Dayro Moreno continues his streak of goals. The forward reported back to the networks by scoring a double against Deportivo Pereira in the Eje Cafetero classic, which was enough for Once Caldas to secure victory. With these new goals, he is the top scorer so far in the tournament: 7 in 10 games, and further behind are Edwuin Cetré (5) and Carlos Bacca (4), Marco Pérez (4), Luis Sandoval (4) and Deiber Caicedo (4).
During the year, the numbers of the Tolima native were remarkable, because in 31 games played he scored 16 goals and provided 2 assists, for a conversion average of 0.51 per game. In terms of statistics, he scored half a goal per game or one in every two games.
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But as if that wasn’t enough, the 37-year-old from Tolima is already the third highest scorer in the history of the Colombian League. With 213, he surpassed Hugo Horacio Londero (211) in that box and now has Iván René Valenciano between his eyebrows, who is currently the second highest converter with 217. Five more surpassed Bombardier.
However, the main goal is the first place, where the Colombian-Argentine Sergio Galván Rey has been since 2011, when he played with the last team of his career, Independiente Santa Fe. The former Once Caldas, left the bar of 224 goals and his The record began to be threatened in 2022, when Dayro returned to Colombia to play with Atlético Bucaramanga. Now, he is only 11 points away from matching it and 12 away from establishing himself as the top scorer in the Colombian League.
If Dayro Moreno maintains the average score in 2023, he will surpass Galván Rey in 24 games, that is, in the first half of 2024, approximately in March or April, but it could be earlier if the opportunity to qualify Caldas for home runs and there the Chicoral native scored or even improved his average. This is a measure based on your performance during the year, but it can vary.
“Even with Galván we have friendship. He is a great person, I had an opportunity when I debuted, they let me enter the room with him. He gave me a lot of advice. We recently shared in Manizales, we talked about the topic and he told me: ‘don’t worry, Dayro, it’s football, for me it’s also an honor, I’ll stay at home with the Once Caldas shirt . ‘ He is a great person, I admire him, I respect him, “said Dayro Moreno recently about surpassing Galván Rey.
