Marco Motta
Encyclopedia
Marco Motta is an Italian
footballer who plays as a defender
for Serie A
club Juventus
.
Motta is a former youth international and participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
, Lombardy
, Motta began his professional career with Lombardy side Atalanta B.C.
in 2005, following his promotion from the club's youth setup. He was a member of the 2004–05 Primavera Under-20 squad, and made his Serie A debut on 9 January 2005, replacing Riccardo Montolivo
in the 65th minute. On 13 January he was a starter in the Cup, ahead Damiano Zenoni
, a match in which Juventus
was eliminated in a 5–3 aggregate. Motta made 22 appearances (3 in Cup) in the remainder of the season to replace the left of Zenoni who left on 1 February, but due to the club's relegation, he moved to Udinese Calcio
in a co-ownership deal, prior to the start of the 2005–06
Serie A
season. Udinese also signed several players from Bergamo
, namely Cesare Natali
and young players Massimo Gotti
, Piermario Morosini
, Fausto Rossini
, and Michele Rinaldi; it sent Thomas Manfredini
and Antonino D'Agostino
to Bergamo as part of the deal.
officially signed the wing back during the summer transfer window of 2005, and in his first season with the club, Motta was very sparingly used. A understudy of Damiano Zenoni
, he made six league appearances and netted one goal. He also made his European debut for Udinese, on 2 November 2005, substituted David Di Michele
in the 73rd minutes. That match Udinese lost 3–4 to Werder Bremen. On 30 January 2006, he was injured and ruled out of season.
He remained in Udine
for the 2006–07 Serie A
season, as well, and the player went on to make 16 additional league appearances (all as starting XI) with his club. In June 2007, Udinese bought the remainder of the player's contract from Atalanta
, but the player did not remain in Friuli
for the 2007–08 campaign. Atalanta also signed Zlatan Muslimović
from Udine as part-exchange deal.
On 28 July 2007, Torino
announced the one year loan signing of Motta from Udinese
, re-joined Cesare Natali
who sold to Turin weeks earlier. Mainly a understudy of Gianluca Comotto
, he made 24 league appearances (14 as starting XI) for his club, also scoring his second career Serie A
goal.
Following a successful loan period, the player returned to Udinese ahead of the 2008–09 Serie A
season, due to the injury of Cristián Zapata (right-back or central back). At Udine, he compete the starting line-up with Damiano Ferronetti
(who can play left or right back), Aleksandar Luković
(who can play left or central back) and Giovanni Pasquale
(left-back or winger). He played eight league matches as starting line-up out of fourteen Serie A appearances. But at UEFA Cup, he was the starting right back at the group stage and played all four matches, three as starter, ahead of Ferronetti who played the first round. Udinese finished first in Group D.
Since Udinese had signed Dušan Basta
for the next season (who can play winger or right-back) and since Zapata recovered, he was loaned to A.S. Roma
, agreed a ½+3 year deal, which he would earned a gross salary (pre-taxed income) of €300,000 for the remain 6 months of 2008–09 season and would increased to €660,000 in 2006–07 season.
. In his various post-match press conferences with Roma Channel and Sky Italia, Spalletti said "Motta gets my compliments for that performance. It's not easy to enter onto the field at the Olimpico for the first time in front of a crowd like ours, with whom it's difficult to exhibit tranquility. He has great speed, force and technical quality, and he was very good in the defensive phase of the game. He played with great personality."
Motta then earned a starting position under Spalletti, beating off competition from the likes of Cicinho
, Cristian Panucci, and Marco Cassetti
. He also played both legs of UEFA Champions League round of 32 matches that lost to Arsenal
.
With the loan deal, the capital club obtained the option to for the right to buy half of the player's contract in June for €3.5million or outright for €7million in three installments.
On 24 June 2009 Roma exercised their right to sign half of Motta's contract for pre-agreed price.
