Paulo César Motta

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Paulo César Motta
Personal information
Full name Paulo César Motta Donis
Date of birth (1982-03-29) March 29, 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Guatemala
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Municipal
Number 12
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003 Juventud Retalteca
2004-2008 C.S.D. Municipal
2009 Deportivo Jalapa
2009 Deportivo Zacapa
2010 Universidad SC
2010–2013 Mictlán 38 (0)
2014– Municipal 71 (0)
International career
2003– Guatemala 31 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 February 2010
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 February 2010

Template:Spanish name 2 Paulo César Motta Donis (born 29 March 1982) is a Guatemalan football goalkeeper who plays for C.S.D. Municipal in Guatemala's top division.

Club career

He represented club CSD Municipal in the tournament of Copa Interclubes UNCAF 2006.[1] Finding it hard to become the number one goalkeeper behind Panamanian international Jaime Penedo he joined Deportivo Jalapa in 2009. After claims he would stay with Jalapa in June 2009,[2] he eventually left them in September, apparently due to administrative problems.[3] He joined USAC for the 2009/2010 Clausura championship along with Selvin Motta and Honduran veteran striker Milton Núñez.[4]

In June 2010 he joined newly promoted Mictlan.[5]

International career

Motta made his debut for Guatemala in an August 2003 friendly match against Ecuador and went on to collect a total of 13 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country at the UNCAF Nations Cup 2005,[6] and the 2005[7] and 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup[8] 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 Honduras. 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 25th, 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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