Sérgio Mota Mello (born November 16, 1989 in

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), is a Brazilian

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who currently plays for Vitória.

Club career

Sérgio Mota would make his professional debut for top tier club

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in a 0-2 away defeat to Juventude in the Campeonato Brasileiro on November 8, 2007. He would be part of the squad that won the

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and Campeonato Brasileiro Série A 2008 championships. To gain more playing opportunities he was loaned to Toledo,

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and

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. On 1 February 2012, he was loaned to

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and he made his debut for the club 18 February 2012 in a

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game against Velo Clube in a 3-0 defeat. Despite the defeat he would make a permanent move to Santo André, however he only stayed for one season before joining Penapolense. With brief loan periods at América-MG and

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he would go abroad for the first time when he joined

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. 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.

Career statistics

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Honours

Club

;São Paulo *

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;Luverdense *

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: 2016 ;CRB *

Campeonato Alagoano The Campeonato Alagoano is the football league of the state of Alagoas, Brazil. Format 2020 First Division The Campeonato Alagoano is divided into three stages. *First stage: simple round-robin, in which all eight teams play each other once. ...

: 2017

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mota, Sergio 1989 births Living people People from São José dos Campos Brazilian footballers Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Campeonato Brasileiro Série A players Campeonato Brasileiro Série B players USL Championship players São Paulo FC players Ceará Sporting Club players Associação Desportiva Recreativa e Cultural Icasa players Esporte Clube Santo André players América Futebol Clube (MG) players Botafogo Futebol Clube (SP) players Tacoma Defiance players Luverdense Esporte Clube players Shaoxing Keqiao Yuejia F.C. players Guizhou F.C. players China League One players Clube de Regatas Brasil players Esporte Clube Vitória players Brazilian expatriate footballers Expatriate soccer players in the United States Expatriate footballers in China Brazilian expatriate sportspeople in China Men's association football midfielders Footballers from São Paulo (state)