Following the resignation of Spalletti, and the appointment of Claudio Ranieri
, Motta lost his place in the Roma first team, and failed to became regular starter and made just 16 appearances during the entire 2009–10 Serie A
season. At the conclusion of the season, the two clubs failed to agree price on him to negotiate the co-ownership and on 25 June 2010, the deal went to a blind auction (submit the bid by envelope). Udinese repurchased Motta after winning the auction on 26 June. for €1.45M.
agreed a loan deal for Motta with Udinese for the 2010–2011 season. Juventus have the option to sign Motta permanently at the end of the season, as Juventus was seeking a new right back to replace Martín Cáceres
and Jonathan Zebina
. Motta then joined the Juventus squad which they would left from Vinovo
, Juventus's facility located to Pinzolo
, the camp site for pre-season training, in although the deal was pending a formal finalization. On 5 July, Juventus announced the deal was completed, which cost €1.25 million for the loan with option to made it permanently for a further €3.75 million. He made his official Juventus debut on 29 July 2010 in the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League qualifier against Shamrock Rovers
, ahead Zdeněk Grygera
as right back. The Old Lady won the Ireland side 3–0 in aggregate. Since mid-October, Grygera regained his starting place and Motta had to appear as unused substitute on the bench.
On 22 June Juventus excised the rights to sign him along with Simone Pepe
in pre-agreed price.
. In 2007, after the 2007 Euro U-21
, he was named captain of the side. He also represented Italy at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2003 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship
, 2006–07 Under-20 Four Nations Tournament
, 2008 Toulon Tournament
and 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
, he missed 2006 edition
due to injury, where he played 4 out of possible 8 in qualifying since made his U21 debut.
On 22 March 2009, Motta received his first call-up to the Italian national team
for the games against Montenegro
and the Republic of Ireland
but remained an unused substitute.
He made his debut with the senior team on 10 August 2010, under new head coach Cesare Prandelli
, in the friendly match lost 1–0 against Côte d'Ivoire
.
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Italian people
The Italian people are an ethnic group that share a common Italian culture, ancestry and speak the Italian language as a mother tongue. Within Italy, Italians are defined by citizenship, regardless of ancestry or country of residence , and are distinguished from people...
footballer who plays as a defender
Defender (association football)
Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....
for Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
club Juventus
Juventus F.C.
Juventus Football Club S.p.A. , commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve , are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin, Piedmont...
.
Motta is a former youth international and participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Atalanta
Born in MerateMerate
Merate is a municipality of 14,872 inhabitants in the province of Lecco, Lombardy .- History :The name Melatum appeared for the first time in the 4th century; it may be derived from the Greek for black/gloomy/dark because of the presence of woods, or from the Italian for apple : an important fruit...
, Lombardy
Lombardy
Lombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region, making it the most populous and richest region in the country and one of the richest in the whole of Europe...
, Motta began his professional career with Lombardy side Atalanta B.C.
Atalanta B.C.
Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio, commonly known as just Atalanta, Atalanta Bergamo or the abbreviation Atalanta BC, is an Italian football club based in Bergamo, Lombardy.They are nicknamed the Nerazzurri and the orobici...
in 2005, following his promotion from the club's youth setup. He was a member of the 2004–05 Primavera Under-20 squad, and made his Serie A debut on 9 January 2005, replacing Riccardo Montolivo
Riccardo Montolivo
Riccardo Montolivo is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie A club Fiorentina and the Italian national team. He was appointed club captain during the 2009–10 season.Montolivo is a prototypical "regista" , similar to Andrea Pirlo...
in the 65th minute. On 13 January he was a starter in the Cup, ahead Damiano Zenoni
Damiano Zenoni
Damiano Zenoni is an Italian footballer. He is the twin brother of Cristian Zenoni.He made his Serie A debut on 1 October 2000 against S.S. Lazio....
, a match in which Juventus
Juventus F.C.
Juventus Football Club S.p.A. , commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve , are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin, Piedmont...
was eliminated in a 5–3 aggregate. Motta made 22 appearances (3 in Cup) in the remainder of the season to replace the left of Zenoni who left on 1 February, but due to the club's relegation, he moved to Udinese Calcio
Udinese Calcio
Udinese Calcio is an Italian football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, and currently plays in the Serie A. Founded in 1896, Udinese is the second oldest club in the Serie A, after Genoa....
in a co-ownership deal, prior to the start of the 2005–06
Serie A 2005-06
In the 2005–06 season, Serie A, the major professional football league in Italian, was contested for the second year in a row by 20 teams. The league commenced on August 28, 2005 and finished on May 14, 2006...
Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
season. Udinese also signed several players from Bergamo
Bergamo
Bergamo is a town and comune in Lombardy, Italy, about 40 km northeast of Milan. The comune is home to over 120,000 inhabitants. It is served by the Orio al Serio Airport, which also serves the Province of Bergamo, and to a lesser extent the metropolitan area of Milan...
