Daniel da Mota

Daniel da Mota Alves[1][2] (born 11 September 1985) is a Luxembourgish-Portuguese[3] football winger who plays for Racing FC.

Daniel da Mota
Daniel da Mota in 2010
Personal information
Full name Daniel da Mota Alves
Date of birth (1985-09-11) 11 September 1985
Place of birth Ettelbrück, Luxembourg
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Left winger
Club information
Current team
 Racing FC
Number 9
Youth career
FC Etzella Ettelbruck
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2008 FC Etzella Ettelbruck 133 (77)
2008–2017 F91 Dudelange 201 (64)
2017– Racing FC 59 (13)
National team‡
2007– Luxembourg 99 (7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 July 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18 October 2019

Club career

Da Mota finished the 2005–06 season of the Luxembourg National Division as the joint-sixth top goalscorer, and the second-best placed Luxembourgian footballer.

The following season, da Mota scored 24 goals (fully 40% of all of second-placed Ettelbruck's goals), finishing as the league's top goalscorer.[4] In July 2008, he left FC Etzella Ettelbruck and moved for 65,000 Euro to F91 Dudelange.

International career

Born in Luxembourg to Portuguese parents, Da Mota took up Luxembourgish citizenship in January 2007[5] and made his debut for Luxembourg in a June 2007 European Championship qualification match against Albania. His first two international goals helped Luxembourg defeat Slovakia by a score of 2–1 on 9 February 2011. He scored his second international goal on 7 September 2012 in a World Cup qualifier against Portugal in a 2–1 defeat.

Criminal Conviction

Dan Da Mota was prosecuted for having taken advantage of the weakened state of an octogenarian. The court sentenced him to two years in prison with a suspended sentence and a fine of 5,000 euros. He has the obligation to compensate the civil party up to 150,500 euros.[6]

Honours
F91 Dudelange
Individual

References
  1. "Daniel da Mota".
  2. "Daniel da Mota". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman.
  3. "Daniel da Mota: internacional de futebol luso-luxemburguês detido". 23 January 2019.
  4. Luxembourg – List of Topscorers – RSSSF
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Abus de faiblesse : Dan Da Mota condamné à 2 ans avec sursis et 5000 euros d'amende". Le Quotidien (in French). 29 October 2020.
  7. "Daniel da Mota "Fußballer des Jahres"" [Daniel da Mota "Footballer of the Year"] (in German). Wort.lu. Retrieved 26 November 2018.


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