Abel Juan Martínez Colón (born 3 June 1993) is a Cuban international football player, who currently plays for GCE Villaralbo in the Primera Regional of Castille and León.[1]
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Abel Juan Martínez Colón | ||
Date of birth | (1990-06-03) 3 June 1990 (age 32) | ||
Place of birth | Havana, Cuba | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Villaralbo | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2015 | La Habana | ||
2016 | Cruz Azul Premier | ||
2016–2019 | La Habana | ||
2019–2020 | CD Castilla Palencia | ||
2020 | Lynx F.C. | ||
2020– | Villaralbo | ||
National team‡ | |||
2013 | Cuba U20 | 9 | (0) |
2016 | Cuba | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 May 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 March 2016 |
Back in Cuba, he played for his native provincial team La Habana.
In November 2020, Martínez signed for Spanish club GCE Villaralbo.[2]
Martinez was allowed by the Cuban FA to sign professional terms with Mexican side Cruz Azul Premier alongside compatriot Maykel Reyes in 2016,[3] only to be suspended for two years by FIFA for use of the banned substance furosemide while on Olympic duty with Cuba in Canada in September 2015.[4][5] Cruz Azul dismissed him subsequently, leaving him to work as a model while living with his girlfriend in Puebla.[6]
Martinez has played in the 2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup[7] and the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games tournament.
He made his senior international debut for Cuba in a January 2016 friendly match against Panama and has, as of January 2018, earned a total of 2 caps, scoring no goals.
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