Sérgio Mota
Sérgio Mota Mello (born November 16, 1989 in São José dos Campos), is a Brazilian attacking midfielder who currently plays for Guizhou Hengfeng.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sérgio Mota Mello | ||
| Date of birth | November 16, 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | São José dos Campos, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Guizhou Hengfeng | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2007 | São Paulo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2012 | São Paulo | 7 | (0) |
| 2009 | → Toledo (loan) | 11 | (6) |
| 2011 | → Ceará (loan) | 12 | (2) |
| 2011 | → Icasa (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2012 | → Santo André (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2013 | Santo André | 8 | (1) |
| 2013–2015 | Penapolense | 22 | (0) |
| 2013 | → América-MG (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2014 | → Botafogo-SP (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2015 | Seattle Sounders FC 2 | 15 | (4) |
| 2016 | Luverdense | 33 | (3) |
| 2017 | CRB | 6 | (3) |
| 2017 | Luverdense | 28 | (4) |
| 2018 | Zhejiang Yiteng | 28 | (16) |
| 2019– | Guizhou Hengfeng | 26 | (11) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:33, 31 December 2019 (UTC) | |||
Club career
Sérgio Mota would make his professional debut for top tier club São Paulo in a 0-2 away defeat to Juventude in the Campeonato Brasileiro on November 8, 2007.[1] He would be part of the squad that won the 2007 and Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2008 championships.[2][3] To gain more playing opportunities he was loaned to Toledo, Ceará and Icasa.[4]
On 1 February 2012, he was loaned to Santo André and he made his debut for the club 18 February 2012 in a Campeonato Paulista Série A2 game against Velo Clube in a 3-0 defeat.[5] Despite the defeat he would make a permanent move to Santo André, however he only stayed for one season before joining Penapolense.[6] With brief loan periods at América-MG and Botafogo-SP he would go abroad for the first time when he joined Seattle Sounders FC 2.[7]
After only one season he returned back to Brazil and joined Luverdense and quickly established himself as in integral member of the team before joining CRB.[8]
Career statistics
Statistics accurate as of match played 31 December 2019.[9]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| São Paulo | 2007 | Série A | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 0[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Toledo (loan) | 2009 | - | - | - | - | 11[lower-alpha 2] | 6 | 11 | 6 | |||
| Ceará (loan) | 2011 | Série A | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12[lower-alpha 3] | 2 | 14 | 2 |
| Icasa (loan) | 2011 | Série B | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Santo André (loan) | 2012 | Série C | 0 | 0 | - | - | 1[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Santo André | 2013 | Série D | 0 | 0 | - | - | 8[lower-alpha 4] | 1 | 8 | 1 | ||
| Penapolense | 2013 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 7[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | - | - | 0[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 2015 | - | - | - | - | 11[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| América-MG (loan) | 2013 | Série B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Botafogo-SP (loan) | 2014 | - | - | - | - | 2[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Seattle Sounders FC 2 | 2015 | USL | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 17 | 4 | ||
| Luverdense | 2016 | Série B | 33 | 3 | 2[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | - | 0[lower-alpha 7] | 0 | 35 | 5 | |
| CRB | 2017 | 0 | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 8] | 1 | - | 6[lower-alpha 9] | 3 | 11 | 4 | ||
| Luverdense | 2017 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | - | 0[lower-alpha 7] | 0 | 28 | 4 | ||
| Zhejiang Yiteng | 2018 | China League One | 28 | 16 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 28 | 16 | ||
| Guizhou Hengfeng | 2019 | 26 | 11 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 26 | 11 | |||
| Career total | 144 | 38 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 12 | 218 | 51 | ||
- Appearances in Campeonato Paulista
- Appearances in Campeonato Paranaense
- Appearances in Campeonato Cearense
- Appearances in Campeonato Paulista Série A2
- Appearances in Campeonato Mineiro
- Appearances in Copa Verde
- Appearances in Campeonato Mato-Grossense
- Appearances in Copa do Nordeste
- Appearances in Campeonato Alagoano
Honours
- São Paulo
- Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 2007, 2008
- Luverdense
- CRB
- Campeonato Alagoano: 2017
References
- "Aspirante a craque, Sérgio Mota adota cautela contra euforia". uol.com.br. 2007-10-03. Retrieved 2008-01-03.
- "Brazil 2007 Championship - First Level (Série A)". rsssfbrasil.com. 2020-06-23. Retrieved 2007-12-05.
- "Brazil 2008 Championship - First Level (Série A)". rsssfbrasil.com. 2020-06-23. Retrieved 2010-01-03.
- "São Paulo empresta Sérgio Mota ao Ceará". esportes.terra.com.br. 2020-06-23. Retrieved 2010-12-10.
- "Paulista A2: Santo André hits with midfielder and right-back from São Paulo". futebolinterior.com.br. 2020-06-23. Retrieved 2012-02-13.
- "Sérgio Mota". footballdatabase.eu. 2020-06-23.
- "Sounders FC 2 Signs Brazilian Midfielder Sérgio Mota Mello". soundersfc.com. 2020-06-23. Retrieved 2015-05-22.
- "Diretoria do CRB anuncia meia Sérgio Mota, ex-jogador do Luverdense". globoesporte.globo.com. 2020-06-23. Retrieved 2016-12-19.
- Sérgio Mota at zerozero.pt Retrieved 2020-06-15
External links
- Sérgio Mota at Soccerway
- CBF (in Portuguese)