Dany Mota

Dany Mota Carvalho (born 2 May 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Italian club Monza, on loan from Juventus.

This article is about the Portuguese footballer. For the Dominican Republic baseball player, see Danny Mota.

Dany Mota
Mota in 2020
Personal information
Full name Dany Mota Carvalho
Date of birth (1998-05-02) 2 May 1998
Place of birth Niederkorn, Luxembourg
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Monza (on loan from Juventus)
Number 16
Youth career
2013–2014 CS Pétange
2015–2016 → Virtus Entella (loan)
2016–2018 Virtus Entella
2018 → Sassuolo (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 CS Pétange 14 (2)
2015–2016 → Virtus Entella (loan) 2 (0)
2016–2019 Virtus Entella 44 (14)
2019– Juventus 0 (0)
2019–2020 → Juventus U23 20 (7)
2020– → Monza (loan) 6 (2)
National team‡
2019 Portugal U21 5 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 February 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 November 2019

Starting his senior career in Luxembourg at CS Pétange, Mota moved to Italy in 2014 to Serie B club Virtus Entella. He spent four seasons at the club, having his breakthrough season in the 2018–19 Serie C, scoring 13 league goals in 35 appearances. The following season, Mota moved to Juventus U23, where he spent the first half of the season, before moving to Monza on loan for the second half.

Born in Luxembourg to Portuguese parents, Mota holds dual-citizenship and has represented Portugal internationally at youth level since 2019.

Early life

Born on 2 May 1998 in Niederkorn, Luxembourg to Portuguese immigrants, Mota holds both Luxembourgish and Portuguese citizenship.[1][2]

Club career

Virtus Entella

On 17 September 2015, Serie B side Virtus Entella signed Mota.[3] He made his professional debut on 14 May 2016, in a 2015–16 Serie B match against Avellino.[4] Mota ended the season with two appearances.[5] On 17 April 2017, Mota scored his first senior goal for Virtus Entella, in a 1–1 draw against Ternana.[6] He scored one goal in six appearances during the 2016–17 season.[5] The following season, Mota made three appearances in the league, and one in the Coppa Italia, without scoring.[5]

Mota's breakthrough season for Virtus Entella came in the 2018–19 Serie C. After scoring his first Coppa Italia goal against Salernitana on 12 August 2018,[7] Mota scored a brace the following game in the league against Gozzano,[8] his first in his professional career,[5] before scoring once again the next matchday against Pisa.[9] Mota scored his second brace for Virtus Entella on 20 February 2019, against Pistoiese in the league in a 3–1 home win.[10] The player ended the season with 13 goals in 35 appearances in the league,[5] as well as one goal in four Coppa Italia appearances.[5]

Juventus

2019: Juventus U23

On 5 August 2019, Mota joined Juventus on a permanent transfer from Virtus Entella.[11] The Serie A champions moved him to their reserve team playing in Serie C: Juventus U23.[11]

Mota made his debut for Juventus U23 on 26 August 2019, in a 2–0 home win over Novara in the league.[12] The following matchday, on 1 September 2019, Mota scored a brace against Siena; his team, however, lost the encounter 2–3.[13] He scored four consecutive league goals,[14] between 18 and 30 September 2019, against Arezzo, Pontedera, AlbinoLeffe, and Monza,[5] his eventual future club.[15] Mota scored seven league goals in 20 appearances in the first half of the 2019–20 season.[5]

2020: Loan to Monza

On 20 January 2020, Monza signed Mota on a six-month loan from Juventus, with conditional obligation to buy.[15] He made his debut for his new team on 22 January 2019, coming on as a substitute on the 60th minute in a league match against Pro Patria. Mota scored his first goal for Monza 23 minutes later from a header, helping his team win 2–0.[16]

International career

On 5 September 2019, Mota made his youth international debut for Portugal U21, scoring a brace against Gibraltar U21 in a 4–0 win at the 2021 Euro U21 qualification.[17]

Personal life

Mota speaks five languages: Portuguese, Italian, German, French, and Luxembourgish.[1] His idol is compatriot Cristiano Ronaldo: indeed, while at Virtus Entella, Mota has been nicknamed "the CR7 of Chiavari" (Italian: il CR7 di Chiavari).[1] Mota also follows the NBA, and is a fan of LeBron James.[1]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 22 February 2020[5][18]
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
CS Pétange 2014–15 Division of Honour 14 2 — — 14 2
Virtus Entella (loan) 2015–16 Serie B 2 0 — — 2 0
Virtus Entella 2016–17 Serie B 6 1 0 0 — 6 1
2017–18 Serie B 3 0 1 0 — 4 0
2018–19 Serie C 35 13 4 1 0[lower-alpha 2] 0 39 14
Total 46 14 5 1 0 0 51 15
Juventus U23 2019–20 Serie C 20 7 — 4[lower-alpha 2] 1 24 8
Monza (loan) 2019–20 Serie C 6 2 — — 6 2
Career total 86 25 0 0 4 1 95 27
  1. Includes Luxembourg Cup and Coppa Italia
  2. Appearance(s) in Coppa Italia Serie C

References
  1. "Mota, il 'CR7 di Chiavari' che parla 5 lingue: "Se arrivo a 20 gol..."". gianlucadimarzio.com (in Italian). Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  2. "Dany Mota s'éloigne des Roud Léiwen". Wort.lu (in French). 29 August 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  3. CalcioNews24, Redazione (17 September 2015). "Ufficiale, Virtus Entella: ecco Dany Mota Carvalho". Calcio News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  4. "Virtus Entella 4-0 Avellino". ZeroZero. 14 May 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  5. "Portugal - Dany Mota - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  6. "B Side: Hellas in formato super, l'Entella scopre Dany Mota Carvalho". Eurosport. 17 April 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  7. Agosto 2018, 12. "Entella-Salernitana 2-0, Currarino e Mota Carvalho affondano i granata". La Città di Salerno (in Italian). Retrieved 21 January 2020.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. "Serie C, Gozzano-Entella 1-3. La Virtus vola grazie a Nizzetto e alla doppietta di Mota". www.tuttosport.com (in Italian). Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  9. Bufalino, Michele (4 November 2018). "Virtus Entella-Pisa 2-0: Mota Carvalho e un rigore di Diaw decidono la partita". SestaPorta.News Pisa (in Italian). Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  10. "Entella-Pistoiese 3-1, doppietta di Mota Carvalho". TuttoEntella.com (in Italian). Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  11. Baridon, Marco (5 August 2019). "Chi è Mota Carvalho, il neo acquisto della Juventus U23". Juventus News 24 (in Italian). Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  12. "Novara vs. Juventus II - 26 August 2019 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  13. "Juventus II vs. Robur Siena - 1 September 2019 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  14. "Juve U23-Monza 1-4, le pagelle. Mota solita nota lieta. Che fatica in difesa". Tutto Juve (in Italian). Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  15. "Dalla Juventus un grande colpo: ecco Dany Mota - Associazione Calcio Monza S.p.A." www.monzacalcio.com (in Italian). Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  16. redazione (22 January 2020). "La corazzata Monza non fa sconti, la Pro Patria sbatte sulla traversa: al "Brianteo" è 2-0". MALPENSA24 (in Italian). Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  17. "Dany Mota". FPF (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  18. "ForaDeJogo.net - Dany Mota (Dany Mota Carvalho)". ForaDeJogo. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
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