Daniel Moreira
 Moreira in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Daniel Moreira De Sa[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 8 August 1977[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Maubeuge, Nord, France | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1993–1995 | US Maubeuge | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–1996 | Valenciennes | 7 | (2) |
| 1996–1998 | Guingamp | 58 | (9) |
| 1998–2004 | Lens | 184 | (39) |
| 2004–2006 | Toulouse | 67 | (21) |
| 2006–2009 | Rennes | 39 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | → Grenoble (loan) | 31 | (4) |
| 2009–2010 | Boulogne | 13 | (1) |
| Total | 399 | (76) | |
| International career | |||
| 1998–1999 | France U21 | 13 | (6) |
| 2002–2004 | France | 3 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Daniel Moreira De Sa (born 8 August 1977) is a French former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Early life
[edit]Moreira was born in Maubeuge Nord, France,[2] and is of Portuguese descent.[3]
Club career
[edit]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.[citation needed]
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,[4] 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.[citation needed]
On 22 June 2006, Moreira agreed to join Rennes for a fee of €5,500,000.[citation needed]
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.[citation needed]
In August 2009 he transferred to Boulogne. After a complicated knee injury, he retired from professional football in December 2010.[citation needed]
International career
[edit]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.[citation needed]
Career statistics
[edit]| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | Continental[b] | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
- ^ Includes Coupe de France and Coupe de la Ligue.
- ^ Includes UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup and UEFA Intertoto Cup.
Honours
[edit]Guingamp
Lens
References
[edit]- ^ "Daniel Moreira". Stade Rennais Online (in French). NT Médias. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
- ^ a b c "Daniel Moreira". L'Équipe (in French). Paris. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
- ^ "Avant Portugal-France : Ces Bleus qui ont la Seleçao dans le coeur". 4 September 2015.
- ^ "Foot. Un but de Daniel Moreira donne la Coupe de la Ligue à Lens.Lens offensif offense Metz". liberation.fr. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- ^ Daniel Moreira at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "Saison 1996-1997 D1". eaguingamp.com. 3 December 1996. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
External links
[edit]
- Daniel Moreira at the French Football Federation (in French)
- 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