, namely Cesare Natali
Cesare Natali
Cesare Natali is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for ACF Fiorentina of Serie A.-Atalanta:Natali started his career at Atalanta. He scored the opening goal in the relegation playoffs second legs in June 2003, but Atalanta eventually lost 1–2 and relegated to Serie B. On 30 August...
and young players Massimo Gotti
Massimo Gotti
Massimo Gotti is an Italian footballer who currently plays for Ternana.-Udinese:He signed with Udinese in June 2005. Gotti made his Serie A debut on 5 November 2006 playing for Ascoli in a 2–0 loss against Internazionale...
, Piermario Morosini
Piermario Morosini
Piermario Morosini is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Udinese Calcio.-Club career:Morosini started his career at hometown club Atalanta, and was sold to Udinese Calcio in a co-ownership deal during 2005...
, Fausto Rossini
Fausto Rossini
Fausto Rossini is an Italian footballer-Atalanta:Rossini started his career at Atalanta. In 2003 he joined Bologna along with Cesare Natali in a co-ownership deal, but bought back in June 2004...
, and Michele Rinaldi; it sent Thomas Manfredini
Thomas Manfredini
Thomas Manfredini is an Italian football defender who currently plays for Italian Serie A side, Atalanta.In July 2007, he was banned from football for a duration of three months as a result of illegal betting.In October 2008, Manfredini extended his contract with Atalanta to June 2013.On 26 July...
and Antonino D'Agostino
Antonino D'Agostino
Antonino D'Agostino is an Italian professional football midfielder. He plays for Gloria Bistriţa in Liga I.- Career :...
to Bergamo as part of the deal.
Udinese
Udinese CalcioUdinese Calcio
Udinese Calcio is an Italian football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, and currently plays in the Serie A. Founded in 1896, Udinese is the second oldest club in the Serie A, after Genoa....
officially signed the wing back during the summer transfer window of 2005, and in his first season with the club, Motta was very sparingly used. A understudy of Damiano Zenoni
Damiano Zenoni
Damiano Zenoni is an Italian footballer. He is the twin brother of Cristian Zenoni.He made his Serie A debut on 1 October 2000 against S.S. Lazio....
, he made six league appearances and netted one goal. He also made his European debut for Udinese, on 2 November 2005, substituted David Di Michele
David di Michele
David Di Michele is an Italian footballer who currently plays as a striker for Lecce.-Club career:Di Michele, whose mother is from Casarano, began his career with Lodigiani in the Italian Serie C1 near to his hometown Guidonia, and played for them from 1993 to 1996...
in the 73rd minutes. That match Udinese lost 3–4 to Werder Bremen. On 30 January 2006, he was injured and ruled out of season.
He remained in Udine
Udine
Udine is a city and comune in northeastern Italy, in the middle of Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, between the Adriatic sea and the Alps , less than 40 km from the Slovenian border. Its population was 99,439 in 2009, and that of its urban area was 175,000.- History :Udine is the historical...
for the 2006–07 Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
season, as well, and the player went on to make 16 additional league appearances (all as starting XI) with his club. In June 2007, Udinese bought the remainder of the player's contract from Atalanta
Atalanta B.C.
Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio, commonly known as just Atalanta, Atalanta Bergamo or the abbreviation Atalanta BC, is an Italian football club based in Bergamo, Lombardy.They are nicknamed the Nerazzurri and the orobici...
, but the player did not remain in Friuli
Friuli
Friuli is an area of northeastern Italy with its own particular cultural and historical identity. It comprises the major part of the autonomous region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, i.e. the province of Udine, Pordenone, Gorizia, excluding Trieste...
for the 2007–08 campaign. Atalanta also signed Zlatan Muslimović
Zlatan Muslimovic
Zlatan Muslimović, is a Bosnian international football player. He holds both Bosnian and Swedish citizenships.-Early career:As a teenager, Muslimović played for the Swedish teams Habo IF and Husqvarna FF...
from Udine as part-exchange deal.
On 28 July 2007, Torino
Torino F.C.
Torino Football Club, commonly referred to as simply Torino, is a professional Italian football club based in Turin, Piedmont, that was founded in 1906. The club has spent most of its history in the top tier in Italian football....
announced the one year loan signing of Motta from Udinese
Udinese Calcio
Udinese Calcio is an Italian football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, and currently plays in the Serie A. Founded in 1896, Udinese is the second oldest club in the Serie A, after Genoa....
