| Daniel da Mota in 2010 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Daniel da Mota Alves | ||
| Date of birth | 11 September 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Ettelbrück, Luxembourg | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Left winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Atert Bissen | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| FC Etzella Ettelbruck | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2008 | Etzella Ettelbruck | 133 | (77) |
| 2008–2017 | F91 Dudelange | 201 | (64) |
| 2017–2020 | Racing FC | 59 | (13) |
| 2020–2021 | Calvina | 0 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Differdange 03 | 25 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | Etzella Ettelbruck | 27 | (2) |
| 2023– | Atert Bissen | 36 | (8) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2007–2021 | Luxembourg | 101 | (7) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 October 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 6 June 2021 | |||
Daniel da Mota Alves [1] [2] (born 11 September 1985) is a Luxembourgish [3] footballer who plays for Atert Bissen.
Da Mota finished the 2005–06 season of the Luxembourg National Division as the joint-sixth top goalscorer, and the second-best placed Luxembourgish 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.
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. On 2 June 2021, he played his 100th match for Luxembourg in a friendly match against Norway. [6]
Daniel 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. [7]