Damián Alberto Martínez (born 31 January 1990) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Rosario Central in the Argentine Primera División.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Damián Alberto Martínez | ||
| Date of birth | (1990-01-31) 31 January 1990 (age 32) | ||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back[1] | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Rosario Central | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| San Lorenzo | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2013 | San Lorenzo | 13 | (0) |
| 2011 | → Indep. Rivadavia (loan) | 32 | (1) |
| 2013–2014 | Aldosivi | 33 | (4) |
| 2014–2016 | Defensa y Justicia | 55 | (1) |
| 2016–2019 | Independiente | 2 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | → Unión Santa Fe (loan) | 45 | (2) |
| 2019–2020 | Unión Santa Fe | 13 | (0) |
| 2019– | Rosario Central | 53 | (3) |
| National team | |||
| 2007 | Argentina U17 | 12 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 March 2020 | |||
Martínez started his career with San Lorenzo in 2009, making his professional debut on 3 April in an Argentine Primera División match with Arsenal de Sarandí.[2][3] That was one of nine appearances for San Lorenzo between 2009 and 2010.[2] In 2011, Martínez was loaned out to Independiente Rivadavia of Primera B Nacional.[4] He remained for two seasons, 2010–11 and 2011–12, and scored one goal (versus Boca Unidos) in thirty-two matches.[2] He returned to San Lorenzo in 2012 and subsequently made two more appearances, prior to leaving permanently to sign for Primera B Nacional's Aldosivi in 2013.[2][5]
He scored in his first start for Aldosivi, in a 2–2 tie with Independiente on 17 August 2013.[2] In total, Martínez featured thirty-three times for Aldosivi throughout the 2013–14 campaign.[2] In June 2014, Martínez joined Argentine Primera División side Defensa y Justicia.[6] Three years later, after scoring once in fifty-five matches for the club, he left Defensa y Justicia to play for fellow top-flight team Independiente.[7][8] His first appearance for Independiente came against Defensa y Justicia on 8 August 2016, in a home defeat in the Copa Argentina.[2] On 2 August 2017, Unión Santa Fe loaned Martínez for 2017–18.[9]
Martínez won twelve caps and scored one goal, versus Paraguay, for the Argentina U17 team in 2007.[5] He was selected for the 2007 South American Under-17 Football Championship in Ecuador and the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup in South Korea.[10][11]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[lower-alpha 1] | League Cup | Continental[lower-alpha 2] | Other[lower-alpha 3] | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| San Lorenzo | 2008–09 | Primera División | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2009–10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2010–11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2011–12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 2012–13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |||
| Independiente Rivadavia (loan) | 2010–11 | Primera B Nacional | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | ||
| 2011–12 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 32 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 35 | 1 | ||||
| Aldosivi | 2013–14 | Primera B Nacional | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 33 | 4 | ||
| Defensa y Justicia | 2014 | Primera División | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | ||
| 2015 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||||
| 2016 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 55 | 1 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 61 | 1 | ||||
| Independiente | 2016–17 | Primera División | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2017–18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Unión Santa Fe (loan) | 2017–18 | Primera División | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 158 | 6 | 12 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 173 | 6 | |||
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