, re-joined Cesare Natali
Cesare Natali
Cesare Natali is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for ACF Fiorentina of Serie A.-Atalanta:Natali started his career at Atalanta. He scored the opening goal in the relegation playoffs second legs in June 2003, but Atalanta eventually lost 1–2 and relegated to Serie B. On 30 August...
who sold to Turin weeks earlier. Mainly a understudy of Gianluca Comotto
Gianluca Comotto
Gianluca Comotto is an Italian footballer who currently plays for Cesena of Serie A.- Club career :Comotto started his career at Ivrea of Serie D. He then played one season for Biellese, also in Serie D.- Torino :...
, he made 24 league appearances (14 as starting XI) for his club, also scoring his second career Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
goal.
Following a successful loan period, the player returned to Udinese ahead of the 2008–09 Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
season, due to the injury of Cristián Zapata (right-back or central back). At Udine, he compete the starting line-up with Damiano Ferronetti
Damiano Ferronetti
Damiano Ferronetti is an Italian football defender. He currently plays for Udinese Calcio at left back. He can also play as a defensive player in midfield.-Football career:...
(who can play left or right back), Aleksandar Luković
Aleksandar Lukovic
Aleksandar Luković is a Serbian footballer who plays as a left back or centre back for Zenit St. Petersburg and the Serbian national team. He is known for his aggressive style of play.-Biography:...
(who can play left or central back) and Giovanni Pasquale
Giovanni Pasquale
Giovanni Pasquale is an Italian footballer. He currently plays for Udinese.-Inter:Pasquale started his career at Internazionale. Due to Francesco Coco's performance, he gained a place in first team...
(left-back or winger). He played eight league matches as starting line-up out of fourteen Serie A appearances. But at UEFA Cup, he was the starting right back at the group stage and played all four matches, three as starter, ahead of Ferronetti who played the first round. Udinese finished first in Group D.
Since Udinese had signed Dušan Basta
Dušan Basta
Dušan Basta is a Serbian footballer who plays for Udinese.He has been in the under 21's selection of Serbia and has been named captain...
for the next season (who can play winger or right-back) and since Zapata recovered, he was loaned to A.S. Roma
A.S. Roma
Associazione Sportiva Roma, commonly referred to as simply Roma, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma have participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence but one season in the early 50s...
, agreed a ½+3 year deal, which he would earned a gross salary (pre-taxed income) of €300,000 for the remain 6 months of 2008–09 season and would increased to €660,000 in 2006–07 season.
Roma
Motta made his debut for Roma on 8 February 2009, coming on as a substitute in the 31st minute in Roma's 3–0 victory against Genoa. He impressed both his new club's supporters and his new coach, Luciano SpallettiLuciano Spalletti
Luciano Spalletti is a retired Italian footballer and current coach of FC Zenit Saint Petersburg.-Playing career:Born in Certaldo, Province of Florence, Spalletti played for Serie C teams such as Entella, Spezia, Viareggio and Empoli....
. In his various post-match press conferences with Roma Channel and Sky Italia, Spalletti said "Motta gets my compliments for that performance. It's not easy to enter onto the field at the Olimpico for the first time in front of a crowd like ours, with whom it's difficult to exhibit tranquility. He has great speed, force and technical quality, and he was very good in the defensive phase of the game. He played with great personality."
Motta then earned a starting position under Spalletti, beating off competition from the likes of Cicinho
Cicinho
Cícero João de Cézare, nicknamed Cicinho, in Pradópolis, São Paulo, Brazil), is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for Serie A club Roma.Currently married to longtime girlfriend, Reem Borriello; the two have one son, Heitor...
, Cristian Panucci, and Marco Cassetti
Marco Cassetti
Marco Cassetti is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie A side Roma, as a center back or right-back. He is a hard working, versatile player who is able to cross the ball well.-Early career:...
. He also played both legs of UEFA Champions League round of 32 matches that lost to Arsenal
Arsenal F.C.
Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...
.
With the loan deal, the capital club obtained the option to for the right to buy half of the player's contract in June for €3.5million or outright for €7million in three installments.
On 24 June 2009 Roma exercised their right to sign half of Motta's contract for pre-agreed price.
