Simone Motta
{{short description|Italian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Simone Motta
| image = Simone Motta 3.jpg
| image_size = 200
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|8|26|df=y}}
| birth_place = Udine, Italy
| height = 1.83 m
| position = Striker
| currentclub = Pordenone (U19 manager)
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Udinese
| years1 = 1996–1997 | caps1 = 29 | goals1 = 2 | clubs1 = Valdagno
| years2 = 1997–2000 | caps2 = 65 | goals2 = 25 | clubs2 = Pordenone
| years3 = 1998–1999 | caps3 = 24 | goals3 = 10 | clubs3 = → Santa Lucia (loan)
| years4 = 2000–2002 | caps4 = 55 | goals4 = 30 | clubs4 = South Tyrol
| years5 = 2002–2003 | caps5 = 31 | goals5 = 23 | clubs5 = Teramo
| years6 = 2003–2006 | caps6 = 52 | goals6 = 6 | clubs6 = Bari
| years7 = 2005 | caps7 = 12 | goals7 = 1 | clubs7 = → Ascoli (loan)
| years8 = 2005–2006 | caps8 = 35 | goals8 = 8 | clubs8 = → Rimini (loan)
| years9 = 2006–2008 | caps9 = 65 | goals9 = 28 | clubs9 = Pistoiese
| years10 = 2008–2009 | caps10 = 34 | goals10 = 14 | clubs10 = Cesena
| years11 = 2009–2013 | caps11 = 80 | goals11 = 23 | clubs11 = Novara
| years12 = 2011–2012 | caps12 = 32 | goals12 = 5 | clubs12 = → Triestina (loan)
| years13 = 2013–2014 | caps13 = 3 | goals13 = 2 | clubs13 = Tamai
| years14 = 2014–2015 | caps14 = | goals14 = | clubs14 = Virtus Corno
| years15 = 2016–2017 | caps15 = | goals15 = | clubs15 = Lumignacco
| manageryears1 = 2014–2015 | managerclubs1 = Virtus Corno (youth)
| manageryears2 = 2015–2016 | managerclubs2 = Virtus Corno
| manageryears3 = 2017–2018 | managerclubs3 = Pordenone (U19 technical coach)
| manageryears4 = 2018 | managerclubs4 = Pordenone (U19)
| manageryears5 = 2018–2019 | managerclubs5 = Pordenone (U17)
| manageryears6 = 2021–2022 | managerclubs6 = Pordenone (U17)
| manageryears7 = 2022– | managerclubs7 = Pordenone (U19)
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Simone Motta (born 26 August 1977) is an Italian football coach and a former player who is the manager of the Under-19 squad of Pordenone.
Motta spent most of his career in Italian lower divisions, scoring 85 goals in Lega Pro Prima Divisione; 32 goals in Lega Pro Seconda Divisione and 23 goals in Serie B. (as of the 2011–12 season)
Biography
=Early career=
Born in Udine, Friuli, Motta started his career at Udinese youth team. After a season with Serie C2 team Valdagno, he spent 3 seasons in Serie D. In the 1999–2000 Serie D season he scored 17 goals and won a contract from Serie C2 team South Tyrol.
He scored an average of 15 goals a season and left for Serie C1 side Teramo in 2002. He scored a career high of 23 goals and the team entered the promotion playoffs. He scored a goal in the playoff but the team was eliminated after a 1–1 draw with Martina and had fewer points in the regular season. His goal scoring ability made him earn a transfer to Serie B club Bari.
=Bari=
In July 2003, he left for Serie B club Bari, in the first season he scored 3 goals only. In 2004–05 Serie B season he lost his starting place and left for fellow Serie B side Ascoli in January 2005,{{cite news|url=http://www.ascolicalcio.net/altre_news.asp?id=360|title=Primo allenamento per Cordova e Motta|date=31 January 2005|accessdate=26 October 2010|work=Ascoli Claico 1898|language=Italian}} which the team won promotion to Serie A due to Caso Genoa, his greatest achievement so for. He scored a goal for Ascoli, and mainly as a substitute.
In July 2005, he was loaned to newly promoted Serie B club Rimini, which he had to compete with Davide Moscardelli and Sergio Floccari for the strikers role in a 4–4–2 formation until Floccari departed in January. That season Rimini finished as the 17th place, just above the teams that entered relegation play-out.
=Pistoiese=
In 2006, he returned to Serie C1{{cite news|url=http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/2006/luglio/20/Mocarelli_Perugia_ga_10_060720002.shtml|title=Mocarelli va al Perugia|date=20 July 2006|accessdate=26 October 2010|work=La Gazzetta dello Sport|language=Italian|last=Binda|first=Nicola}} and scored 18 goals for Pistoiese. In the next season, he scored 10 goals and 3 more goals in relegation playout, made the team secured a place in 2008–09 Lega Pro Prima Divisione by winning Sangiovannese 4–0.
