He participated in India's Bordoloi Trophy with the club in 1973 and was also a member of the team that finished runners-up in both the league and Liberation Cup in 1977.

[3] In 1982, Motaleb joined Abahani Krira Chakra and in the same year scored in the tie-breaker against Team BJMC in the Federation Cup semi-final.

[5] Motaleb was a member of the first national team selected by coach Sheikh Shaheb Ali in 1973 for the Merdeka Cup held in Malaysia.

[6][7] On 13 August 1973, following the tournament's conclusion, Bangladesh played a friendly against Singapore, and defeated the hosts 1–0 to secure the nations first ever victory in international football.

During the game, Motaleb saved a penalty from Singapore, and also recorded the country's first ever cleansheet in international football.