Jaime Moreno returned to Finland on March 23, 2026, to sign with Veikkausliiga club Kuopion Palloseura, marking another chapter in a nomadic career that has spanned three continents and ten professional clubs.
The 31-year-old striker, born in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela, arrives back in the Finnish top flight after a brief stint in his country of birth with Carabobo FC. His arrival at KuPS adds an experienced forward to the club’s attacking options ahead of the domestic campaign.
Moreno came through the youth ranks at Deportivo Anzoátegui in Venezuela, making his professional debut on October 21, 2012, against Deportivo Petare during the 2012–2013 Tornoi Apertura. He scored three goals in 21 appearances for his boyhood club before departing in March 2014.
A sequence of international transfers followed. In June 2014, while still under contract with Deportivo Anzoátegui, he joined Cypriot side AEL Limassol on a season-long loan, though he failed to make a competitive appearance and only twice appeared on the bench.
Málaga CF then signed the forward in January 2015, immediately loaning him to Spanish third-tier side El Palo FC. Spells with other lower-division Spanish clubs preceded a permanent move to Inter de Madrid in 2018.
Between 2019 and 2023, Moreno played for six different teams across the Americas, Asia, and Europe. His most productive spell during this period came in Nicaragua with Diriangén FC, where he scored 30 goals in 54 matches and won two league titles.
He subsequently moved to Finland to join SJK Seinäjoki, capturing the 2024 Veikkausliiga championship while finishing as the fifth-highest goalscorer in the league. After a brief transfer to Indonesian club PS Barito Putera in January 2025 and nine appearances across two months with Carabobo FC in Venezuela, Moreno secured his return to Finnish football with KuPS.
Eligible to represent three nations due to his parentage—born to an Italian-Venezuelan mother and a Nicaraguan father—Moreno initially featured at youth level for Venezuela. He made three appearances for the under-20 team at the 2015 South American Youth Football Championship, scoring the winning goal against Uruguay.
In 2016, senior Nicaragua national team coach Henry Duarte called up the forward. Moreno debuted in a friendly against Trinidad and Tobago on December 31, 2016. An ankle sprain subsequently ruled him out of contention for the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
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