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Daniel Moreira
French footballer
Daniel Moreira (born 8 August 1977) is a French former professional footballer who played as a striker.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Daniel Moreira | ||
| Date of birth | (1977-08-08) 8 August 1977 (age 46) | ||
| Place of birth | Maubeuge, France | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| 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 | |||
Born in Maubeuge, Moreira started his career with Valenciennes FC before moving to Guingamp. He finished as the runners-up of the 1997 Coupe de France playing for them.
In 1998, he transferred to RC 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,[1] 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 FC. 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.
On 22 June 2006, Moreira agreed to join Stade Rennais for a fee of €5,500,000.
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.
In August 2009 he transferred to US Boulogne. After a complicated knee injury, he retired from professional football in December 2010.
Moreira was born in France, and is of Portuguese descent.[2] 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.
Club
| Club | Season | League | Cup[lower-alpha 1] | Continental[lower-alpha 2] | 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.
Guingamp
- UEFA Intertoto Cup winner: 1996[4]
- Coupe de France runner-up: 1997
Lens
- "Foot. Un but de Daniel Moreira donne la Coupe de la Ligue à Lens.Lens offensif offense Metz". liberation.fr. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- "Avant Portugal-France : Ces Bleus qui ont la Seleçao dans le coeur". 4 September 2015.
- Daniel Moreira at WorldFootball.net
- "Saison 1996-1997 D1". eaguingamp.com. 3 December 1996. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
- Daniel Moreira at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Daniel Moreira at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)
- Daniel Moreira's profile, stats & pics