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{{Short description|Colombian footballer (born 1986)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{family name hatnote|Moreno|Cardona|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name        = Giovanni Moreno
| image       = Giovanni Moreno.jpg
| image_size  = 150
| caption = Moreno with [[Shanghai Greenland Shenhua|Shanghai Shenhua]] in 2012
| fullname    = Giovanni Andrés Moreno Cardona
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1986|7|1|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Segovia, Antioquia|Segovia]], [[Colombia]]
| height      = 1.90 m
| position    = [[Midfielder#Attacking midfielder|Attacking midfielder]]
| currentclub = 
| clubnumber  = 
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Florida Soccer
| years1              = 2006–2008
| clubs1              = [[Envigado F.C.|Envigado]]
| caps1               = 66
| goals1              = 40
| years2              = 2008–2010
| clubs2              = [[Atletico Nacional]]
| caps2               = 67
| goals2              = 34
| years3              = 2010–2012
| clubs3              = [[Racing Club de Avellaneda|Racing Club]]
| caps3               = 47
| goals3              = 11
| years4              = 2012–2021
| clubs4              = [[Shanghai Greenland Shenhua|Shanghai Shenhua]]
| caps4               = 210
| goals4              = 70
| years5              = 2022
| clubs5              = [[Atletico Nacional]]
| caps5               = 14
| goals5              = 2
| nationalyears1 = 2008–2018
| nationalteam1  = [[Colombia national football team|Colombia]]
| nationalcaps1  = 21
| nationalgoals1 = 3
| pcupdate = 8 May 2022
| ntupdate = 27 March 2018
}}

'''Giovanni Andrés Moreno Cardona''' ({{IPA|es|ɟʝoˈβani moˈɾeno}}; born 1 July 1986) is a Colombian former [[Association football|footballer]] who used to play for club [[Atlético Nacional]] where he primarily operated as an [[Midfielder#Attacking midfielder|attacking midfielder]].

==Club career==
Moreno would start his career with top tier Colombian side [[Envigado Fútbol Club|Envigado]] in the [[2006 Categoría Primera A season|2006 league season]], however in his debut season he would be part of the squad that was relegated to the second tier.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/col06.html |title=Colombia 2006 |date=2007-02-07 |website=[[RSSSF]] |access-date=2019-04-09}}</ref> The manager [[Jesús Barrios]] would show significant faith in Moreno who would go on to play a major part in guiding the team to the [[Categoría Primera B]] title and promotion back into the top tier at the end of the [[2007 Categoría Primera B season|2007 league season]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/col07.html |title=Colombia 2007 |date=2008-07-11 |website=[[RSSSF]] |access-date=2019-04-09}}</ref> In the club's first league game of the [[2008 Categoría Primera A season|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]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2008/02/03/colombia/primera-a/club-deportivo-pereira/envigado-futbol-club/547607/ |title=DEPORTIVO PEREIRA VS. ENVIGADO 0 - 2 |publisher=soccerway.com |date=2008-02-03 |access-date=2019-04-09}}</ref> 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 [[Atlético Nacional]].