Following the resignation of Spalletti, and the appointment of Claudio Ranieri
Claudio Ranieri
Claudio Ranieri, is an Italian football manager, currently in charge as head coach of Internazionale.He has also managed many other well-known clubs in Europe, including Cagliari, Napoli, Fiorentina, Valencia, Atlético Madrid, Chelsea, Parma, Juventus and Roma.-Early life:Ranieri attended St...
, Motta lost his place in the Roma first team, and failed to became regular starter and made just 16 appearances during the entire 2009–10 Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
season. At the conclusion of the season, the two clubs failed to agree price on him to negotiate the co-ownership and on 25 June 2010, the deal went to a blind auction (submit the bid by envelope). Udinese repurchased Motta after winning the auction on 26 June. for €1.45M.
Juventus
On 2 July 2010 Juventus F.C.Juventus F.C.
Juventus Football Club S.p.A. , commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve , are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin, Piedmont...
agreed a loan deal for Motta with Udinese for the 2010–2011 season. Juventus have the option to sign Motta permanently at the end of the season, as Juventus was seeking a new right back to replace Martín Cáceres
Martín Cáceres
José Martín Cáceres Silva is an Uruguayan professional footballer who plays for Sevilla FC in La Liga.His primary position is central defender, but he can also operate at right or left back.-Early years:...
and Jonathan Zebina
Jonathan Zebina
Jonathan Zebina is a French footballer playing for Stade Brestois 29. He plays as a right back and occasionally as a centre back, though he started out as a striker....
. Motta then joined the Juventus squad which they would left from Vinovo
Vinovo
Vinovo is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 14 km southwest of Turin.Vinovo is home to the training ground of Serie A giants Juventus which is located within the municipality. It is also the home of St...
, Juventus's facility located to Pinzolo
Pinzolo
Pinzolo is a small town and comune situated in Val Rendena in Trentino in the northern Italian Alps at an altitude of 800 m.It is mainly known as a ski resort during the winter months.-External links:...
, the camp site for pre-season training, in although the deal was pending a formal finalization. On 5 July, Juventus announced the deal was completed, which cost €1.25 million for the loan with option to made it permanently for a further €3.75 million. He made his official Juventus debut on 29 July 2010 in the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League qualifier against Shamrock Rovers
Shamrock Rovers F.C.
Shamrock Rovers Football Club are a professional football club from Dublin, Ireland. They compete in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland and are the most successful club in Irish football history. The club have won the League of Ireland title a record 17 times and the FAI Cup a record 24...
, ahead Zdeněk Grygera
Zdenek Grygera
Zdeněk Grygera is a Czech football player who is currently playing for English club Fulham. He is usually a right back or centre back but can play anywhere in defence.-Early career:...
as right back. The Old Lady won the Ireland side 3–0 in aggregate. Since mid-October, Grygera regained his starting place and Motta had to appear as unused substitute on the bench.
On 22 June Juventus excised the rights to sign him along with Simone Pepe
Simone Pepe
Simone Pepe is an Italian footballer who plays as a right winger for Serie A club Juventus. He is known for his high versatility and can play on either side of the pitch and even as a right fullback-Club career:...
in pre-agreed price.
International career
Since 2005, Motta has been a member of the Italy U-21 national teamItaly national under-21 football team
The Italy national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Italy and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation.The team competes in the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, held every two years...
. In 2007, after the 2007 Euro U-21
2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
The UEFA U-21 Championship 2007 were held from 10 June 2007 to 23 June 2007. It is the 16th staging of UEFA's European Under-21 Football Championship....
, he was named captain of the side. He also represented Italy at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2003 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship
2003 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship
-Group B:---------------------Semifinals:-----Third Place Playoff:-Final:-References:**...
, 2006–07 Under-20 Four Nations Tournament
Italy/Germany/Switzerland under-20 Four Nations Tournament
Torneo Quattro Nazioni Under-20 is the annual under-20 football tournament. Since 2003-04 edition until 2009-10 edition, the participate nations were Austria, Germany, Italy and Switzerland, the Alps nations.-2009–10:----------------------------...
, 2008 Toulon Tournament
2008 Toulon Tournament
The 2008 Toulon Tournament was the 36th edition of the Toulon Tournament, and was held from 20 May to 29 May 2008. Tournament finished with the final between Italy and Chile at Stade Mayol in Toulon as Italy had the title after the final score of 1–0, scored by Pablo Daniel Osvaldo on 70th...
and 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
The 2009 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship began on 15 June 2009, and was the 17th UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship. This was the first tournament after the competition reverted to a two-year format, following the single-year 2006-07 competition, which allowed the change to...
