Dayro Moreno became this year the top Colombian scorer in history by beating Radamel Falcao García. It has 370 official annotations.
Photo: Once Caldas
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Controversial, outgoing, cheerful and always a scorer, Dayro Moreno is the top scorer in the history of Colombia. Before the popular clamor, this Friday the 39 -year -old Tolimense attacker appeared on the list of summoned by coach Néstor Lorenzo for the last two games of the World Cup Qualifier of 2026, against Bolivia and Venezuela.
Figure of the Eleven Caldas, quarterfinalist of the South American Cup, Dayro has shown a great physical and football level in 2025, with 23 marked goals, eight of them in the international tournament.
His obvious scoring contribution and the positive influence on the team has earned him to receive compliments from colleagues, coaches, managers and even rivals. Precisely, those manifestations echoed in coach Lorenzo, who summoned it after nine years of absence in the selection.
Will you start, will you have minutes? It will depend on what you demonstrate in the practices, as integrated into the campus and the impression it generates in the coaching staff, but without a doubt the tricolor shirt is an award and a recognition of your career and the constancy she has had in the elite of football.
Chicoral to the Olympus of the goal
Dayro Moreno was born in Chicoral, a district of El Espinal, department of Tolima, on September 16, 1985, but since I was young his heart was linked to Once Caldas. He arrived in Manizales trembling with cold and with little luggagebut with an internal force that pushed him not to surrender.
I was 17 when Carlos Panel Valencia saw it for the first time. It started as a right side and then was a brand flyer. But as soon as they approached the area, something was activated. As if the goal had always been waiting for him. Since then, he did not stop. In his first tournament, El Nacional Interclubes scored 34 goals. Then he went up to the first team and, from Luis Fernando Montoya, won the League in 2003 and The Copa Libertadores in 2004.
Dayro has had comings and turns. They have pointed him out of his life outside the court, his irreverent style, his rebellion. But inside the field, he never stopped giving reasons to applaud him. He never betrayed his essence and his winning mentality always led him to earn the heart of the fans.
He scored goals in all the teams he defended: Once Caldas, Junior, Millonarios, Nacional, Bucaramanga, Paranaense Athletic of Brazil, Steaua Bucharest de Romania, Tijuana de México, workshops of Argentina and East Petrolero of Bolivia. He also left his mark with the Colombian team: three goals and a Sub-20 South American title in 2005.
Its record includes the Copa Libertadores, the South American Recopa, Tres Leagues, a Colombian Cup and eight Colombian football scorer titles.
In March 2024 he became the top gunner of the Colombian League, in which he adds 253 goals. Since then, each goal was a step towards the top.
Surpassed Victor Aristizábal (346) and Radamel Falcao García (356). Now it has 370 official goals in all tournaments, more than any Another footballer in the history of our country.
Dayro's is much more than a number. It is the living proof that dreams, even the craziest, can be fulfilled. Dayro Moreno is not perfect, but it is unique. And that is why, two weeks after turning 40, the right to be summoned to the National Team and, why not, aspire to go to the World Cup was pulled.
“I am very happy for this call. I had been looking for it for a while. Thanks to the coaching staff and Colombia,” Dayro told the Sports Blog program, from Blu Radio, after seeing his name on the list.
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