Enrique Martín Sánchez

Quique Martín

Personal information
Full name	Enrique Martín Sánchez
Date of birth	29 December 1972 (1972-12-29)
Place of birth	Avilés, Spain
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Playing position	Forward
Youth career
	Barcelona
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1992–1995	Barcelona B	73	(7)
1995–1997	Mérida	68	(19)
1997–1999	Espanyol	53	(4)
1999–2001	Salamanca	70	(18)
2001–2002	Villarreal	14	(0)
2002–2003	Salamanca	33	(5)
2003–2005	Terrassa	66	(8)
2005–2011	Salamanca	180	(45)
National team
1990–1991	Spain U18	5	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Martín and the second or maternal family name is Sánchez.

Enrique 'Quique' Martín Sánchez (born 29 December 1972 in Avilés, Asturias) is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a forward.

In a 20-year professional career, he represented six different teams, namely Salamanca (three different spells).

Football career

An unsuccessful youth graduate at FC Barcelona – only appeared for the reserve squad – Martín went on to represent five clubs in his extensive professional career (CP Mérida, RCD Espanyol, UD Salamanca (two spells), Villarreal CF and Terrassa FC), in both the first and second divisions. His debut in the Spanish top flight arrived in 1995–96 with Mérida, appearing in 37 matches in an eventual relegation (he contributed with a career-best 15 goals in the following season, as the club immediately promoted back).

With the Castile and León club, he was instrumental in the 2006 promotion from Segunda División B. In the 2007–08 season, Martín finished the campaign as the player with most matches in the second level (338), adding that distinction to 13 league goals (squad best, joint-tenth in the competition). That earned him a one-year contract extension, aged almost 36.

In the 2009–10 season, 37-year old Martín begun to understandably slow down, playing almost 1,000 minutes less than in the previous campaign, also not managing to find the net, after scoring 25 in the last two combined; Salamanca barely avoided relegation, finishing in 16th position.

In June 2011, after the club dropped down a division, he retired from football at the age of 38 years and six months, having appeared in 529 games in both major levels of Spanish football combined (98 goals), 425 of those in the second level.

External links

• BDFutbol profile
• Futbolme profile (Spanish)