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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 40)
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.

Club career

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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.

International career

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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

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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

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F91 Dudelange
Individual

See also

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References

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  4. ^ Luxembourg – List of Topscorers – RSSSF
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