Dayro Moreno has reached 200 goals in Colombian football: how many are missing to be the top scorer?

The sixth dates from Liga BetPlay I-2023 was fully satisfied and one of the clubs that benefited the most that day was Once Caldas, who for the first time in the competition took their first win of the half and the striker Dayro Moreno has become the main topic of conversation, not just about beating millionairesbut because he reached a historic mark in Colombian professional football.

With the 37-year-old striker’s last goal, he reached an impressive number of 200 goals at FPC, entering the exclusive list of historical gunners of national football. As a professional, Moreno has come a long way in different teams around the world, but it was in his country that he managed to leave the biggest mark, becoming one of the main offensive references in Colombia.

The goals that have him in the top scorer rankings break down as follows:

– Once Caldas: 94 goals

– Atlético Nacional: 44 goals

– Millionaires: 29 goals

– Atlético Bucaramanga: 22 goals

– Barranquilla Junior: 11 goals

Now, despite managing to score quite a few goals in domestic football, Dayro still has a long way to go to reach the all-time peak. The native of Chicoral is still 24 goals behind the Argentinian Sergio Galvan Rey who holds the record with 224 scores.

Despite everything, Moreno has other references close to him that he could overcome without problems, he is only one goal away from Jorge Ramírez Gallego; three away Oswaldo Marcial Palavecino already eight of Anthony of Avila.

One of the most curious points of this step taken by the man from Tolima is that, while he was scoring his 200 goals in the Colombian club, the Frenchman Kylian Mbappe, one of the most internationally recognized international stars, he also managed to reach 200 goals, but in his individual career, leaving a fairly wide comparison of the sporting ability that new generations have acquired.

The team led by the interim coach Elkin Sotohe was forced to get rid of the painful elimination that his team had from the Copa Colombia at the hands of Cucuta Sports in the first round of the competition and with the scoring talent of Dayro Moreno they managed to topple one of the most competitive teams in the country.

At minute 11, the balance tipped in favor of the locals after a good play in attack from the right sector. Defender Fainer Torijano saw his partner Marlon Piedrahita to get rid of the mark on the wing, he received the ball and immediately returned a cross so that Autumnof first intention, beat the goal of the Bogotanos and scored 1-0 on the scoreboard.

The visitors dominated the ball in the second half with a combined 62% possession and generated more dangerous chances compared to the first leg. There were 7 approaches they built, but again none of them went under the three sticks. That’s how Dayro’s lone goal dictated victory for the Manizale team and the first loss of the tournament for the Capitalists.

The next meeting of Once Caldas will take place on Friday March 3 against Athletic Bucaramanga for the next date of the BetPlay League. Currently, the people of Manizale are located in box number 18 of the table with only 5 points to their name, but if they perform well, they can quickly climb out of the bottom of the table.