Noa Skoko

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Noa Skoko
Personal information
Date of birth (2006-01-12) 12 January 2006 (age 18)
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
0000–2022 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 a midfielder for Hajduk Split. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] Born in England, he represents Croatia at youth level.

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Club career

Skoko joined the North Geelong Warriors first team, playing in NPL 2 at the age of 16, scoring his first senior goal on June 4, 2022, against Northcote City FC, [8] before joining the Hajduk Split academy in Croatia that summer.

On 11 October 2023, Skoko was named by English newspaper The Guardian as one of the best players born in 2006 worldwide, as he managed to reach the 2022–23 UEFA Youth League final with Hajduk Split. [9]

Skoko made his senior club debut for Hajduk Split on 27 April 2024 in a game against Rudeš. [10]

International career

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

Personal life

Born in Wythenshawe, England, Skoko is a son of Josip Skoko, an Australian former professional footballer of Croatian descent. [9]

He attended St. Joseph's College Geelong (2018-22)

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References

  1. 1 2 "Noa Skoko". playmakerstats.com.
  2. 1 2 "Profile of Noa Skoko". BeSoccer.
  3. ↑ "NOA'S ARC: SON OF SOCCEROOS GUN MAKING WAVES FOR CROATIA". ftbl.com.au.
  4. ↑ "Noa Skoko, sin legendarnog veznjaka Hajduka Josipa: 'Nastavit ćemo ovako i u Nyonu!'". slobodnadalmacija.hr.
  5. ↑ "The kids of our Golden Generation: A new era emerges". optus.com.au.
  6. ↑ "'Ovo je fantastično'". jutarnji.hr.
  7. ↑ "Young Aussie Warriors succeeding in Croatia". theroar.com.au.
  8. ↑ Player statistics for Noa Skoko at Gameday
  9. 1 2 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.
  10. ↑ "Hajduk v Rude Zagreb game report". Soccerway. 27 April 2024.
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