Thiago Motta: career of Italian football from Paris Saint-Germain

Thiago Motta - professional Italian footballer of Brazilian origin (has dual citizenship), playing as tsentrbeka (defender) in the French club "Paris Saint-Germain," and the national team of Italy (from 1999 to 2003 played for the youth teams of Brazil). During his career, he played for clubs such as "Barcelona", Atlético de Madrid (both of Spain), "Genoa", "Internazionale" (Italy).

Thiago Motta has 23 club trophies, among which are two-fold in the championship "La Liga", a double triumph in the UEFA Champions League five times and the triumph of the French championship, "Liga 1". Together with the Brazilian national team football is a finalist for the CONCACAF Gold Cup (2003), and as part of the Italian national team - the silver medalist of the European Championship 2012 (a memorable defeat of the Spaniards with the score 4: 0).

Biography footballer

Thiago Motta was born on August 28, 1982 in Brazil. His early career spent in the Catalan Barcelona (from 1999 to 2001 played for the "Barcelona II"), where he played from 1999 to 2007. During this period, players had 180 matches and marked 17 goals.

A career in Atlético de Madrid

At the end of August 2007 it was bought by the Brazilian club, "Atletico Madrid" for the period was calculated on a one-year contract. Due to an injury, and Raul Garcia completed a career Ricardo Motta Maniche got a great chance to start playing at the heart of "mattress" and prove their worth in the field. Soon, however, the trouble and overtook him: Thiago suffered a serious knee injury, so that out of the game for the entire season. In total, the player spent the "Athletics" 6 matches.

A career in "Genoa"

In September 2008, Motta signed a one-year contract with the Italian "Genoa" on a free transfer. There footballer quickly adapted to the "Serie A" and became a regular player base under the guidance of Italian coach Gian Piero Gasperini. During the season 2008/2009 Thiago held for "red-blue" 27 games and scored 6 goals.

A career in the Internazionale Italian

In May 2009, the press published the official information on the transition Thiago in Italian "Inter". The amount of transition amounted to EUR 10 million. His first goal for the "snakes", he scored in the second round of the "Serie A" in the derby against the "Milan". In total, from 2009 to 2012 he played football here 55 matches and scored 11 goals. During this period, the club has won 6 trophies.

Interview of the French Paris Saint-Germain

At the end of January 2012, Thiago Motta has signed an agreement with the Paris Club of 10 million euros, which plays at the moment (in 2017 extended his contract for another season). In this club the Italian defender has achieved the greatest success - 12 trophies. In total for the "red-blue", he spent 157 games and scored 7 goals.