Paulo César Motta Donis (born 29 March 1982) is a Guatemalan former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

He represented club

CSD Municipal Club Social y Deportivo Municipal, also known as Municipal or ''Los Rojos'' (the Reds), are a Guatemalan professional football club based in Guatemala City. They compete in the Liga Nacional, the top tier of Guatemalan football, and play their h ...

in the tournament of Copa Interclubes UNCAF 2006. Finding it hard to become the number one goalkeeper behind Panamanian international

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he joined Deportivo Jalapa in 2009. After claims he would stay with Jalapa in June 2009, he eventually left them in September, apparently due to administrative problems. He joined USAC for the 2009/2010 Clausura championship along with Selvin Motta and Honduran veteran striker

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. In June 2010 he joined newly promoted Mictlan., He left Mictlan in 2013. In 2014, he returned to CDS Municipal, and being the number one goalkeeper, since joining them he played in three finals of Guatemala's Tournament, on the Apertura 2014 and Clausura 2015, which CSD Municipal lost to CDS Comunicaciones, and on the Apertura 2016, which the club lost to Antigua GFC on Penalties, despite Motta saving one penalty. For much of the Clausura 2017, he was injured and was replaced by Goalkeeper Nicholas Hagen, he missed the rest of the tournament, which saw CSD Municipal being crowned champions for the first time since 2011 against Deportivo Guastatoya, he was released on a free transfer after the tournament. For the Apertura 2017 he signed for recently promoted team "Deportivo Sanarate".

International career

Motta made his debut for

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in an August 2003 friendly match against

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and went on to collect a total of 13 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country at the

UNCAF Nations Cup 2005 The eighth edition of the bi-annual UNCAF Nations Cup was held in Guatemala, from February 19 to 27, 2005. All matches were played at the Estadio Mateo Flores in Guatemala City. The four semifinalists qualified for 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Partici ...

, and the

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and

2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the ninth edition of the Gold Cup, the soccer championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF), and was won by the United States over Mexico. It was contested in the United States from J ...

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- RSSSF Finals, although he did not come off the bench at the latter tournament. He's first international match was a November 2007 friendly match against

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. He was part of Guatemala's National team that played in the Copa Oro 2015 in which he managed to kept a clean sheet against Mexico, however, Guatemala was knockout of the cup after a 1-0 to Cuba in the final match of the Copa Oro 2015. On March 25, 2016, Motta made outstanding saves as Guatemala won against United States in a 2018 World Cup Qualification Match, their first victory over United States since 1983.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Motta, Paulo Cesar 1982 births Living people Guatemalan men's footballers Guatemala men's international footballers 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup players C.S.D. Municipal players Juventud Retalteca players C.D. Jalapa players Deportivo Zacapa players Deportivo Mictlán players Deportivo Sanarate F.C. players C.S.D. Cobán Imperial players Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala players Men's association football goalkeepers