Mustafá Abdesalam Mohand (born 5 April 1975), known as Chota, is a Spanish former
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...
who played as a
striker.
He played mostly for
Melilla in a 22-year senior career, appearing in 367 competitive games for the club and scoring 87 goals.
Club career
Born in
Melilla, Chota spent his first years as a senior in amateur football. He played part of the
2001–02 season and the entire
2002–03 campaign with
Levante UD in the
Segunda División, scoring his first goal in the competition on 13 January 2002 in a 1–1 home draw against
Albacete Balompié
Albacete Balompié is a Spanish football team based in Albacete, in the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha. Founded on 2 August 1940, it currently plays in Segunda División, the second tier of Spanish football, holding home matches ...
. He also had a brief spell in that tier with
CD Numancia
Club Deportivo Numancia de Soria, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club in Soria, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 9 April 1945, it plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games at ''Nuevo Estadio Los ...
.
Most of Chota's career, however, was spent with
UD Melilla
Unión Deportiva Melilla is a Spanish football team based in the autonomous city of Melilla. Founded in 1976, it currently plays in Segunda División RFEF – Group 5, holding home matches at '' Estadio Municipal Álvarez Claro'', with a 8,000 c ...
in the
Segunda División B (which he first joined in 1996 in order to represent its reserves), going on to surpass the 300-mark in official matches and score more than 75 goals. He retired at the end of
2014–15 at the age of 40, amidst accusations of mistreatment.
Chota: “Me parece vergonzoso el trato del club hacia mi persona” (Chota: "The club's treatment of my person is in my view shameful")
Melilla Hoy, 2015 (in Spanish)
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1975 births
Living people
Spanish Muslims
Spanish sportspeople of Moroccan descent
Spanish footballers
Moroccan footballers
Footballers from Melilla
Association football forwards
Segunda División players
Segunda División B players
Tercera División players
CD Don Benito players
Alicante CF footballers
CD Dénia footballers
CF Gandía players
Atlético Levante UD players
Levante UD footballers
CD Numancia players
Hércules CF players
UD Melilla footballers