Moreno transferred to Atlético 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2008/07/27/colombia/primera-a/atletico-nacional/corperacion-deportiva-once-caldas/658041/?ICID=PL_MS_04 |title=ATLÉTICO NACIONAL VS. ONCE CALDAS 2 - 0|publisher=soccerway.com |date=2008-07-27 |access-date=2019-04-09}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/colcup09.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130202095557/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/colcup09.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 2, 2013 |title=Colombia (Cup) 2009 |publisher=rsssf.com |date=2009-12-11 |access-date=2019-04-10}}</ref> The Colombian footballer joined [[Argentine Primera División]] side [[Racing Club de Avellaneda|Racing Club]] for the [[2010–11 Argentine Primera División season|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 ownership in association football|third party]] entrepreneurial group.<ref>{{cite news|title=Les gustó al toque |newspaper=Olé |date=18 July 2010 |url=http://www.ole.com.ar/racing/titulo_0_300569968.html |language=es |access-date=18 July 2010 }}</ref> He would make his debut for the club in a league game on 14 August 2010 against [[Boca Juniors]] in a 2–1 victory.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2010/08/14/argentina/primera-division/boca-juniors/racing-club-de-avellaneda/975738/ |title=BOCA JUNIORS VS. RACING CLUB 1 - 2|publisher=soccerway.com |date=2010-08-14 |access-date=2019-04-10}}</ref> This was followed by his first goal for the club, which was in a league game on 18 September 2010 against [[Club Atlético Lanús]] in a 4–0 win.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2010/09/18/argentina/primera-division/racing-club-de-avellaneda/ca-lanus/975790/|title=RACING CLUB VS. LANÚS 4 - 0|publisher=soccerway.com |date=2010-09-18 |access-date=2019-04-10}}</ref> His season would come to a premature end when on 13 February 2011 in league game against [[All Boys]] when he sustained a [[posterior cruciate ligament injury]] in the knee, ruling him out for eight months.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2011/02/13/argentina/primera-division/club-atletico-all-boys/racing-club-de-avellaneda/1058985/|title=ALL BOYS VS. RACING CLUB 0 - 1|publisher=soccerway.com |date=2011-02-13 |access-date=2019-04-10}}</ref> Upon his return Moreno would soon regain his position in the team, however after a series of disappointing results Moreno and teammate [[Federico Santander]] would receive death threats that reached its escalation point on Tuesday, 22 May 2012, after training when both men were held at gunpoint by a gang who told them to play better or have their legs blown off.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.news.com.au/sport/football/gang-threatens-to-blow-off-giovanni-morenos-leg/news-story/e5fedc7a8add213d657b5ed9261b37a4|title=Gang threatens to blow off Giovanni Moreno's leg|publisher=news.com.au |date=2012-05-24 |access-date=2019-04-10}}</ref>

After the incident in Argentina, Moreno left to join [[Chinese Super League]] club [[Shanghai Shenhua]] on June 24, 2012, on a two-year contract with the option of a further two years for 9 million dollars.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wildeastfootball.net/2012/06/shenhua-sign-columbian-international-midfielder-giovanni-moreno-for-9-million-fee/|title=Shenhua sign Columbian international midfielder Giovanni Moreno for $9 million fee|publisher=wildeastfootball.net|date=2012-06-24|access-date=2019-04-29}}</ref> He would go on to make his debut in a league game on July 1, 2012, against [[Qingdao Jonoon F.C.]] away in a 1–0 defeat.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2012/07/01/china-pr/csl/qingdao-jonoon/shanghai-shenhua/1268171/|title=QINGDAO JONOON VS. SHANGHAI SHENHUA 1 - 0|publisher=soccerway.com |date=2012-07-01 |access-date=2019-04-29}}</ref> This was followed by his first goal for the club in a league game against [[Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao F.C.|Guangzhou Evergrande]] on July 28, 2012, in a 2–2 draw.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2012/07/28/china-pr/csl/guangzhou-yiyao/shanghai-shenhua/1268199/|title=GUANGZHOU EVERGRANDE VS. SHANGHAI SHENHUA 2 - 2|publisher=soccerway.com |date=2012-07-01 |access-date=2019-04-29}}</ref> The following season would see the owners of the club have a shareholders dispute, which ultimately saw the club's biggest shareholder Zhu Jun eventually leaving, causing a gap in the club finances resulting in unpaid wages forcing Moreno to refuse to play the March 31, 2013 league game against [[Liaoning Whowin]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://wildeastfootball.net/2013/04/shenhua-overcome-pre-game-absurdity-to-fight-back-against-liaoning/|title=Shenhua overcome pre-game absurdity to fight back against Liaoning|publisher=wildeastfootball.net|date=2013-04-01 |access-date=2019-04-29}}</ref> He would return to playing for Shenhua and the club would go on to find themselves a new majority shareholder in Greenland Holding Group Company Limited.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://sports.163.com/14/0131/15/9JU8EDUS00051C89.html|script-title=zh:绿地宣布接手申花 朱骏时代宣告终结|publisher=sports.163.com|date=2014-01-31 |language=zh |access-date=2019-04-29}}</ref> For his loyalty with remaining with Shenhua the club made Moreno their captain and he extended his stay in China by signing a two-year contract extension with Shenhua in July 2015.<ref>{{cite web|script-title=zh: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|url=http://www.shenhuafc.com.cn/news_detail.php?newsId=5204|website=shenhuafc.com.cn|publisher=[[Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C.]]|access-date=30 July 2015|language=zh|date=28 July 2015}}</ref> This would then see him become the club's top league goalscorer with 43 goals when he scored against [[Beijing Sinobo Guoan F.C.|Beijing Guoan]] on July 23, 2017, in a 2–1 defeat.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2017/07/23/china-pr/csl/shanghai-shenhua/beijing-guoan-football-club/2413314/|title=SHANGHAI SHENHUA VS. BEIJING GUOAN 1 - 2|publisher=soccerway.com|date=2017-07-23 |access-date=2019-04-29}}</ref> At the end of the season Moreno would win his first piece of silverware with the club when he captained Shenhua to the [[2017 Chinese FA Cup]].<ref name="2017 Chinese FA Cup">{{cite news|url=http://sports.sina.com.cn/china/cfacup/2017-11-26/doc-ifypathz6175124.shtml|title=足协杯-马丁斯轰世界波 申花总分3-3上港夺冠|publisher=sports.sina.com.cn|date=2017-11-26 |access-date=2019-04-29}}</ref>

