Marco Motta (; born 14 May 1986) is an Italian professional

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who plays as a

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. Motta is a former

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international and made his senior international appearance in 2010; at youth level, he participated in the

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with Italy.

Club career

Atalanta

Born in

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, Motta began his professional career with Lombardy side

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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

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in the 65th minute. On 13 January he was a starter in the

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, ahead

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, a match in which

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was eliminated in a 5–3 aggregate. Motta made 22 appearances (3 in the

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) 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

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in a co-ownership deal, for €2.05 million,Atalanta B.C. S.p.A. ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2006 (in Italian)
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season. Udinese also signed several players from

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, namely

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(50% for €450,000),

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and young players Massimo Gotti,

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(50%), and Michele Rinaldi (loan); Simultaneously sending

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and

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(50%) to Bergamo as part of the deal for a total of €2 million.Atalanta B.C. S.p.A. ''bilancio'' (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2008 (in Italian)
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Udinese

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. An understudy of

once again, he made six league appearances and netted one goal. He also made his European debut for Udinese, on 2 November 2005, substituting

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in the 73rd minute in a 3–4 defeat to

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. On 30 January 2006, he was injured and ruled out for the remainder of season. He remained in

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for the

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season, as well, and he made 16 additional league appearances (all as starting XI) with his club. In June 2007, Udinese bought the remainder of his contract from

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for an additional €800,000, but the player did not remain in

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for the 2007–08 campaign. Atalanta also signed

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from Udine as part-exchange deal. On 28 July 2007,

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announced the one-year loan signing of Motta from Udinese, re-joining former teammate

, who was sold to Turin weeks earlier. Mainly an understudy to

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, he made 24 league appearances (14 as starting XI) for his club, also scoring his second career

goal. Following a successful loan period, the player returned to Udinese ahead of the

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season, due to the injury of

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(right-back or central back). At Udine, he competed the starting line-up with

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(who can play left or right back),

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(who can play left or central back) and

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(left-back or winger). He played eight league matches as a starter out of fourteen Serie A appearances that season. But at

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, 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

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for the next season (who can play winger or right-back) and since Zapata recovered, he was loaned to

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, agreed a -year deal, which he earned a gross salary (pre-tax income) of €300,000 for the remaining six months of 2008–09 season and increased to €660,000 in the 2009–10 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,

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. 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

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, Cristian Panucci, and

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. He also played both legs of

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round of 32 matches that lost to

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. 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

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, Motta lost his place in the Roma first team, and failed to become a regular starter and made just 16 appearances during the entire 2009–10

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,

agreed a loan deal for Motta with Udinese for the 2010–2011 season. Juventus had the option to sign Motta permanently at the end of the season, as Juventus was seeking a new right back to replace

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and

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. Motta then joined the Juventus squad which they would leave from

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, Juventus's facility located to

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, 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 make it permanently for a further €3.75 million. He made his official Juventus debut on 29 July 2010 in the

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qualifier against

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, ahead of

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as right back. The Old Lady won the Ireland side 3–0 in aggregate. Grygera alter regained his starting place and Motta had to appear as unused substitute on the bench for much of the 2010–11 Serie A campaign. On 22 June 2011 Juventus exercised the rights to sign Motta along with

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for a pre-agreed price. Following his permanent transfer to the club, he became a surplus to requirements under new coach Antonio Conte and failed to make any appearances for the club alongside the likes of Carvalho Amauri,

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, and

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, all of whom were released during the 2012 winter transfer market on either loan deals or permanent transfers.

Loan deals

Motta joined

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on a loan from

on 30 January, one day before the end of the winter transfer period. His second league match for the club was coincidentally against his parent club,

, and he was sent off 56 minutes into the match for a rash challenge on former teammate

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, having already been booked. Catania eventually lost the match, 3–1. He returned to Juventus on 30 June 2012 and was loaned to

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on 19 July from Juventus F.C. with an option to buy 50% of the player. Bologna did not exercise their option to purchase the play's registration rights and he returned to Juventus once more. On 23 January 2014, he moved to

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on loan for the remainder of the 2013–14 season.

Watford

Having left Juventus, Motta completed a move to

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side

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on 26 February 2015. He made his debut in a 1–0 win against Fulham on 3 March 2015. However, following Watford's promotion to the

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, Motta was released by the club.

Charlton

In January 2015 numerous reports stated that Motta was on the verge of a transfer to

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.On 12 February 2016 Motta signed for Championship side

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on a deal until the end of the 2015–16 season. He was released at the end of the season.

Almería

On 31 January 2017, Motta signed a contract with

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side

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until 2019, after impressing on a trial basis. He scored his first goal for the club on 3 December, netting the opener in a 2–1 home defeat of

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. On 9 July 2018, after being an undisputed starter, Motta terminated his contract with Almería.

Omonia

On 11 July 2018, Motta agreed to a contract with Cypriot club

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. Motta missed the first half of the 2018-19 season because of a problem in the back and eventually debuted on 17 February 2019 against

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. He finished the season with 8 league appearances and left the club in the end of June 2019.

Persija Jakarta

In February 2020, Motta signed a contract with Indonesian club in Liga 1 side

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on a 2-year contract, after playing in

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with

. Motta made his Persija Jakarta's debut in a pre-season

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in a 4–1 win against

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on 11 February. and on 1 March, Motta made his league debut in a 3–2 win against

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at the

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. Then, 26 days later, this season was suspended on 27 March due to the

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. The season was abandoned and was declared void on 20 January 2021. On 15 January 2022, Motta scored his first goal for the club, a late equaliser against

at the

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International career

Since 2005, Motta has been a member of the Italy U-21 national team. In 2007, after the 2007 Euro U-21, he was named

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of the side. He also represented Italy at the

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, 2006–07 Under-20 Four Nations Tournament,

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and

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, 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

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for the games against

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and the

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but remained an unused substitute. He made his debut with the senior team on 10 August 2010, under new head coach

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, in the friendly match lost 1–0 against

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Career statistics

Club

;Notes * Note 1: Motta signed for Roma on loan during mid season. * Note 2: Motta signed for Catania on loan during mid season. As of 31 December 2013

International

Honours

Club

;Roma *

runner-up: 2009–10 *

runner-up: 2009–10 ;Juventus *

: 2013–14 *

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; Persija Jakarta * Menpora Cup:

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International

;Italy U21 *

Toulon Tournament The Toulon Tournament (officially the Festival International "Espoirs" – Tournoi Maurice Revello) is a football (training match) tournament, which traditionally features invited national teams composed of youth players from U-17 to U-23 level. ...

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

Individual

* Menpora Cup Best Eleven:

References

External links

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National Team data at FIGC

Profile at AIC.Football.it
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Motta, Marco 1986 births Living people Italian footballers Italy international footballers Olympic footballers of Italy Italy youth international footballers Italy under-21 international footballers Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Italian expatriate footballers Serie A players Segunda División players English Football League players Cypriot First Division players Liga 1 (Indonesia) players Atalanta B.C. players Udinese Calcio players Torino F.C. players A.S. Roma players Juventus F.C. players Catania S.S.D. players Genoa C.F.C. players Watford F.C. players Charlton Athletic F.C. players UD Almería players AC Omonia players Persija Jakarta players Italian expatriate sportspeople in England Italian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Italian expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia Expatriate footballers in England Expatriate footballers in Spain Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Expatriate footballers in Indonesia Association football fullbacks People from Merate Footballers from Lombardy Sportspeople from the Province of Lecco