Aníbal Moreno

Aníbal Moreno
Personal information
Full name Aníbal Ismael Moreno[1]
Date of birth (1999-05-13) 13 May 1999[1]
Place of birth Catamarca, Argentina[2]
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 River Plate
Number 4
Youth career
Barrio Nuevo
Villa Dolores
2011–2013 Academia Duchini
2013–2019 Newell's Old Boys
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2022 Newell's Old Boys 23 (1)
2021 → Racing Club (loan) 32 (1)
2022–2023 Racing Club 15 (0)
2023–2025 Palmeiras 90 (3)
2026– River Plate 2 (0)
International career‡
2018–2019 Argentina U20 16 (1)
2019 Argentina U23 4 (0)
2025– Argentina 1 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Argentina
Men's Football
Pan American Games
2019 Lima Team Competition
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:47, 29 January 2026 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 13:36, 15 October 2025 (UTC)

Aníbal Ismael Moreno (born 13 May 1999) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for River Plate and the Argentina national team.[3]

Club career

Moreno played the last part of his youth career in Newell's Old Boys' system, signing on 20 January 2013 from Academia Duchini following stints with Barrio Nuevo and Villa Dolores.[2][4][5] After progressing through their academy, Moreno made his bow in professional football on 25 February 2019 as the club faced San Martín at the Estadio Marcelo Bielsa; he was substituted on in place of Maxi Rodríguez during a 3–0 win.[3][6]

On 15 February 2021, Moreno joined fellow league club Racing Club on a one-year loan deal with a charge of $1 million, and a purchase option that, with bonuses, could potentially reach a total of $6 million.[7] The purchase option would turn into an obligation if Moreno had played a certain number of matches for Racing during the season, which he did, therefore as of 1 January 2022, he became a permanent Racing player.[8] He signed a deal until the end of 2025.

On 21 December 2025, River Plate announced the signing of Moreno until 2029.[9]

International career

Moreno was selected by the Argentina U20s in 2018 to train against the seniors at the FIFA World Cup in Russia.[2] Later that year, he played for the U20s at the L'Alcúdia Tournament in Spain; winning five caps.[10][11][12] In 2019, Moreno received a call-up to represent Argentina at that year's South American U-20 Championship in Chile.[3][13] He won eight caps and netted one goal, against Uruguay, as they placed second in the final stage; missing out to Ecuador.[3][14] Fernando Batista called Moreno up for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland.[15] In the following months, Moreno was picked for the 2019 Pan American Games in Peru with the U23s.[16]

Moreno featured in four of Argentina's five games at the Pan American Games, as they won the tournament after beating Honduras in the final.[3]

Career statistics

Club

As of 5 June 2019[3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Newell's Old Boys 2018–19 Argentine Primera División 3 0 0 0 1 0 — 0 0 4 0
Career total 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0

Honours

Racing Club

Palmeiras

Argentina U23[18]

References

  1. ^ a b c "FIFA Club World Cup 2025™ – Squad List: Palmeiras (BRA)" (PDF). FIFA. 4 July 2025. p. 25. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 July 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  2. ^ a b c "Aníbal Moreno, un leproso en el grupo de apoyo de la Selección para Rusia 2018". Newell's Old Boys. 15 May 2018. Archived from the original on 31 January 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Argentina - A. Moreno". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Aníbal Moreno, el motor del Sub 20 que no debutó en primera y está en el radar de la selección". La Nación. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Quien es Aníbal Moreno, el juvenil de Newell's que la rompe en el Sudamericano Sub 20". Con La Gente Noticias. 7 February 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  6. ^ "Aníbal Moreno, figura del sub 20, ya entrena con el plantel de Newell's". Rosario3. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  7. ^ Newell's cedió a Racing a Aníbal Moreno, unosantafe.com.ar, 15 February 2021
  8. ^ ¿CÓMO ES LA SITUACIÓN DE LOS PRÉSTAMOS EN RACING?, lacomuderacing.com, 15 November 2021
  9. ^ "Aníbal Moreno se hizo la revisión médica y firmó su contrato con River". Olé (in Spanish). 21 December 2025. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  10. ^ "COTIF Cup 2018: Argentina announce star-studded U20 squad for Mini Mundial Sub U-20 Men's Football Tournament". Sportskeeda. 19 July 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  11. ^ "ANÍBAL MORENO - Cotif Alcudia". COTIF. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  12. ^ "GRAN FINAL COTIF SUB-20: SEL. NACIONAL RUSIA. vs SEL. NACIONAL ARGENTINA - Cotif Alcudia". COTIF. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  13. ^ "Quién es Aníbal Moreno, el pibe de Newell's que la rompe en el Sub 20". Rosario3. 5 February 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  14. ^ "El juvenil Moreno entrenó con los más grandes". La Capital. 14 February 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  15. ^ "Lista de convocados para el Mundial". AFA. Archived from the original on 4 May 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  16. ^ "Lista de convocados de la Selección Sub 23 para los Juegos Panamericanos". AFA. 17 July 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  17. ^ "Racing venció a Boca en un escandaloso final y se quedó con el Trofeo de Campeones" [Racing beat Boca in controversial ending and took Champions Trophy] (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 6 November 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
  18. ^ "La selección de fútbol vence a Honduras y se queda con la medalla dorada de los Juegos Panamericanos". Infobae. 10 August 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
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