Dani Martín (footballer, born 1998)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Daniel Martín Fernández | ||
Date of birth | 8 July 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Gijón, Spain | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Betis | ||
Number | 13 | ||
Youth career | |||
Sporting Gijón | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2018 | Sporting B | 63 | (0) |
2017–2019 | Sporting Gijón | 4 | (0) |
2019– | Betis | 4 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2014–2015 | Spain U17 | 4 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Spain U19 | 4 | (0) |
2016 | Spain U20 | 2 | (0) |
2019– | Spain U21 | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 January 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 October 2019 |
Daniel "Dani" Martín Fernández (born 8 July 1998) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Real Betis as a goalkeeper.
Club career
Born in Gijón, Asturias, Martín represented Sporting de Gijón as a youth. Promoted to the reserves ahead of the 2016–17 season, he made his senior debut on 21 August 2016 by starting in a 7–0 Tercera División home routing of UC Ceares.[1]
Martín made his first-team debut on 19 September 2017, starting and making several key stops which included a penalty kick, in a 1–1 home draw against CD Numancia, for the season's Copa del Rey (1–3 loss on penalties).[2] Late in the month, he extended his contract until 2021 and being definitely promoted to the main squad for the following campaign.[3]
Martín made his league debut at RCD Mallorca, replacing injured Diego Mariño in a match were Sporting was defeated by 1–2 in extra time. He contributed with four league appearances during the campaign, acting mainly as a backup to Mariño.
On 18 July 2019, Martín joined La Liga side Real Betis on a five-year deal.[4] As a result, Martín was the second-choice for league matches, and the first-choice for cup matches.
On 19 August, he made his La Liga debut for the team, after Joel Robles was sent off, due to a red card in 8 minutes, in a 1–2 home loss against Real Valladolid.
References
- ^ "El Sporting B golea al Ceares en su estreno liguero" [Sporting B thrash Ceares in their league debut] (in Spanish). El Comercio. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
- ^ "El Numancia sigue adelante pese a Dani Martín" [Numancia keep going despite Dani Martín] (in Spanish). Marca. 19 September 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
- ^ "El Sporting 'ata' a Dani Martín hasta 2021" [Sporting 'tie up' Dani Martín until 2021] (in Spanish). Cadena SER. 27 September 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
- ^ "El Real Betis incorpora a sus filas al guardameta Dani Martín" [Real Betis sign goalkeeper Dani Martín] (in Spanish). Real Betis. 18 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
External links
- Dani Martín at BDFutbol
- Dani Martín at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
- Dani Martín at Soccerway
- 1998 births
- Living people
- People from Gijón
- Spanish footballers
- Asturian footballers
- Association football goalkeepers
- La Liga players
- Segunda División B players
- Tercera División players
- Sporting de Gijón B players
- Sporting de Gijón players
- Real Betis players
- Spain youth international footballers
- Spain under-21 international footballers