Daniel da Mota

This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is da Mota and the second or paternal family name is Pereira.
Daniel da Mota
Personal information
Full nameDaniel Alexandre da Mota Pereira
Date of birth11 September 1985
Place of birthEttelbrück, Luxembourg
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing positionStriker
Club information
Current team
F91 Dudelange
Number9
Youth career
FC Etzella Ettelbruck
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001–2008FC Etzella Ettelbruck133(77)
2008–F91 Dudelange138(46)
National team
2007–Luxembourg55(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 May 2014.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5 June 2014

Daniel Alexandre da Mota Pereira (born 11 September 1985) is a Luxembourgian football striker of Portuguese origin, who plays in Luxembourg for F91 Dudelange.

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.[1] 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 Luxembourgian citizenship in January 2007[2] 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.

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