João Soares da Mota Neto

João Soares da Mota Neto

Football player infobox
playername = Mota
fullname = João Soares da Mota Neto
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1980|11|21
cityofbirth = Fortaleza, Ceará
countryofbirth = Brazil
height = height|m=1.77
currentclub = Seongnam Ilhwa
clubnumber = 11
position = Forward
youthyears = 1997-98
1999-2001
youthclubs = Ceará
Mallorca B
years = 2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
2005
2005-present
clubs = Ceará
Cruzeiro
Chunnam Dragons
Sporting Lisbon
Seongnam Ilhwa
caps(goals) = 21 (11)
35 (15)
29 (14)
5 (0)
46 (23)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 27 December 2007
ntupdate =

João Soares da Mota Neto, also known as Mota (born November 21, 1980, Brazil) is a Brazilian footballer, who currently plays for Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma of K-League.Mota began his career with Ceará Sporting Club in 1998, then went to play for La Liga side RCD Mallorca from 1999 to 2000. However, in 2000, Mota went back to Brazil and played for Cruzeiro Esporte Clube scoring 32 goals in the league. In 2004, he went to the Far East where he played for K-League side Chunnam Dragons, finishing as the league's top scorer with 14 goals.In early 2005, Portuguese giant Sporting Lisbon loaned out Mota for his service, however, he could not make the same impact, and Mota returned to K-League in July. He now plays for Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma. His agent, since his move from Ceará to Cruzeiro in 2003, is Emerson Damasceno, from Brazil.

As soon as he moved on to Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma he became the best player for his club. Scoring 7 goals in 19 matches. However, he suffered from broken left ankle in match against Gyeongnam FC in 2006, which forced him to be out of the pitch for several months. He then came back from injury at the time of Play-off season, and scored winning goal against FC Seoul in semi-final,and two goals in final against Suwon Samsung Bluewings.

Mota is considered as a best striker in K-League. He is nicknamed "Motasin"(in Korean "Mota the god") by his fans. From 2007 he consistantly announced that we wants to be naturalized to become Korean citizen.


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