Chota (footballer) explained

Chota
Fullname:Mustafá Abdesalam Mohand
Birth Date:5 April 1975
Birth Place:Melilla, Spain
Position:Striker
Youthclubs1:Peña Real Madrid
Years1:1994–1995
Clubs1:SC Constitución
Years2:1995–1996
Clubs2:Real de Melilla
Years3:1996–1997
Years4:1997
Clubs4:Gimnástico Melilla
Years5:1997–1998
Years6:1998–1999
Years7:1999–2000
Caps7:29
Goals7:11
Years8:2000
Caps8:8
Goals8:0
Years9:2000–2002
Caps9:26
Goals9:7
Years10:2002–2003
Caps10:31
Goals10:5
Years11:2003–2004
Caps11:12
Goals11:1
Years12:2004
Caps12:12
Goals12:1
Years13:2004–2015
Caps13:352
Goals13:82
Years14:2015–2016
Clubs14:River Melilla
Caps14:14
Goals14:4
Totalcaps:484
Totalgoals:111

Mustafá Abdesalam Mohand (born 5 April 1975), known as Chota, is a Spanish former footballer 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.[1] He also had a brief spell in that tier with CD Numancia.[2]

Most of Chota's career, however, was spent with UD Melilla 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.[3] [4] [5] [6] He retired at the end of 2014–15 at the age of 40, amidst accusations of mistreatment.[7]

Notes and References

  1. https://as.com/futbol/2002/01/13/mas_futbol/1010876419_850215.html Chota evitó un nuevo desastre granota (Chota prevented new granota disaster)
  2. https://www.desdesoria.es/2013/05/29/breve-enciclopedia-numantina/ Breve enciclopedia numantina (Brief numantina encyclopedia)
  3. http://www.diariosur.es/v/20111205/melilla/goles-chota-melilla-triunfo-20111205.html Dos goles de Chota le dan al Melilla un triunfo más que merecido en El Ejido (Two Chota goals give Melilla totally deserved win in El Ejido)
  4. http://www.elfarodigital.es/melilla/deportes/108934-historica-victoria-copera-del-melilla.html Histórica victoria copera del Melilla (Historic cup win for Melilla)
  5. http://udmelilla.es/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=964:manita-historica-0-5&catid=31:primer-equipo&Itemid=215 Un festín histórico (1–6) (Historic feast (1–6))
  6. http://www.digitalmelilla.es/index.php/deportes/3757-melilla-deportes-futbol-chota Chota se convierte en el máximo goleador de la historia del club azulino (Chota becomes top scorer in the azulino club's history)
  7. http://www.melillahoy.es/noticia/57995/Deportes/Chota:-Me-parece-vergonzoso-el-trato-del-club-hacia-mi-persona.html Chota: “Me parece vergonzoso el trato del club hacia mi persona” (Chota: "The club's treatment of my person is in my view shameful")