Daniel Moreira

Daniel Moreira

Moreira in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Daniel Moreira De Sa [1]
Date of birth	(1977-08-08) 8 August 1977 (age 47) [2]
Place of birth	Maubeuge, Nord, France
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) [2]
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1993–1995	US Maubeuge
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–1996	Valenciennes	7	(2)
1996–1998	Guingamp	58	(9)
1998–2004	Lens	184	(39)
2004–2006	Toulouse	67	(21)
2006–2009	Rennes	39	(0)
2008–2009	→ Grenoble (loan)	31	(4)
2009–2010	Boulogne	13	(1)
Total		399	(76)
International career
1998–1999	France U21	13	(6)
2002–2004	France	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Daniel Moreira De Sa (born 8 August 1977) is a French former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Early life

Moreira was born in Maubeuge Nord, France, ^[2] and is of Portuguese descent. ^[3]

Club career

Moreira started his career with Valenciennes before moving to Guingamp. He finished as the runners-up of the 1997 Coupe de France playing for them.^{[ citation needed ]}

In 1998, he transferred to Lens. He won the Coupe de la Ligue with the Les Sang et Or in 1999, scoring the winning goal in the final against Metz, ^[4] and got very close from winning the national championship in 2002. After spending six years at Stade Félix Bollaert, he was rewarded with a move to Toulouse. In the 2005–06 season, he formed a formidable attacking partnership alongside Brazilian-born Tunisian forward Santos, scoring 15 goals between them in Ligue 1.^{[ citation needed ]}

On 22 June 2006, Moreira agreed to join Rennes for a fee of €5,500,000.^{[ citation needed ]}

Moreira made a less than impressive season at his new club, not scoring after 29 appearances (17 of them as starter). In 2008, he was then loaned to recently promoted Grenoble where, on 9 August, he scored a goal for his debut against Sochaux at the 89th minute to ensure an unexpected 2–1 away win for Grenoble's first Ligue 1 game for 43 years.^{[ citation needed ]}

In August 2009 he transferred to Boulogne. After a complicated knee injury, he retired from professional football in December 2010.^{[ citation needed ]}

International career

Moreira has earned 3 caps in his career, making his debut for the France national team on 20 November 2002 in a 3–0 win against Serbia.^{[ citation needed ]}

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ^[5]

Club	Season	League			Cup [a]		Continental [b]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Guingamp	1996–97	Division 1	26	1	4	0	9	1	39	2
	1997–98		32	8	6	0	–		38	8
	Total		58	9	10	0	9	1	77	10
Lens	1998–99	Division 1	31	4	7	4	5	0	43	8
	1999–00		22	4	2	2	6	0	30	6
	2000–01		29	2	2	1	2	0	33	3
	2001–02	Ligue 1	31	12	2	0	–		33	12
	2002–03		38	9	3	0	8	4	49	13
	2003–04		33	8	5	1	4	2	40	11
	Total		184	39	21	8	25	6	230	53
Toulouse	2004–05	Ligue 1	30	11	1	0	–		31	11
	2005–06		37	10	3	2	–		40	12
	Total		67	21	4	2	0	0	71	23
Rennes	2006–07	Ligue 1	29	0	4	0	–		33	0
	2007–08		10	0	2	0	2	0	14	0
	Total		39	0	6	0	2	0	47	0
Grenoble (loan)	2008–09	Ligue 1	31	4	3	1	–		34	5
Boulogne	2009–10	Ligue 1	6	1	1	0	–		7	1
	2010–11	Ligue 2	7	0	3	0	–		10	0
	Total		13	1	4	0	0	0	17	1
Career total			392	74	48	11	36	7	476	92

1. Includes Coupe de France and Coupe de la Ligue.
2. Includes UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup and UEFA Intertoto Cup.

Honours

Guingamp

• UEFA Intertoto Cup: 1996 ^[6]

Lens

• Coupe de la Ligue: 1998–99 ^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. "Daniel Moreira". Stade Rennais Online (in French). NT Médias. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
2. "Daniel Moreira". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
3. "Avant Portugal-France : Ces Bleus qui ont la Seleçao dans le coeur". 4 September 2015.
4. "Foot. Un but de Daniel Moreira donne la Coupe de la Ligue à Lens.Lens offensif offense Metz". liberation.fr. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
5. Daniel Moreira at WorldFootball.net
6. "Saison 1996-1997 D1". eaguingamp.com. 3 December 1996. Retrieved 30 September 2019.

External links

• Daniel Moreira at the French Football Federation (in French)