Giovanni Moreno

Giovanni Andres Moreno Cardona (Spanish pronunciation: [ɟʝoˈβani moˈɾeno]; born 1 July 1986) is a Colombian footballer who plays for and captains Chinese Super League club Shanghai Shenhua F.C. where he primarily operates as an attacking midfielder.

Club Career

Moreno would start his career with top tier Colombian side Envigado in the 2006 league season, however in his debut season he would be part of the squad that was relegated to the second tier. The manager Jesus Barrios would show significant faith in Moreno who would go on to play a major part in guiding the team to the Categoria Primera B title and promotion back into the top tier at the end of the 2007 league season. In the club's first league game of the 2008 league season on 3 February 2008 Moreno would be included in the first team and also score his first top flight goal for the club in a 2–0 victory against Deportivo Pereira. He would continue his good form despite the step up in quality and after playing half the season for Envigado where he played in 22 games and scored 10 goals he would start to attract the interests of fellow top tier club Atletico Nacional.

Moreno transferred to Atletico Nacional for 1.6 million Euros and he would go on to score his first goal for the club on 27 July 2008 in a league game against Once Caldas in a 2–0 victory. In his first full season for the club he would help guide them to the semi-finals of the 2009 Copa Colombia while personally becoming their top goalscorer of the season with 21 goals. The Colombian footballer joined Argentine Primera Division side Racing Club for the 2010-11 season. Atletico 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. He would make his debut for the club in a league game on 14 August 2010 against Boca Juniors in a 2–1 victory. This was followed by his first goal for the club, which was in a league game on 18 September 2010 against Club Atletico Lanus in a 4–0 wi

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