Christian Martínez (Honduran footballer)

Christian Martínez
Personal information
Full name	Christian Samir Martínez Centeno
Date of birth	8 September 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	La Ceiba, Honduras
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Victoria
	Cagliari
2008	Rio Ave
Senior career*
Years	Team
2009	Peñarol
2009–2012	Real España
2012–2014	Motagua
2014–	Marathón
International career‡
2007	Honduras U-17
2008–2009	Honduras U-20
2010–	Honduras
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 August 2014; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 September 2009

Christian Samir Martínez Centeno (born 8 September 1990) is a Honduran football striker, who most recently played for F.C. Motagua.

Club career

Still a youngster, Martínez was bought by Serie A's Cagliari, arriving from Victoria. He would leave after just one season, having gathered no first-team appearances.

In the summer of 2008, Martínez joined Portugal's Rio Ave, although he spent the season with its junior side. Then he left for Peñarol, hoping to gain more first-team experience, but returned home after a few weeks, joining Real España. In August 2012, he signed for F.C. Motagua.^[2]

International career

Internationally, Martínez participated in the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, also attending the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup in South Korea, scoring against Spain. He also played for Honduras at the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt.^[3]

Martinez made his senior debut for Honduras in a September 2010 friendly match against El Salvador and has, as of January 2013, earned a total of 2 caps, scoring no goals.

References

^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009: List of Players: Honduras" (PDF). FIFA. 6 October 2009. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2009.
^ Diez.hn – Motagua inscribe a Cristian Martínez en Liga Nacional Archived 27 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine – 24 August 2012
^ Christian Martínez – FIFA competition record (archived)

External links

Christian Martínez at National-Football-Teams.com
Stats and profile at Zerozero^{[permanent dead link]}

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[FIFA-1] "FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009: List of Players: Honduras" (PDF). FIFA. 6 October 2009. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2009.

[2] Diez.hn – Motagua inscribe a Cristian Martínez en Liga Nacional Archived 27 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine – 24 August 2012

[3] Christian Martínez – FIFA competition record (archived)

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