Giovanni Martina (born 20 January 1987) is an Italian footballer who plays for Bassano.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1987-01-20) 20 January 1987 (age 35) | ||
| Place of birth | Vittorio Veneto, Italy | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Bassano | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Treviso | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2009 | Treviso | 5 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | → Pizzighettone (loan) | 22 | (0) |
| 2009– | Bassano | 17 | (0) |
| 2011 | → Viareggio (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Born in Vittorio Veneto, the Province of Treviso, Martina started his career at Treviso. In his last year with Treviso's under-20 youth team, he also played 3 Serie B games. In the first game he replaced Gianni Guigou in the 63rd minute on 8 October 2006, drawing 0–0 with Piacenza.[1] In July 2007 he was loaned to Pizzighettone along with Eros Bagnara.[2] On 1 July 2008 Martina returned to Treviso but only played 2 times in Serie B, which the team relegated and then bankrupted.
On 5 August 2009 he joined Bassano on free transfer.[3] He played a career high of 13 games, and in June his contract was extended.[4] That season despite finished seventh in the Group B of 2009–10 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione, the team promoted to Prima Divisione to fill the vacancies by the bankrupted teams. He only played 4 times in his maiden Prima Divisione season before moved to fellow Prima Divisione team Viareggio (but from another group, Group B), in exchange with forward Cristian Longobardi.[5][6] he was the understudy of Nicolò Brighenti; just played four times: started once as right-back (but sent off at first half),[7] replacing centre-back Lorenzo Fiale once and left-back Davide Bertolucci twice respectively.