Daniel Moreira
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football biography 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,[1] and is of Portuguese descent.[2]
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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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,[3] 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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
On 22 June 2006, Moreira agreed to join Rennes for a fee of €5,500,000.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
In August 2009 he transferred to Boulogne. After a complicated knee injury, he retired from professional football in December 2010.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | CupTemplate:Efn | ContinentalTemplate:Efn | Total | |||||
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| 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 | ||
Honours
Guingamp
Lens
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References
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External links
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- 1977 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Maubeuge
- French men's footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- Valenciennes FC players
- En Avant Guingamp players
- RC Lens players
- Toulouse FC players
- Stade Rennais FC players
- Grenoble Foot 38 players
- US Boulogne players
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- Championnat National players
- France men's under-21 international footballers
- France men's international footballers
- French sportspeople of Portuguese descent