Williams Martínez
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Williams Guillermo Martínez Fracchia | ||
Date of birth | 18 December 1982 | ||
Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
Date of death | 17 July 2021 | (aged 38)||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Youth career | |||
Defensor Sporting | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2001–2008 | Defensor Sporting | 93 | (8) |
2003 | → Ferro Carril (loan) | ||
2006 | → West Brom (loan) | 2 | (1) |
2008–2009 | Valenciennes | 7 | (0) |
2008–2009 | → Reims (loan) | 17 | (0) |
2009–2011 | Defensor Sporting | 23 | (0) |
2010–2011 | → Chacarita Juniors (loan) | 26 | (0) |
2011–2012 | Huachipato | 13 | (0) |
2012–2013 | Palestino | 26 | (0) |
2013–2014 | Cerro Porteño | 0 | (0) |
2014–2015 | River Plate Montevideo | 25 | (1) |
2015–2016 | Cerro | 30 | (2) |
2016 | Deportivo Táchira | 15 | (0) |
2016 | Rampla Juniors | 13 | (0) |
2017–2018 | River Plate Montevideo | 59 | (4) |
2019 | Ceuta | 6 | (1) |
2020–2021 | Rampla Juniors | 20 | (0) |
2021 | Villa Teresa | 3 | (0) |
International career | |||
2003 | Uruguay | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Williams Martínez Fracchia (18 December 1982 – 17 July 2021) was a Uruguayan professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
Club career
Martínez signed on loan for West Bromwich Albion of the Premier League in January 2006 until the end of the season, and made his Premier League debut as a half-time substitute against Fulham at Craven Cottage on 11 February 2006, a 6–1 defeat. He scored his first goal for the English club on 7 May 2006, an away game at Everton,[1] also his first start for the club, while also conceding a late penalty that gave Everton a 2–2 draw.
In January 2008, he signed a two-and-a-half-year deal with Valenciennes, and was loaned to Reims for the 2008–09 season. On 17 August 2009, upon his request, he was released by Valenciennes and signed by his former club Defensor Sporting.
International career
Martínez made his debut for the Uruguay national team in the 2003 Lunar New Year Cup.
Death
Martínez died on 17 July 2021 of suicide, aged 38, as a result of a depression caused by COVID-19-related inactivity. At the time of his death, he was playing for Villa Teresa.[2]
References
- ^ "Everton 2–2 West Brom". BBC. 7 May 2006. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
- ^ Comunicaciones, Compañia Chilena de. "Ex jugador de Palestino y Huachipato Williams Martínez falleció a los 38 años". alairelibre.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 July 2021.
External links
- Williams Martínez at National-Football-Teams.com
- tenfieldigital profile (in Spanish)
- Williams Martínez at Soccerbase
- Williams Martínez – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
- 1982 births
- 2021 deaths
- 2021 suicides
- Footballers from Montevideo
- Uruguayan footballers
- Association football central defenders
- Uruguay international footballers
- Defensor Sporting players
- Chacarita Juniors footballers
- West Bromwich Albion F.C. players
- Valenciennes FC players
- Stade de Reims players
- C.D. Huachipato footballers
- Club Deportivo Palestino footballers
- Cerro Porteño players
- Club Atlético River Plate (Montevideo) players
- C.A. Cerro players
- Deportivo Táchira F.C. players
- Rampla Juniors players
- Uruguayan Primera División players
- Premier League players
- Ligue 1 players
- Chilean Primera División players
- Uruguayan expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Chile
- Expatriate footballers in Argentina
- Expatriate footballers in Paraguay
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Expatriate footballers in France
- Expatriate footballers in Venezuela
- Uruguayan sportspeople of Italian descent
- Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Chile
- Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in England
- Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Argentina
- Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Paraguay
- Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in France
- Suicides in Uruguay
- Uruguayan football defender, 1980s birth stubs