Sérgio Mota Mello (born November 16, 1989), is a Brazilian attacking midfielder.

Sérgio Mota
Personal information
Full name Sérgio Mota Mello
Date of birth (1989-11-16) November 16, 1989 (age 34)
Place of birth São José dos Campos, Brazil
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Youth career
2004–2007 São Paulo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2012 São Paulo 7 (0)
2009Toledo (loan) 11 (6)
2011Ceará (loan) 12 (2)
2011Icasa (loan) 1 (0)
2012Santo André (loan) 1 (0)
2013 Santo André 8 (1)
2013–2015 Penapolense 22 (0)
2013América-MG (loan) 2 (0)
2014Botafogo-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)
2019–2021 Guizhou Hengfeng 31 (13)
2021 Vitória 0 (0)
2022–2023 Oeste 30 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 January 2023

Club career

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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 to Brazil and joined Luverdense and quickly established himself as in integral member of the team before joining CRB.[8]

Career statistics

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Statistics accurate as of match played 31 December 2020.[9]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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[a] 0 1 0
2008 3 0 - 1 0 0[a] 0 4 0
2010 3 0 - 0 0 4[a] 0 7 0
Total 7 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 12 0
Toledo (loan) 2009 - - - - 11[b] 6 11 6
Ceará (loan) 2011 Série A 0 0 2 0 0 0 12[c] 2 14 2
Icasa (loan) 2011 Série B 1 0 - - 0[c] 0 1 0
Santo André (loan) 2012 Série C 0 0 - - 1[d] 0 1 0
Santo André 2013 Série D 0 0 - - 8[d] 1 8 1
Penapolense 2013 0 0 - - 7[a] 0 7 0
2014 4 0 - - 0[a] 0 4 0
2015 - - - - 11[a] 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[e] 0 2 0
Botafogo-SP (loan) 2014 - - - - 2[a] 0 2 0
Seattle Sounders FC 2 2015 USL 15 4 2 0 - - 17 4
Luverdense 2016 Série B 33 3 2[f] 0 - 0[g] 0 35 5
CRB 2017 0 0 5[h] 1 - 6[i] 3 11 4
Luverdense 2017 28 4 0 0 - 0[g] 0 28 4
Zhejiang Yiteng 2018 China League One 28 16 0 0 - - 28 16
Guizhou Hengfeng 2019 26 11 0 0 - - 26 11
2020 5 2 0 0 - - 5 2
Total 31 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 13
Career total 149 40 11 1 1 0 62 12 223 53
  1. ^ a b c d e f g Appearances in Campeonato Paulista
  2. ^ Appearances in Campeonato Paranaense
  3. ^ a b Appearances in Campeonato Cearense
  4. ^ a b Appearances in Campeonato Paulista Série A2
  5. ^ Appearances in Campeonato Mineiro
  6. ^ Appearances in Copa Verde
  7. ^ a b Appearances in Campeonato Mato-Grossense
  8. ^ Appearances in Copa do Nordeste
  9. ^ Appearances in Campeonato Alagoano

Honours

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Club

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São Paulo
Luverdense
CRB

References

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  1. ^ "Aspirante a craque, Sérgio Mota adota cautela contra euforia". uol.com.br. 2007-10-03. Retrieved 2008-01-03.
  2. ^ "Brazil 2007 Championship - First Level (Série A)". rsssfbrasil.com. 2020-06-23. Retrieved 2007-12-05.
  3. ^ "Brazil 2008 Championship - First Level (Série A)". rsssfbrasil.com. 2020-06-23. Retrieved 2010-01-03.
  4. ^ "São Paulo empresta Sérgio Mota ao Ceará". esportes.terra.com.br. 2020-06-23. Retrieved 2010-12-10.
  5. ^ "Paulista A2: Santo André hits with midfielder and right-back from São Paulo". futebolinterior.com.br. 2020-06-23. Retrieved 2012-02-13.
  6. ^ "Sérgio Mota". footballdatabase.eu. 2020-06-23.
  7. ^ "Sounders FC 2 Signs Brazilian Midfielder Sérgio Mota Mello". soundersfc.com. 2020-06-23. Retrieved 2015-05-22.
  8. ^ "Diretoria do CRB anuncia meia Sérgio Mota, ex-jogador do Luverdense". globoesporte.globo.com. 2020-06-23. Retrieved 2016-12-19.
  9. ^ Sérgio Mota at zerozero.pt Retrieved 2020-06-15
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