==International career==
Moreno was given his international debut by [[Eduardo Lara]] in a friendly against [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]] on 20 November 2008 coming on as a substitute in a 1–0 victory.<ref>{{cite web|title=POR FIN LLEGÓ EL GOL DE COLOMBIA ANTE NIGERIA|url=http://www.elcolombiano.com/blogs/capsulas/los-once-de-lara-para-enfrentar-a-nigeria/4354|publisher=elcolombiano.com|date=2018-01-30}}</ref>

In May 2018 he was named in Colombia's preliminary 35 man [[Colombia national football team|squad]] for the [[2018 World Cup]] in [[Russia]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/revealed-every-world-cup-2018-squad-23-man-preliminary-lists/oa0atsduflsv1nsf6oqk576rb|title=Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - 23-man & preliminary lists & when will they be announced? {{!}} Goal.com|access-date=2018-06-03|language=en}}</ref> However, he did not make the final cut to 23.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/falcao-and-james-join-injured-duo-in-colombias-world-cup/wnbuppcvblfj1humzah4jkfbq| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143149/http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/falcao-and-james-join-injured-duo-in-colombias-world-cup/wnbuppcvblfj1humzah4jkfbq| archive-date = 2018-06-12| title = Radamel Falcao and James Rodriguez named in Colombia's World Cup squad {{!}} Goal.com}}</ref>

==Career statistics==

===Club===
{{updated|match played 7 November 2021}}.<ref>[http://www.sodasoccer.com/search/player/88/175445/3AC02546ABCB1AF3.shtml Giovanni Andrés Moreno Cardona] at sodasoccer.com Retrieved 2017-4-13 {{in lang|zh}} {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331131237/http://www.sodasoccer.com/search/player/88/175445/3AC02546ABCB1AF3.shtml |date=2019-03-31}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|National Cup
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="2"|Other
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="4" valign=center|[[Envigado Fútbol Club|Envigado]]
|[[2006 Categoría Primera A season|2006]]
|[[Categoría Primera A]] 
|2||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||2||0
|-
|[[2007 Categoría Primera B season|2007]]
|[[Categoría Primera B]] 
|42||30||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||42||30
|-
|[[2008 Categoría Primera A season|2008]]
|Categoría Primera A
|22||10||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||22||10
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!66!!40!!colspan="2"|–!!colspan="2"|–!!colspan="2"|–!!66!!40 
|-
|rowspan="4" valign=center|[[Atlético Nacional]]
|[[2008 Categoría Primera A season|2008]]
|rowspan="3" valign="center"|Categoría Primera A
|16||7||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||16||7
|-
|[[2009 Categoría Primera A season|2009]]
|34||16||8||5||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||42||21
|-
|[[2010 Categoría Primera A season|2010]]
|17||11||6||5||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||23||16
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!67!!34!!14!!10!!colspan="2"|–!!colspan="2"|–!!81!!44 
|-
|rowspan="3" valign=center|[[Racing Club de Avellaneda|Racing Club]]
|[[2010–11 Argentine Primera División season|2010–11]]
|rowspan="2" valign="center"|[[Primera División de Argentina]] 
|16||5||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||16||5
|-
|[[2011–12 Argentine Primera División season|2011–12]] 
|31||6||3||1||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||34||7
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!47!!11!!3!!1!!colspan="2"|–!!colspan="2"|–!!50!!12 
|-
|rowspan="11" valign=center|[[Shanghai Shenhua F.C.|Shanghai Shenhua]]
|[[2012 Shanghai Shenhua F.C. season|2012]]
|rowspan="10" valign="center"|[[Chinese Super League]] 
|14||2||2||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||16||2
|-
|[[2013 Shanghai Shenhua F.C. season|2013]]
|21||10||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||21||10
|-
|[[2014 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C. season|2014]]
|27||8||5||3||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||32||11
|-
|[[2015 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C. season|2015]]
|26||6||4||1||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||30||7
|-
|[[2016 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C. season|2016]]
|26||9||4||1||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||30||10
|-
|[[2017 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C. season|2017]]
|26||15||7||0||1{{efn|name=AFC|Appearances in [[AFC Champions League]]}}||0||colspan="2"|–||34||15
|-
|[[2018 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C. season|2018]]
|27||5||0||0||6{{efn|name=AFC}}||3||1{{efn|Appearance in [[Chinese FA Super Cup]]}}||0||34||8
|-
|[[2019 Shanghai Greenland Shenhua F.C. season|2019]]
|28||11||5||2||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||33||13
|-
|[[2020 Chinese Super League|2020]]
|14||3||0||0||3{{efn|name=AFC}}||3||colspan="2"|–||17||6
|-
|[[2021 Chinese Super League|2021]]
|14||2||5||2||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||19||4
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!223!!71!!32!!9!!10!!6!!1!!0!!266!!89
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total 
!403!!156!!49!!20!!10!!6!!1!!0!!463!!185
|-
|}

