12 March 1998
Place of birth Split, Croatia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Dynamo Moscow
Number 8
Youth career
2004–2009 Solin
2009–2014 Dinamo Zagreb
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2019 Dinamo Zagreb II 30 (7)
2016–2020 Dinamo Zagreb 87 (10)
2020– Dynamo Moscow 15 (2)
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 20 (5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 December 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2020

Club career

Dinamo Zagreb

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 yearned for him to contemplate a career in Hajduk,[5] but he went to the Dinamo Zagreb Academy instead. Nikola joined the senior Dinamo Zagreb team from the youth academy in 2014.[6]

Moro played a full 90 minutes in his league debut for his senior team versus Lokomotiva in May 2016.[7] He made his Champions League debut on 7 December, in a 2–0 away defeat to Juventus.[8][9] On 22 February 2017, he signed a new contract until 2022.[10][11]

On 27 March 2018, in an international match against Moldova U21, he suffered a severe injury after tearing his anterior cruciate ligament.[12] He came back to the team on 26 September for the Croatian Cup game against Sloga Mravince.[13] He made his Europa League debut on 14 February 2019 in a 2–1 away defeat to Viktoria Plzeň.[14]

On 6 November, in a decisive Champions League home game against Shakhtar Donetsk, he was sent off in the 74th minute with Shakhtar scoring a late equalizer for 3–3 to deny Dinamo a direct qualification for the knockout phase.[15][16][17]

Dynamo Moscow

On 17 August 2020, he signed a five-year contract with Russian Premier League club Dynamo Moscow.[18] He made his debut two days later in a 2–0 victory over Rostov, coming on for Daniil Fomin in the 69th minute.[19][20] On 18 October, he scored his first goal for the club as Dynamo lost 3–1 to CSKA Moscow.[21]

International career

Representing Croatia at U16, U17 and U19 level, Nikola Moro made the quarter-finals of the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup eventually losing to Mali.[22][23]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 16 December 2020[24]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] Continental Other[lower-alpha 2] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dinamo Zagreb II 2015–16 Druga HNL 120———120
2016–17 135———135
2018–19 52———52
Total 307———307
Dinamo Zagreb 2015–16 Prva HNL 1010——20
2016–17 151201[lower-alpha 3]0—181
2017–18 244204[lower-alpha 4]0—304
2018–19 193104[lower-alpha 4]0—243
2019–20 282309[lower-alpha 3]010412
Total 8710901801011510
Dynamo Moscow 2020–21 Russian Premier League 1520000—152
Total 1520000—152
Career total 13219901801016019
  1. Includes appearances in Croatian Cup
  2. Includes appearances in Croatian Super Cup
  3. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  4. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Dinamo Zagreb

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. Tironi, Hrvoje (11 December 2019). "Moro večeras 100. put u dresu Dinama, izjednačio se s Lukom". 24sata (in Croatian). Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  9. "Juventus rutinski i drugi put pobijedio Dinamo". Hrvatska radiotelevizija (in Croatian). 7 December 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  10. "Future Stars of Croatia Locked into Deals Until 2022". Croatia Week.
  11. https://sportarena.hr/nogomet/hrvatska/dinamo/lovren-fiolic-i-moro-ostaju/
  12. Tolić, Josip; Tironi, Hrvoje (27 March 2018). "Stravična ozljeda! Nikoli Mori pukli prednji križni ligamenti..." 24sata (in Croatian). Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  13. Tironi, Hrvoje (25 September 2018). "Nikola Moro se vraća u Mravincima, Dinamo s najjačim sastavom". Goal.com. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  14. Hina (14 February 2019). "FOTO, VIDEO: DINAMO POVEO NAKON MAJSTORIJE PETKOVIĆA I OLMA, A ONDA JE USLIJEDIO POTPUNI PREOKRET VIKTORIJE Modri izgubili nakon propusta u obrani". Sportske novosti (in Croatian). Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  15. Lazić, Petar (6 November 2019). "DINAMO PROKOCKAO ISTORIJSKU POBEDU! Feliks Brih opet najomraženiji čovek na stadionu, ali se sada Srbi raduju!". Blic (in Serbian). Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  16. Starešinčić, Danijel (23 October 2019). "Ključnu utakmicu za proljeće u Ligi prvaka Dinamo igra na Maksimiru; zbog ovog mu igra samo pobjeda". Tportal.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  17. R. I. (11 December 2019). "ŠAHTAR - ATALANTA 0:3 Nevjerojatna utakmica kojom je Dinamo ispao iz Europe". Index.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  18. "Никола Моро – в "Динамо"!" (in Russian). FC Dynamo Moscow. 17 August 2020.
  19. "Eurogolčina Nikole Vlašića u velikom ruskom derbiju protiv Lovrena! Moro debitirao u Moskvi". Sportske novosti (in Croatian). 19 August 2020.
  20. Sokolov, Ivan (19 August 2020). "Никола Моро дебютировал за "Динамо"". Championat (in Russian).
  21. "Nikola Moro majstorski zabio prvijenac za moskovski Dinamo, njegova momčad izgubila u derbiju od Vlašića". Sportske novosti (in Croatian). 18 October 2020.
  22. "[PHOTOS] Croatia U-17s Return Home to Warm Welcome". Croatia Week. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  23. "All-action Moro gets his reward". FIFA.com. 1 November 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  24. "Nikola Moro profile". Soccerway.
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