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Gary John Martin (born 10 October 1990) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Icelandic club Selfoss. Besides England, he has played in Hungary,[3] Iceland,[4] Belgium and Norway.[5]

Gary Martin

Martin with Lokeren in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Gary John Martin[1]
Date of birth	(1990-10-10) 10 October 1990 (age 31)[2]
Place of birth	Darlington, England
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2]
Position(s)	Striker
Club information
Current team	Selfoss
Youth career
0000–2010	Middlesbrough
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010	Middlesbrough	0	(0)
2010	→ Újpest (loan)	2	(0)
2010–2012	ÍA	36	(22)
2011	→ Hjørring (loan)	6	(0)
2012–2016	KR	69	(35)
2016–2017	Víkingur Reykjavík	13	(5)
2016–2017	→ Lillestrøm (loan)	10	(4)
2017	Lokeren	8	(0)
2017	York City	3	(0)
2018–2019	Lillestrøm	19	(2)
2019	Valur	3	(2)
2019–2021	ÍBV	31	(23)
2020	→ Darlington (loan)	6	(0)
2021–	Selfoss	38	(22)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 August 2022

Career

Martin was born in Darlington, County Durham.[6] He started his career with Middlesbrough, where he came through the club's youth system and was given a youth-team scholarship (YTS) in 2007.[7] He was a prolific goalscorer at both youth and reserve levels, scoring 19 goals in 39 matches for the academy team, and 17 goals in 26 appearances for the reserve team.[8] In June 2009, his YTS was extended by a year,[9] and in the build-up to the 2009–10 season he played with the first team in pre-season.[10] On 23 February 2010, Martin joined Nemzeti Bajnokság I club Újpest on loan until the end of the season.[11] He went on to make two league appearances during his spell with Újpest, coming on as a substitute in a 4–1 home win against Diósgyőr and a 1–0 defeat away to Lombard-Pápa.[2]

After being released by Middlesbrough in May 2010,[12] Martin signed for 1. deild karla club ÍA on 23 July 2010, initially on a short-term contract to the end of the season.[8] He made his debut five days later, coming on as a 54th-minute substitute for Stefán Örn Arnarson in the 1–1 draw with Fjölnir,[13] and scored his first goal for the club two weeks later in a 2–2 draw away to Þór Akureyri.[14] Martin joined Danish 1st Division club Hjørring on loan in August 2011,[15] making seven appearances[16] before the club decided to not extend his loan in November.[17]

After two successful seasons, Martin signed for Úrvalsdeild champions KR for a nominal fee.^{[citation needed]} In the 2013 season, KR again won the Úrvalsdeild title,[2] with Martin being joint top scorer in the league with 13 goals.[18] He was named the best foreign player in the league and was selected in the Team of the Year.^{[citation needed]} During the season, Martin also made his first appearance in the UEFA Europa League, scoring his first goal in that competition against Glentoran.[2] He was the Úrvalsdeild top scorer in the 2014 season with 13 goals.[19]

Martin signed for KR's Úrvalsdeild rivals Víkingur Reykjavík on 15 February 2016 on a three-year contract.[20] On 10 August 2016, he signed for Tippeligaen club Lillestrøm on loan for the remainder of the 2016 season, joining up with his former coach at KR, Rúnar Kristinsson.[21] He returned to Víkingur Reykjavík in January 2017.[22]

Martin signed for Belgian First Division A club Lokeren on 16 January 2017 on a two-and-a-half-year contract, where he again joined up with his former manager Rúnar Kristinsson.[23] Having not played at the beginning of the 2017–18 season, Martin was released on 18 October 2017.[24]

On 24 October 2017, Martin signed a three-year contract to return to Lillestrøm, effective from 1 January 2018.[25] He signed for National League North club York City on 2 November 2017 on a short-term contract,[26] playing for them in the interim period before his transfer to Lillestrøm.[27] He made his debut two days later in York's 2–1 home win over Curzon Ashton, in which he provided an assist for Jon Parkin to score the opening goal.[28] Martin scored his first goal in his fourth appearance, a 3–1 home victory over Coalville Town in the FA Trophy third qualifying round on 25 November 2017.[2][29] He scored the opening goal of the match, with a curling shot from the edge of the penalty area into the top-left corner.[29] Martin left the club two days later, because of what York described as a disciplinary issue.[30] It was reported in The Press that the club had discovered that he had been playing for Darlington Albion in the Darlington Sunday Morning Invitation League.[31]

