Noa Skoko

Noa Skoko
Personal information
Date of birth (2006-01-12) 12 January 2006 (age 20)
Place of birth Wythenshawe, England
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Central midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Rudeš
(on loan from Hajduk Split)
Number 15
Youth career
–2022 North Geelong Warriors
2022– Hajduk Split
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022 North Geelong Warriors 15 (1)
2024– Hajduk Split 13 (0)
2025–2026 → Uskok Klis (loan) 10 (3)
2026– → Rudeš (loan) 9 (3)
International career
2022–2023 Croatia U17 17 (2)
2024 Croatia U18 3 (1)
2024–2025 Croatia U19 10 (0)
2025 Croatia U20 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 August 2026

Noa Skoko (born 12 January 2006) is a professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Croatian Football League club Rudeš, on loan from 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 AC 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 team against England on 7 September 2024.

Style of play

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

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. He was educated in Australia at St. Joseph's College, Geelong.

References

  1. 1 2 Noa Skoko at WorldFootball.net
  2. ↑ "Noa Skoko". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
  3. ↑ Davutovic, David (4 August 2021). "The kids of our Golden Generation: A new era emerges". optus.com.au.
  4. ↑ "Player statistics for Noa Skoko". Gameday. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
  5. ↑ Lewis, Dave (22 March 2023). "NOA'S ARC: SON OF SOCCEROOS GUN MAKING WAVES FOR CROATIA". ftbl.com.au. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
  6. 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.
  7. ↑ "Noa Skoko, sin legendarnog veznjaka Hajduka Josipa: 'Nastavit ćemo ovako i u Nyonu!'". slobodnadalmacija.hr. 16 March 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
  8. ↑ "Hajduk v Rude Zagreb game report". Soccerway. 27 April 2024. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
  9. ↑ "Profile of Noa Skoko". BeSoccer. 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.