He has also been known to use an attacking 4–2–3–1 formation.
Career statistics
Club
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|National Cup
!colspan="2"|League Cup
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="2"|Other
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
!Apps
!Goals
|-
|rowspan="7"|Barcelona
|2001–02
|rowspan="6"|La Liga
|18||1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||7||0||colspan="2"|—||25||1
|-
|2002–03
|21||3||0||0||colspan="2"|—||13||1||colspan="2"|—||25||2
|-
|2004–05
|8||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||colspan="2"|—||8||0
|-
|2005–06
|15||1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||7||0||2||0||25||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!96!!6!!2!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!39!!3!!2!!0!!139!!9
|-
|Atlético Madrid
|2007–08
|La Liga
|6||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||2||0||40||4
|-
|2010–11
|19||4||3||0||colspan="2"|—||5||0||29||5
|-
|2011–12
|10||3||1||0||colspan="2"|—||2||0||47||6
|-
|2014–15
|27||0||2||0||2||0||6
|-
!National team
!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
| rowspan="2" |Brazil
|2003|||2||0
|-
!Total
!2
!0
|-
|rowspan="7"|Italy
|2011
|6
|1
|-
|2012
|7
|0
|-
|2013
|5
|0
|-
|2014
|5
|0
|-
|2015
|0
|0
|-
|2016
|7
|0
|-
!Total
!30
!1
|-
!colspan="2"|Career total||32||1
|}
: Scores and results list Italy's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Motta goal.
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
|+ List of international goals scored by Thiago Motta
!No.!!Date!!Venue!!Opponent!!Score!!Result!!Competition
!
|-
| align=center | 1 || 25 March 2011 || Stadion Stožice, Ljubljana, Slovenia || || align=center | 1–0 || align="center" | 1–0 || UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
|
|22 October 2019
|28 December 2019
|-
|Spezia
|8 July 2021
|29 June 2022
|-
|Bologna
|12 September 2022
|24 May 2024
|-
|Juventus
|1 July 2024
|23 March 2025
|-
!colspan=3|Career Total
|}
Honours
Player
Barcelona
- La Liga: 2004–05, 2005–06
- Supercopa de España: 2006
- UEFA Champions League: 2005–06
Inter Milan
- Coupe de la Ligue: 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17
- Trophée des Champions: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Brazil
- South American Under-17 Football Championship: 1999
- CONCACAF Gold Cup runner-up: 2003
Italy
- UEFA European Championship runner-up: 2012
- Ligue 1 Team of the Year: 2013–14
Manager
Individual
- Serie A Coach of the Month: January 2022, February 2023, February 2024, March 2024
See also
- List of association footballers who have been capped for two senior national teams