Noa Skoko
Noa Skoko is a footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Hajduk Split. Born in England and raised in Australia, he represents Croatia at youth level.
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. He subsequently scored his first senior goal on June 4, 2022, against Northcote City FC. 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.Skoko made his senior club debut for Hajduk Split on 27 April 2024 in a game against Rudeš.
International career
Skoko is a Croatia youth international, for whom he played his first tournament at the 2023 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.He featured for the Croatia national under-19 football team against England U19 on 7 September 2024.