Sérgio Mota

Sérgio Mota Mello (born 16 November 1989), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.

Sérgio Mota

Personal information
Full name	Sérgio Mota Mello
Date of birth	(1989-11-16) 16 November 1989 (age 35)
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)
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)
2019–2021	Guizhou Hengfeng	31	(13)
2021	Vitória	0	(0)
2022–2023	Oeste	30	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21 January 2023

Career

Sérgio Mota would make his professional debut for top tier club São Paulo in a 2–0 away defeat to Juventude in the Campeonato Brasileiro on 8 November 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.^{[citation needed]} 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.^[6]

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.^[7]

Career statistics

As of match played 31 December 2020

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
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	Série D	0	0	–		–		7[a]	0	7	0
	2014	Série D	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
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	Série B	0	0	5[h]	1	–		6[i]	3	11	4
Luverdense	2017	Série B	28	4	0	0	–		0[g]	0	28	4
Zhejiang Yiteng	2018	China League One	28	16	0	0	–		–		28	16
Guizhou Hengfeng	2019	China League One	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. Appearances in Campeonato Paulista
2. Appearances in Campeonato Paranaense
3. Appearances in Campeonato Cearense
4. Appearances in Campeonato Paulista Série A2
5. Appearances in Campeonato Mineiro
6. Appearances in Copa Verde
7. Appearances in Campeonato Mato-Grossense
8. Appearances in Copa do Nordeste
9. Appearances in Campeonato Alagoano

Honours

São Paulo

• Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: 2007, 2008

Luverdense

• Campeonato Mato-Grossense: 2016

CRB

• Campeonato Alagoano: 2017