Dany Mota joins Cristiano Ronaldo: first convocation

First national team call-up for Dany Mota

Dany Mota’s good performance with the Monza shirt convinced Portugal’s technical commissioner Roberto Martinez to give him a chance. In fact, the 1998 class striker è has been summoned second by the selector of the Lusitanians, forced to do without the injured Raphael Guerreiro and Francisco Trincao.

For Dany Mota this is the first summons with the national team captained by Cristiano Ronaldo, which will be engaged in two friendly matches in preparation for Euro 2024 during the break dedicated to national team activities, on March 21 in Guimaraes against Sweden and on March 26 in Ljubljana against Slovenia.

Convincing Roberto Martinez is the brilliant performance of Dany Mota in recent weeks with the Monza jersey: the Portuguese footballer has è been noted not only for solid performances but also for the spectacular goal in a semi-record kick against Genoa. Dany Mota è therefore ready for his debut with his national team after collecting 16 appearances and 7 goals with the Under 21.

The striker, Portuguese by nationality and family though he was born in Luxembourg, has been in Italy since 2015, brought to the Bel Paese by Virtus Entella, which picked him up from Luxembourg-based Pétange. After his experience in Chiavari, he wore the jerseys of Sassuolo and Juventus Under 23. From January 2020 è at Monza: in Brianza he celebrated promotion to the A league in 2022, playing the first two seasons in the top division in the biancorossa history.