Noa Skoko

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Noa Skoko
Personal information
Date of birth (2006-01-12) 12 January 2006 (age 19)
Place of birth Wythenshawe, England [1]
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) [2]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 HNK Hajduk Split
Number 37
Youth career
–2022 North Geelong Warriors
2022– Hajduk Split
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022 North Geelong Warriors 15 (1)
2024– Hajduk Split 3 (0)
International career
2022–2023 Croatia U17 17 (2)
2023– Croatia U18 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 May 2024

Noa Skoko (born 12 January 2006) is a footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Hajduk Split. Born in England but raised in Australia, he represents Croatia at youth level. [3]

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Club career

Skoko joined the North Geelong Warriors and broke into their first team, playing in NPL 2 at the age of 16, prior to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic which cancelled the league season. [4] He subsequently scored his first senior goal on June 4, 2022, against Northcote City FC. [5] [6] before joining the Hajduk Split academy in Croatia that summer. He was a member of the Hajduk Split team that reached the final of the 2022–23 UEFA Youth League, beating a high calibre of youth team clubs, such as Manchester City and A.C. Milan, as well as Borussia Dortmund, against whom Skoko scored in a penalty shoot-out that went to 9-8 in his club's favour. On 11 October 2023, Skoko was named by English newspaper The Guardian as one of the best players born in 2006 worldwide. [7] [8]

Skoko made his senior club debut for Hajduk Split on 27 April 2024 in a game against Rudeš. [9]

International career

Skoko is a Croatia youth international, for whom he played his first tournament at the 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship. [1] [2]

He featured for the Croatia national under-19 football team against England U19 on 7 September 2024. [10]

Style of play

He is described as a box-to-box midfielder, similar in profile to his father, Josip Skoko. [7]

Personal life

Born in Wythenshawe, England, Skoko is brother of footballer Luka Skoko and the son of Josip Skoko, an Australian former professional footballer of Croatian descent. [7] [11] He was educated in Australia at St. Joseph's College, Geelong. [12]

References

  1. 1 2 "Noa Skoko". playmakerstats.com. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Profile of Noa Skoko". BeSoccer. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
  3. ↑ "Noa Skoko". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
  4. ↑ Davutovic, David (4 August 2021). "The kids of our Golden Generation: A new era emerges". optus.com.au.
  5. ↑ "Player statistics for Noa Skoko". Gameday. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
  6. ↑ Lewis, Dave (22 March 2023). "NOA'S ARC: SON OF SOCCEROOS GUN MAKING WAVES FOR CROATIA". ftbl.com.au. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
  7. 1 2 3 Christenson, Marcus; Bloor, Steven; Blight, Garry (11 October 2023). "Next Generation 2023: 60 of the best young talents in world football". The Guardian . Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  8. ↑ "Noa Skoko, sin legendarnog veznjaka Hajduka Josipa: 'Nastavit ćemo ovako i u Nyonu!'". slobodnadalmacija.hr. 16 March 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
  9. ↑ "Hajduk v Rude Zagreb game report". Soccerway. 27 April 2024. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
  10. ↑ "CROATIA U19 VS. ENGLAND U19 1 - 1". Soccerway. 7 September 2024. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
  11. ↑ "'Ovo je fantastično'". jutarnji.hr. 2 March 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
  12. ↑ "Westcourt Awards". sjc.vic.edu.au. 4 December 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
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