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Raúl Martínez Sambulá
Personal information
Full name Raúl Martínez Sambulá
Date of birth (1963-03-14) 14 March 1963 (age 61)
Place of birth Tela, Honduras
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Vida
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1988 Olimpia
1988-1994 UA Tamaulipas 192 (7)
1994–1997 Victoria
International career
1988–1996 Honduras 28 (0)
Managerial career
2000 Victoria
2004 Honduras
2008 San Luis (assistant)
2009 UA Tamaulipas
2010-2011 Hispano
2012 Real Sociedad
2013-2014 Águila
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Template:Spanish name 2 Raúl Martínez Sambulá (born 14 March 1963) is a retired Honduran football player who made his name with the national team in the early 1990s. He currently is manager of Salvadorans Águila.

Club career

Martínez Sambulá started his career at Olimpia and then moved abroad for a lengthy spell at Mexican side UA Tamaulipas. He returned to Honduras in 1994 to finish his career at Victoria. In April 1986 he helped set Francisco Adelmo Herrera's record of 7 successive clean sheets when he scored in the 30th minute of Herrera's 8th game.

International career

Martínez Sambulá made his debut for Honduras in the late 1980s and has earned a total of 28 caps, scoring no goals. He has represented his country in 9 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[1][2] and played at the 1995 UNCAF Nations Cup,[3] as well as at the 1991,[4] 1993[5] and 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cups.[6]

His final international was an August 1996 friendly match against El Salvador.

Managerial career

After he quit playing he went into management and was assistant to Honduras national coach Bora Milutinovic in 2004[7] and taking over for 5 matches after Bora's dismissal. In 2009 he became in charge of his former Mexican team UA Tamaulipas.[8] He also managed Hispano[9] and with Real Sociedad he won promotion to the national league in summer 2012,[10] but was dismissed in November 2012 when results then went the wrong way.[11] He has also managed Victoria, Platense, Vida and Olimpia.[12] In September 2013, Sambulá replaced Vladan Vicevic in the hot seat at Águila.[13]

Personal life

Born to Marcos and Justina Martínez, Raúl was one of 12 children and five brothers who have played in the Honduran national league: Apollonio played at Atlántida, Olimpia and Atlético Portuario, Rudy at Universidad, Dagoberto played at Broncos and Fernando was part of Sula. There is even a sixth brother who played football, Mario, but he played in the second division with Curaçao.[14] He is married to Mercy Yamileth and has three daughters with her and another before he got married.

References

  1. ^ Raúl Martínez Sambulá – FIFA competition record (archived)
  2. ^ Raúl Martínez Sambulá – FIFA competition record (archived)
  3. ^ UNCAF Tournament 1995 - RSSSF
  4. ^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1991 - Full Details - RSSSF
  5. ^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1993 - Full Details - RSSSF
  6. ^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 1996 - Full Details - RSSSF
  7. ^ Bora Milutinovic renuncia a selección de Honduras - Terra Template:Es
  8. ^ Raúl Martínez Sambulá nuevo entrenador del Correcaminos - HonduDiario Template:Es
  9. ^ Raúl Martínez Sambulá: Es saludable para el fútbol jugar la liga con 11 equipos - La Tribuna Template:Es
  10. ^ Sambulá y Umanzor, en la mira del Real Sociedad - La Tribuna Template:Es
  11. ^ Separado Sambulá; suena Javier Padilla - La Tribuna Template:Es
  12. ^ Raúl Martínez Sambulá rechazó dirigir en Chile y Venezuela - Diez Template:Es
  13. ^ Raúl Martínez Sambulá, nuevo técnico del Águila de El Salvador - La Prensa Template:Es
  14. ^ Desafíe a Ismael - La Prensa Template:Es

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