=Cesena=
In August 2008, he was signed by newly relegated Lega Pro Prima Divisione team Cesena for €142,500 in a 2-year contract.AC Cesena SpA Report and Accounts on 30 June 2009 {{in lang|it}}{{cite news|url=http://www.cesenacalcio.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=874:motta-el-cesena&catid=9:squadra&Itemid=126|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306040124/http://www.cesenacalcio.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=874:motta-el-cesena&catid=9:squadra&Itemid=126|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 March 2012|title=Motta è del Cesena|date=9 August 2008|access-date=26 October 2010|work=AC Cesena|language=Italian}} He scored 14 league goals with the champion winning side, thus winning a promotion again.
=Novara=
In 2009, he remained at Prima Divisione, but for Novara, in exchange with Davide Sinigaglia.{{cite news|url=http://www.cesenacalcio.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2111:scambio-col-novara-motta-ai-piemontesi-sinigaglia-al-cesena&catid=1:news&Itemid=124|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927132638/http://www.cesenacalcio.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2111:scambio-col-novara-motta-ai-piemontesi-sinigaglia-al-cesena&catid=1:news&Itemid=124|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 September 2011|title=Scambio col Novara: Motta ai piemontesi, Sinigaglia al Cesena |publisher=AC Cesena|date=10 July 2009 |access-date=26 October 2010|language=Italian}}{{cite news|url=http://archiviostorico.gazzetta.it/2009/luglio/09/Colpo_Pro_Patria_Ripa_Morandi_ga_10_090709050.shtml|title=Colpo Pro Patria: c' è Ripa Morandi per il Novara|date=9 July 2009|accessdate=26 October 2010|work=La Gazzetta dello Sport|language=Italian|last1=Binda|first1=Nicola|last2=D'Angelo|first2=Vincenzo}} Motta was valued €720,000 while Sinigaglia for €500,000. Motta signed a 4-year contract.Novara Calcio SpA bilancio on 31 December 2009 {{in lang|it}}, [http://www.registroimprese.it CCIAA] {{in lang|it}} Partnered with Cristian Bertani, they scored 26 goals and Motta contributed 15 of them as team top-scorer, and won promotion to Serie B as champion. In the next season, Pablo Andrés González and Bertani were the starting forward, which Motta moved to midfielder as attacking midfielder in the 4–3–1–2 formation. He made 34 starts in 2010–11 Serie B.
After a loan to Trieste, Motta signed a new 2-year contract with Novara as the club relegated from Serie A.{{cite news|url=http://www.novaracalcio.com/portal/IT/handle/?page=media_ufficiostampa_notizie&vn=2069|title=MOTTA IN AZZURRO FINO AL 2014|date=11 July 2012|accessdate=28 July 2012|publisher=Novara Calcio|language=Italian}}
In July 2013 he was released.{{cite news|url=http://www.novaracalcio.com/portal/IT/handle/?page=media_ufficiostampa_notizie&vn=3573|title=RISOLUZIONE DEL CONTRATTO PER SIMONE MOTTA|date=16 July 2013|accessdate=9 December 2013|publisher=Novara Calcio|language=Italian}}
=Serie D=
Honours
- Lega Pro Prima Divisione: 2009 (Cesena), 2010 (Novara)
- Lega Pro Prima Divisione top-scorer (regular season): 2003 (Teramo)
References
{{Reflist}}
- {{cite news|url=http://www.cesenacalcio.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=875:la-carriera-di-simone-motta&catid=9:squadra&Itemid=126|title=La carriera di Simone Motta|date=9 August 2008|accessdate=26 October 2010|work=AC Cesena|language=Italian}}
External links
- [http://www.gazzetta.it/speciali/risultati_classifiche/calcio/giocatori/giocatore_simone_motta_272659480.shtml La Gazzetta dello Sport Profile] {{in lang|it}}
- [http://aic.football.it/scheda/5334/motta-simone.htm Football.it Profile] {{in lang|it}}
- {{TuttoCalciatori|Motta_Simone}}
- {{Soccerway|simone-motta/93618}}
- [http://www.novaracalcio.com/portal/IT/handle/?page=team_rosa&vp=motta Novara Profile] {{in lang|it}}
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Category:Italian men's footballers
Category:Udinese Calcio players
Category:SSD Città di Teramo players
Category:Ascoli Calcio 1898 FC players
Category:Rimini FC 1912 players
Category:FC Pistoiese SSD players
Category:US Triestina Calcio 1918 players
Category:Men's association football forwards