{{notelist}}

===International===
''As of match played 27 March 2018.''<ref name="NFT">{{NFT player|id=25938|name=Giovanni Moreno |access-date=19 August 2015}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
|colspan=3|[[Colombia national football team|Colombia]]
|-
!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|2008||1||0
|-
|2009||4||1
|-
|2010||7||2
|-
|2011||1||0
|-
|2012||1||0
|-
|2017||6||0
|-
|2018||1||0
|-
!Total||21||3
|}

'''International goals'''
:''Scores and results list Colombia's goal tally first.''<ref name="NFT"/>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%;"
! No !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| align=center| 1. || 30 September 2009 || [[Cotton Bowl (stadium)|Cotton Bowl]], [[Dallas]], [[United States]] || {{fb|MEX}} || align=center| '''1'''–0 || align=center| 2–1 || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
| align=center|2.|| 10 October 2009 || [[Estadio Atanasio Girardot]], [[Medellin]], [[Colombia]] || {{fb|CHI}} || align=center| '''2'''–2 || align=center| 2–4 || [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|2010 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
| align=center|3. || 27 May 2010 || [[FNB Stadium|Soccer City Stadium]], [[Johannesburg]], [[South Africa]] || {{fb|RSA}} || align=center| '''1'''–1 || align=center| 1–2 || Friendly
|-
|}

==Honours==
'''Envigado'''
*[[Categoría Primera B]]: [[2007 Categoría Primera B season|2007]]

'''Shanghai Shenhua'''
*[[Chinese FA Cup]]: [[2017 Chinese FA Cup|2017]],<ref name="2017 Chinese FA Cup"/> [[2019 Chinese FA Cup|2019]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://sports.sina.com.cn/china/cfacup/2019-12-06/doc-iihnzhfz4146419.shtml|title=申花打破足协杯先主后客夺冠魔咒 并终结尴尬纪录|publisher=sports.sina.com.cn|date=2019-12-06 |access-date=2019-12-06}}</ref>

'''Atlético Nacional'''
*[[Categoría Primera A]]: [[2022 Categoría Primera A season|2022]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Soccerway|giovanni-andres-moreno/22527}}
* {{NFT player|id=25938}}
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120831150700/http://www.futbolxxi.com/Futbolista.aspx?ID=14395&SEOFutbolista=Moreno+Cardona+Giovanni+Andres Argentine Primera statistics]}} at Fútbol XXI {{in lang|es}}
* Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/GiovanniMorenoofficial

{{Categoría Primera B top scorers}}
{{2014 Chinese Super League Team of the Year}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Moreno, Giovanni}}
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