Nikola Moro

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Nikola Moro
Moro with Dynamo Moscow in 2020
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-03-12) 12 March 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Split, Croatia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Bologna
Number 6
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)
2020–2023 Dynamo Moscow 58 (4)
2022–2023 → Bologna (loan) 26 (1)
2023– Bologna 13 (1)
International career‡
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)
2017–2021 Croatia U21 24 (6)
2022– Croatia 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:42, 17 December 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:53, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

Nikola Moro (Italian pronunciation: [nǐkola môːro];[2][3] born 12 March 1998) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Serie A club Bologna and the Croatia national team.

Club career[edit]

Dinamo Zagreb[edit]

Aged six, he started football, moving to Zagreb aged 11.[4] A Hajduk Split fan in his early days in Solin,[4] Nikola's father Miro yearned for him to contemplate a career at the Hajduk academy,[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[edit]

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]

Bologna[edit]

On 29 August 2022, Moro joined Bologna in Italy on loan until the end of the 2022–23 season, with an option to buy.[22] On 2 July 2023, Bologna exercised their option and made the transfer permanent.[23]

International career[edit]

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.[24][25] He also represented Croatia U21 at the 2019 and 2021 UEFA Under-21 Euros,[26][27][28] captaining the team to the quarter-finals of the latter tournament for the first time in their history.[29][30][31]

On 17 May 2021, Moro was named in the preliminary 34-man squad for the UEFA Euro 2020,[32] but did not make the final 26.[33] He earned his first call-up to the senior Croatia team on 16 August 2021, ahead of the September World Cup qualifiers against Russia, Slovakia and Slovenia.[34] However, he did not debut until 29 March 2022, when he made an appearance in a friendly 2–1 victory over Bulgaria.[35][36]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of match played 17 December 2023[37]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[a] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dinamo Zagreb II 2015–16 Druga HNL 12 0 — — — 12 0
2016–17 13 5 — — — 13 5
2018–19 5 2 — — — 5 2
Total 30 7 — — — 30 7
Dinamo Zagreb 2015–16 Prva HNL 1 0 1 0 — — 2 0
2016–17 15 1 2 0 1[b] 0 — 18 1
2017–18 24 4 2 0 4[c] 0 — 30 4
2018–19 19 3 1 0 4[c] 0 — 24 3
2019–20 28 2 3 0 9[b] 0 1[d] 0 41 2
Total 87 10 9 0 18 0 1 0 115 10
Dynamo Moscow 2020–21 Russian Premier League 24 3 2 0 0[c] 0 — 26 3
2021–22 28 1 6 1 — — 34 2
2022–23 6 0 0 0 — — 6 0
Total 58 4 8 1 0 0 — 66 5
Bologna 2022–23 Serie A 26 1 2 0 — — 28 1
2023–24 13 1 2 1 — — 15 2
Total 39 2 4 1 — — 43 3
Career total 214 23 21 2 18 0 1 0 254 25
  1. ^ Includes appearances in Croatian Cup
  2. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Appearance in Croatian Super Cup

International[edit]

As of match played 29 March 2022[38]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Croatia 2022 1 0
Total 1 0

Honours[edit]

Dinamo Zagreb

Individual

References[edit]

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  2. ^ "Nìkola". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Croatian). Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  3. ^ "mȏro". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Croatian). Retrieved 21 March 2020. Mȏro
  4. ^ a b "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. 8 January 2017.
  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.
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  23. ^ "Moro, esercitata l'opzione per l'acquisto a titolo definitivo" (in Italian). Bologna FC 1909. 2 July 2023.
  24. ^ "[PHOTOS] Croatia U-17s Return Home to Warm Welcome". Croatia Week. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
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  26. ^ "Gračan objavio konačni popis za U-21 EP". Hrvatski nogometni savez (in Croatian). 6 June 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
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  39. ^ "Team of the Tournament". uefa.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 20 July 2015.

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