Gonzalo Martínez Explained

Gonzalo Martínez
Fullname:Gonzalo Martínez Caicedo
Birth Date:30 November 1975
Height:1.780NaN0
Position:Defender
Years1:1998–2001
Years2:2001–2003
Years3:2003
Years4:2003–2004
Years5:2004
Years6:2005
Years7:2006
Years8:2006
Years9:2007
Years10:2008
Years11:2009–2010
Years12:2011
Years13:2012
Years14:2012–2015
Clubs3:Napoli (loan)
Clubs5:Napoli (loan)
Clubs12:Deportivo Cali
Clubs13:Real Cartagena
Clubs14:Patriotas
Caps2:24
Caps3:20
Caps4:14
Caps5:12
Caps6:21
Caps7:18
Caps8:27
Caps9:36
Caps10:26
Caps11:74
Caps12:29
Caps13:15
Caps14:19
Goals2:0
Goals3:0
Goals4:0
Goals5:0
Goals6:3
Goals7:0
Goals8:0
Goals9:0
Goals10:1
Goals11:12
Goals12:2
Goals13:2
Goals14:1
Nationalyears1:2001–2006
Nationalteam1:Colombia
Nationalcaps1:36
Nationalgoals1:1
Pcupdate:22 April 2013

Gonzalo Martinez Caicedo (born 30 November 1975) is a retired Colombian football defender. At club level, he played for Patriotas.

Club career

Martínez was born in Candelaria, Valle del Cauca. He started his professional career in the Colombian First Division with Deportes Tolima in 1998 before moving to Italian Serie A side Udinese in 2001. Martinez made 24 appearances for Udinese from 2001 to 2003 before joining Napoli on loan, where he spent part of the 2002–03 campaign. Half of the registration rights was also signed by A.C. Venezia in January 2003 by exchanged with Rubén Maldonado. In the 2003–04 season, he moved to Reggina with Andrea Sottil and David Di Michele, where he made 14 appearances.

The Colombian defender returned to his native Colombia and rejoined Deportes Tolima for the 2005 season, notching three goals in 21 appearances. Martìnez then moved to Olimpia, and later, Paraguayan side Libertad, during the 2005–06 season, where he started in a combined 27 games and helped Libertad capture the Paraguayan First Division championship. In 2007, Martìnez returned to Colombia and appeared in 36 games for Millonarios.

In early 2008, he moved to D.C. United, where he started initially at center back, then left back, before falling out of favor with the coaching staff. After 1 goal and 2 assists in 22 starts with United, Martinez returned to Colombia to play for Atlético Huila.

International career

Martinez has represented Colombia 36 times at the international level. He participated in the qualifiers for the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Korea and Japan, and also the qualifiers for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. He also represented his country at the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup and 2004 Copa América.

Honors

D.C. United