Daniel da Mota

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Daniel da Mota
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Daniel da Mota in 2010
Personal information
Full name Daniel da Mota Alves
Date of birth (1985-09-11) 11 September 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Ettelbrück, Luxembourg
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Left winger
Team information
Current team
 Etzella Ettelbruck
Number 9
Youth career
FC Etzella Ettelbruck
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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– Etzella Ettelbruck 27 (2)
International career‡
2007–2021 Luxembourg 101 (7)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 June 2021

Daniel da Mota Alves [1] [2] (born 11 September 1985) is a Luxembourger [3] footballer who plays for Etzella Ettelbruck.

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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. On 2 June 2021, he played his 100th match for Luxembourg in a friendly match against Norway. [6]

Criminal Conviction

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]

Honours

F91 Dudelange
Individual

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Daniel da Mota". eu-football.info.
  2. ↑ Daniel da Mota at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. ↑ "Daniel da Mota: internacional de futebol luso-luxemburguês detido". 23 January 2019.
  4. ↑ Luxembourg – List of Topscorers – RSSSF
  5. ↑ "É português desde pequeno, mas hoje joga contra Portugal (Vídeo) | Relvado". Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
  6. ↑ "Luxembourg vs Scotland live stream, predictions & team news: International friendly". squawka.com. 4 June 2021.
  7. ↑ "Abus de faiblesse : Dan Da Mota condamné à 2 ans avec sursis et 5000 euros d'amende". Le Quotidien (in French). 29 October 2020.
  8. ↑ "Daniel da Mota "Fußballer des Jahres"" [Daniel da Mota "Footballer of the Year"] (in German). Wort.lu. 26 May 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2018.


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