Daniel Moreira

Daniel Moreira
Personal information
Full name	Daniel Moreira
Date of birth	8 August 1977 (age 47)
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
1995–1996	Valenciennes
1996–1998	Guingamp
1998–2004	Lens
2004–2006	Toulouse
2006–2009	Rennes
2008–2009	→ Grenoble (loan)
2009–2010	Boulogne
Total
International career
1998–1999	France U21
2002–2004	France
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Daniel Moreira (born 8 August 1977) is a French former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Club career

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.

International career

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.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[3]
Club	Season	League			Cup^[a]		Continental^[b]		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Guingamp	1996–97	Division 1	26	1	4	0	9	1	39	2
	1997–98	Division 1	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	Ligue 1	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	Ligue 1	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