[5][8] Udinese Calcio 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.

He also made his European debut for Udinese, on 2 November 2005, substituting David Di Michele in the 73rd minute in a 3–4 defeat to Werder Bremen.

[8] On 28 July 2007, Torino announced the one-year loan signing of Motta from Udinese, re-joining former teammate Cesare Natali, who was sold to Turin weeks earlier.

[14] Mainly an understudy to Gianluca Comotto, he made 24 league appearances (14 as starting XI) for his club, also scoring his second career Serie A goal.

Following a successful loan period, the player returned to Udinese ahead of the 2008–09 Serie A season, due to the injury of Cristián Zapata (right-back or central back).

"[citation needed] Motta then earned a starting position under Spalletti, beating off competition from the likes of Cicinho, Cristian Panucci, and Marco Cassetti.

[17][18] 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.

[19] Following the resignation of Spalletti, and the appointment of Claudio Ranieri, 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 Serie A 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,[20] the deal went to a blind auction (submit the bid by envelope).

[25] He made his official Juventus debut on 29 July 2010 in the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League qualifier against Shamrock Rovers, ahead of Zdeněk Grygera as right back.

Motta joined Calcio Catania on a loan from Juventus on 30 January, one day before the end of the winter transfer period.

[35] Motta made his Persija Jakarta's debut in a pre-season 2020 East Java Governor Cup in a 4–1 win against Persela Lamongan on 11 February.

On 15 January 2022, Motta scored his first goal for the club, a late equaliser against Persela Lamongan at the Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium.

On 22 March 2009, Motta received his first call up to the Italy national team for the games against Montenegro and the Republic of Ireland[44] but remained an unused substitute.

He made his debut with the senior team on 10 August 2010, under new head coach Cesare Prandelli, in the friendly match lost 1–0 against Ivory Coast.