Yairo Yesid Moreno Berrío (born 4 April 1995) is a Colombian professional

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who plays as a winger or left-back for

Categoría Primera A The Categoría Primera A (), commonly referred to as Liga BetPlay Dimayor (between 2015 and 2019 ''Liga Águila'') due to sponsorship by online betting company BetPlay, is a Colombian professional league for association football clubs. It is the ...

club

Independiente Medellín Deportivo Independiente Medellín, also known as Independiente Medellín or DIM, is a Colombian professional football club based in Medellín that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at Estadio Atanasio Girardo ...

and the Colombia national team.

Club career

Independiente Medellín

Born in

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, Moreno moved to

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at early age and joined the youth sides of

. He made his first team debut on 23 March 2014, coming on as a late substitute for

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in a 2–0

home win over

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. In the following two seasons, Moreno served loans at fellow top tier sides La Equidad and

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, scoring his first senior goal with the latter in a 2–1 loss to Patriotas. He returned to ''DIM'' for the 2017 campaign, and started to feature regularly for the club afterwards.

León

On 6 June 2018, Moreno moved abroad and signed for

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side León. He made his debut abroad on 24 July, replacing

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in a 4–3 Copa MX away loss to

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. Despite being a regular starter, Moreno was loaned to fellow league team

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on 28 May 2021. An immediate starter, he lost his first-choice status during the 2022 Clausura tournament, and returned to León in June 2022. On 11 July 2023, Moreno confirmed his departure from León through his

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profile.

Return to Independiente Medellín

On 4 September 2023, Moreno returned to Independiente Medellín on a contract until the end of the

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International career

Moreno made his senior national team debut on 6 September 2019 in a friendly against Brazil, when he replaced Juan Cuadrado in the 87th minute.

Honours

León *

: Guardianes 2020 *

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References

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* 1995 births Living people Colombian men's footballers Colombia men's international footballers Men's association football fullbacks Men's association football wingers Footballers from Antioquia Department Categoría Primera A players Liga MX players Independiente Medellín footballers La Equidad footballers Envigado F.C. players Club León footballers C.F. Pachuca players Colombian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Colombian expatriate sportspeople in Mexico 2021 Copa América players {{Colombia-footy-midfielder-stub