Thiago Motta
- Sport: soccer
- Team: Atletico Madrid
- Position: midfielder
- Nationality: Brazil
- Birth date: 1982-08-28 (26 years)
- Place of birth: São Bernardo do Campo, Sã , Brazil
Thiago Motta is a Brazilian international footballer who currently plays for the Spanish powerhouse Atletico Madrid. Motta is a defensive midfielder and is a product of the FC Barcelona youth academy.
Thiago Motta was born in Brazil but he was inducted into the Barcelona youth team very early on. Motta began his professional career with FC Barcelona B in 1999 and made his senior debut in 2001.
Motta exhibited great promise in his youthful years and was quite a regular for Barcelna until 2003. But thereafter a new regime took over at Camp Nou. Moreover, Motta was plagued by a succession of injuries and consequently his form dipped.
In the summer of 2007, Thiago Motta was sold to Atletico Madrid for 2 million euros after he was deemed a surplus at Barcelona. But he was troubled by a recurrence of the knee injuries and Motta has have had to watch the 2007-2008 season mostly from the sidelines.
Thiago Motta was born in Brazil but he was inducted into the Barcelona youth team very early on. Motta began his professional career with FC Barcelona B in 1999 and made his senior debut in 2001.
Motta exhibited great promise in his youthful years and was quite a regular for Barcelna until 2003. But thereafter a new regime took over at Camp Nou. Moreover, Motta was plagued by a succession of injuries and consequently his form dipped.
In the summer of 2007, Thiago Motta was sold to Atletico Madrid for 2 million euros after he was deemed a surplus at Barcelona. But he was troubled by a recurrence of the knee injuries and Motta has have had to watch the 2007-2008 season mostly from the sidelines.
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