Dayro Moreno, scorer with Once Caldas.
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The next FIFA date is a crucial opportunity for Colombia to ensure its ticket to the World Cup. In that scenario a name arises that bothers, but imposes debate: Dayro Moreno. For some, its inclusion sounds like a joke – by its age close to 40 years; However, the data makes it a serious argument, beyond the anecdotal.
At 39 (born on September 16, 1985), Dayro leads with authority the scorers of the 2025 South American Cup, with eight goals, and is the top gunner of the tournament. In addition, his career already records 370 official goals worldwide, a figure that consolidates him as the greatest Colombian scorer in history. There is no other national striker that combines international validity, proven efficacy and historical weight like him.
Meanwhile, Jhon Córdoba in Russia maintains good numbers and Luis Javier Suárez shines in Portugal, but none dominates a continental tournament as Dayro does. And although Jhon Durán has moved this year through England, Arabia and Türkiye, in addition to having already scored with the National Team, he is still a player in formation, more promise than consolidated reality. The present, which is usually the best judge, is inclined bluntly to Dayro.
The great obstacle to your call is age. However, football has already demonstrated that age is not a sentence. Roger Milla, with 38 years, scored four goals in Italy 1990 and took Cameroon to the quarterfinals. At 42, he scored again in the United States 1994, becoming an eternal symbol. In 2014, Miroslav Klose played with 36 years, raised the World Cup and became the top historical scorer of the World Cups. Cuauhtémoc Blanco with Mexico, with 37 years in South Africa, and the Greek Giorgos Karagounis, with the same age, also showed that the experience can translate into goals and leadership.
The conclusion is simple: age does not kill instinct, polish it. And Dayro Moreno retains intact that scorer smell, that scarce resource for the Colombian team in recent years.
The problem is that Nestor Lorenzo seems not to see it. His speech, focused on the medium -term projection, on “the construction of a group”, leads him to close the door to a player who does not enter the generational mold. However, criticism arises: what is the use of thinking only in the future if the World Cup must be classified already? The selection needs goals today, and the most effective striker in Colombia in 2025 is Dayro Moreno.
Probably, Lorenzo will not summon it. However, the question will be floating: is it fair to ignore the most current scorer in the country, just because he is 39 years old? Maybe we never know. What is clear is that while some become obsessed with age, Dayro is dedicated to the only thing that really matters: to make goals. And in qualifiers, goals are the difference between whether or not to be in a World Cup.
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