Daniel da Mota
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| 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) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | F91 Dudelange | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| FC Etzella Ettelbruck | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2001–2008 | FC Etzella Ettelbruck | 133 | (77) |
| 2008– | F91 Dudelange | 138 | (46) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2007– | Luxembourg | 69 | (4) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 May 2014. | |||
Daniel da Mota Alves[1][2] (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.[3] 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[4] 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.
References
External links
- Roster – F91 Dudelange
- Daniel da Mota at National-Football-Teams.com
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