Giovanni Andrés Moreno Cardona (born July 1, 1986) is a Colombia

Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...

n footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Racing Club

Racing Club de Avellaneda

Racing Club is an Argentine professional football club from Avellaneda, a suburb of Greater Buenos Aires. Founded in 1903, Racing has been historically considered one of the "big five" clubs of Argentine football...

 in the Argentine Primera División.

Club

Moreno started his career with Colombian second division side Envigado

Envigado Fútbol Club

Envigado Fútbol Club is a Colombian football club based in the metropolitan Medellín of Envigado. The club was founded October 14, 1989 and plays its home games at the Estadio Polideportivo Sur stadium, which has a capacity of approximately 12,000 seats....

. After achieving promotion and playing half a season with Envigado in the first division, Moreno was transferred to Atlético Nacional

Atlético Nacional

Corporación Deportiva Atlético Nacional is a Colombian football team based in Medellín. They play their home games at the Estadio Atanasio Girardot stadium which also serves as home to Deportivo Independiente Medellín...

.

After arduous negotiations, the Colombian footballer joined Argentine Primera División side Racing Club

Racing Club de Avellaneda

Racing Club is an Argentine professional football club from Avellaneda, a suburb of Greater Buenos Aires. Founded in 1903, Racing has been historically considered one of the "big five" clubs of Argentine football...

 for the 2010-11 season. Atlético Nacional received 4,3 million US dollars for 75% of Moreno's rights, half being paid by Racing and the other half by a third party

Third-party ownership in association football

Third-party ownership in association football is the ownership of a player's economic rights by third-party sources, such as football agents, sports-management agencies, or other investors...

 entrepreneurial group.

External links

• Statistics at ceroacero.es
• Argentine Primera statistics at Fútbol XXI