Martin signed for Úrvalsdeild champions Valur on 7 January 2019 on a three-year contract.[32] However, after five months with Valur, he left the club to join fellow Úrvalsdeild club ÍBV.[33] He finished as top scorer in the 2019 Úrvalsdeild, with 14 goals for Valur and ÍBV combined.[34] Martin signed for his home-town club, Darlington of the National League North, on 11 January 2020 on loan until late March.[35] In April 2021, ÍBV terminated its contract with Martin after a teammate of his charged him to the police for posting a nude picture of him in a closed Snapchat group.[36] On 1 May, he signed with 1. deild karla club Selfoss.[37]

Career statistics

As of match played 18 September 2021

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup[lower-alpha 1]		League Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Újpest	2009–10[2]	Nemzeti Bajnokság I	2	0	1	0	—		—		—		3	0
ÍA	2010[38]	1. deild karla	9	10	—		—		—		—		9	10
	2011[38]	1. deild karla	16	9	1	1	—		—		—		17	10
	2012[38]	Úrvalsdeild	11	3	1	0	—		—		—		12	3
	Total		36	22	2	1	—		—		—		38	23
Hjørring (loan)	2011–12[16]	Danish 1st Division	6	0	1	0	—		—		—		7	0
KR	2012[38]	Úrvalsdeild	11	4	2	2	—		—		—		13	6
	2013[2][38]	Úrvalsdeild	22	13	3	1	—		4[lower-alpha 2]	1	1[lower-alpha 3]	0	30	15
	2014[2][38]	Úrvalsdeild	21	13	5	2	—		2[lower-alpha 4]	0	1[lower-alpha 3]	0	29	15
	2015[2][38]	Úrvalsdeild	15	5	3	1	—		4[lower-alpha 2]	0	1[lower-alpha 3]	0	23	6
	Total		69	35	13	6	—		10	1	3	0	95	42
Víkingur Reykjavík	2016[38]	Úrvalsdeild	13	5	1	0	—		—		—		14	5
Lillestrøm (loan)	2016[2]	Tippeligaen	10	4	—		—		—		—		10	4
Lokeren	2016–17[2]	Belgian First Division A	8	0	—		—		—		6[lower-alpha 5]	0	14	0
	2017–18[2]	Belgian First Division A	0	0	0	0	—		—		—		0	0
	Total		8	0	0	0	—		—		6	0	14	0
York City	2017–18[2][29]	National League North	3	0	—		—		—		1[lower-alpha 6]	1	4	1
Lillestrøm	2018[2]	Eliteserien	19	2	3	3	—		2[lower-alpha 2]	0	1[lower-alpha 7]	0	25	5
Valur	2019[2][38]	Úrvalsdeild	3	2	1	0	—		0	0	1[lower-alpha 3]	0	5	2
ÍBV	2019[2][38]	Úrvalsdeild	12	12	—		—		0	0	—		12	12
	2020[2][38]	1. deild karla	19	11	4	7	—		—		—		23	18
	2021[38]	1. deild karla	0	0	1	1	—		—		—		1	1
	Total		31	23	5	8	—		—		—		36	31
Darlington (loan)	2019–20[2]	National League North	6	0	—		—		0	0	1[lower-alpha 6]	0	7	0
Selfoss	2021[38]	1. deild karla	22	13	—		—		—		—		22	13
Career total			228	106	27	18	0	0	12	1	13	1	280	126

Honours

ÍA

• 1. deild karla: 2011[2]

KR

• Úrvalsdeild: 2013[2]
• Icelandic Cup: 2012,[2] 2014[2]
• Icelandic Super Cup: 2014[2]

References

External links

• Gary Martin at Soccerbase
• Gary Martin at Soccerbase

На других языках

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- [en] Gary Martin (footballer)

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[it] Gary Martin

Gary John Martin (Darlington, 10 ottobre 1990) è un calciatore inglese, attaccante del Selfoss.

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