, he missed 2006 edition
2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
-Group B:---------------------Knockout stage:-Semi-finals:-----Final:-Goalscorers:4 goals Klaas Jan Huntelaar3 goals Thomas Kahlenberg Nicky Hofs2 goals Bryan Bergougnoux Ruslan Fomin Artem Milevskiy...
due to injury, where he played 4 out of possible 8 in qualifying since made his U21 debut.
On 22 March 2009, Motta received his first call-up to the Italian national team
Italy national football team
The Italy National Football Team , represents Italy in association football and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation , the governing body for football in Italy. Italy is the second most successful national team in the history of the World Cup having won four titles , just one fewer than...
for the games against Montenegro
Montenegro national football team
The Montenegro national football team represents Montenegro in association football and is controlled by the Football Association of Montenegro, the governing body for football in Montenegro...
and the Republic of Ireland
Republic of Ireland national football team
The Republic of Ireland national football team represents Ireland in association football. It is run by the Football Association of Ireland and currently plays home fixtures at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, which opened in May 2010....
but remained an unused substitute.
He made his debut with the senior team on 10 August 2010, under new head coach Cesare Prandelli
Cesare Prandelli
Cesare Claudio Prandelli is an Italian football coach and former player. He is currently the manager of the Italy national football team.-Playing career:...
, in the friendly match lost 1–0 against Côte d'Ivoire
Côte d'Ivoire national football team
The Côte d'Ivoire National Football Team or Ivory Coast National Football Team, nicknamed Les Éléphants , represents Côte d'Ivoire in international football and is controlled by the Fédération Ivoirienne de Football...
.
Career statistics
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Atalanta B.C.
Atalanta Bergamasca Calcio, commonly known as just Atalanta, Atalanta Bergamo or the abbreviation Atalanta BC, is an Italian football club based in Bergamo, Lombardy.They are nicknamed the Nerazzurri and the orobici...
||rowspan="8"|Serie A
Serie A
Serie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
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|2005–06||rowspan="2"|Udinese
Udinese Calcio
Udinese Calcio is an Italian football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, and currently plays in the Serie A. Founded in 1896, Udinese is the second oldest club in the Serie A, after Genoa....
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|2006-07||16||0||0||0||0||0||16||0
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|2007-08||Torino
Torino F.C.
Torino Football Club, commonly referred to as simply Torino, is a professional Italian football club based in Turin, Piedmont, that was founded in 1906. The club has spent most of its history in the top tier in Italian football....
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|rowspan="2"|2008-091||Udinese
Udinese Calcio
Udinese Calcio is an Italian football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, and currently plays in the Serie A. Founded in 1896, Udinese is the second oldest club in the Serie A, after Genoa....
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|rowspan="2"|Roma
A.S. Roma
Associazione Sportiva Roma, commonly referred to as simply Roma, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma have participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence but one season in the early 50s...
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|2009–10
2009–10 Serie A
The 2009–10 Serie A was the seventy-eighth season since its establishment. There were three promoted teams from the Serie B, replacing the three teams that were relegated following the 2008–09 season. Nike provided a new match ball - the T90 Ascente - for this season...
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|2010–11
2010–11 Serie A
The 2010–11 Serie A was the 79th season since its establishment, the first under a league committee separate from Serie B. It began on 28 August 2010 and ended on 22 May 2011...
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Juventus F.C.
Juventus Football Club S.p.A. , commonly referred to as Juventus and colloquially as Juve , are a professional Italian association football club based in Turin, Piedmont...
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Notes
- Note 1: Motta signed for Roma during mid season.
As of 31 July 2010
Honours
Champions:- Toulon TournamentToulon TournamentThe Toulon Tournament is a football tournament which traditionally features invited national teams composed of under-21 players, although the first tournament in 1967 featured club teams...
: 2008
Runner-up:
- Serie ASerie ASerie A , now called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since 1929. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new...
: 2009–10 - Coppa ItaliaCoppa ItaliaThe Coppa Italia is an Italian football annual cup competition. Its first edition was held in 1922, but the second champions were not crowned until 1936. Roma and Juventus lead the way with nine wins. Roma has contested more finals, 16, while Torino and Juventus follow with 13...
: 2009–10