Josué Isaac Martinez Areas (born 25 March 1990) is a Costa Rican footballer who currently plays for Guadalupe.

Josué Martinez

Personal information
Full name	Josué Isaac Martinez Areas
Date of birth	(1990-03-25) 25 March 1990 (age 32)
Place of birth	San José, Costa Rica
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Club information
Current team	Guadalupe
Youth career
	Saprissa
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2009–2011	Saprissa	66	(19)
2012	Philadelphia Union	18	(1)
2013	New York Red Bulls	1	(0)
2013–2014	Saprissa	15	(4)
2014	Santos de Guápiles	13	(1)
2014–2016	UCR	66	(16)
2016–2017	Herediano	11	(3)
2017	Pérez Zeledón	12	(1)
2018	Guadalupe	19	(3)
2018	Sporting San José
2019	Municipal Grecia	32	(7)
2020–2021	Antigua	44	(11)
2021	Sporting San José	16	(0)
2022–	Guadalupe	0	(0)
National team
2009	Costa Rica U20	7	(5)
2009–	Costa Rica	17	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:31, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Martinez began his career with top Costa Rican side Deportivo Saprissa. His first appearance with the club was in the 2009 Torneo de Invierno, this coming after a successful role in the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Martinez won one title with the club during the 2009–10 Costa Rican Primera División season the Campeonato de Verano 2010. Josué was an important part of The Purple Monster, being one of its top goalscorers in that tournament also scoring the 1-0 winning goal against Liga Deportiva Alajuelense in the first of two matches of "El Clásico" de Costa Rica, at Ricardo Saprissa Stadium in San José. He wore the number 28 for Saprissa and scored 19 goals in 66 league matches with the club.[1] Martinez also scored an important goal during the CONCACAF Champions League which sent Saprissa to the 2010-11 knockout stage. On 19 October 2010 in a match that was played in Seattle, Martinez's scored an 89th-minute goal beating Seattle Sounders goalkeeper, Kasey Keller which helped Saprissa to a 2–1 victory.

On 7 December 2011, Philadelphia Union signed the Costa Rican international.[2] In his first season in Major League Soccer Martinez appeared in 18 league matches and scored 1 goal. On 6 December 2012, Martinez was traded to New York Red Bulls along with allocation money for Sebastien Le Toux.[3]

Martínez was waived by New York on 29 March 2013.[4]

International career

Martinez was a prominent member of Costa Rica's 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup squad,[5] where Costa Rica placed 4th after losing to Hungary in the 3rd place match. He scored two goals in the competition.

Martinez is considered a promising prospect for Costa Rican football and its National Team, he debuted with the full national team in 2009 prior to his debut with the Saprissa first team. He was a member of Costa Rica's 2011 Copa América side, netting 1 goal in 3 matches during the competition.

Scores and results list. Costa Rica's goal tally first.

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	12 October 2010	Estadio Carlos Ugalde, San Carlos, Costa Rica	El Salvador	2–1	2–1	Friendly
2	7 July 2011	Estadio 23 de Agosto, Jujuy, Argentina	Bolivia	1–0	2–0	2011 Copa América

Career statistics

Club

Updated 29 March 2013.

International

Statistics accurate as of 7 December 2011

References

External links

• Josué Martínez at National-Football-Teams.com
• Josué Martínez at Soccerway

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