Daniel Mattar is from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where he was introduced to capoeira in 1994. In 1999 he began to train intensively with Mestre Marrom. In 2002, Daniel moved to California and joined the International Capoeira Angola Foundation (ICAF). Together with Mestre Rogerio, Daniel helped to build the two spaces for capoeira angola in West Oakland. In 2007 Daniel received the title of Treinel in Rio de Janeiro, and in 2019 he received the title of Contra Mestre at Kilombo Tenonde, both during the biennial ICAF/FICA conferences. Along with CM Andrea, Daniel was the leader of the ICAF Oakland group under the guidance of Mestre Jurandir.

CM Daniel left ICAF in 2020.