Neco Martínez Explained

Neco Martínez
Fullname:Luis Enrique Martínez Rodríguez
Height:1.91m (06.27feet)
Birth Date:11 July 1982
Birth Place:Necoclí, Colombia
Position:Goalkeeper
Years1:2001
Years2:2001
Years3:2002–2003
Years4:2003–2004
Years5:2004–2006
Years6:2006–2009
Years7:2007–2008
Years8:2010–2012
Years9:2012
Years10:2013
Years11:2014–2016
Years12:2017
Clubs1:Envigado
Clubs2:Atlético Huila
Clubs3:Guanacasteca
Clubs4:Envigado
Clubs5:Santa Fe
Clubs6:Sakaryaspor
Clubs7:Manisaspor (loan)
Clubs8:Once Caldas
Clubs9:Envigado
Clubs10:Atlético Nacional (loan)
Clubs11:Atlético Nacional
Clubs12:América de Cali
Caps1:2
Caps2:5
Caps3:7
Caps4:17
Caps5:61
Caps6:43
Caps7:2
Caps8:57
Caps9:8
Caps10:21
Caps11:45
Caps12:0
Goals1:0
Goals2:0
Goals3:0
Goals4:0
Goals5:0
Goals6:0
Goals7:0
Goals8:0
Goals9:0
Goals10:0
Goals11:0
Goals12:0
Totalcaps:268
Totalgoals:0
Nationalyears1:2003–2011
Nationalteam1:Colombia
Nationalcaps1:8
Nationalgoals1:1

Luis Enrique "Neco" Martínez Rodríguez, (born 11 July 1982) is a retired Colombian footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is nicknamed "Neco" for the town of his birth.

Career

Martínez was signed by newly promoted Turkish team Sakaryaspor in summer 2006, signing a three-year contract, before moving to Colombian club Once Caldas.

International career

During a World Cup warm-up match between Poland and Colombia on May 30, 2006, he scored a remarkable goal, striking directly from a long distance over the head of the opposition goalkeeper, Tomasz Kuszczak.[1]

After a three-year absence from the national team, he was called back by new coach Hernan Dario Gomez for an international friendly match against Bolivia on August 5, 2010.

He was the starting goalkeeper for the Colombia national team during the Copa America 2011, since the starting goalkeeper David Ospina was out with a facial injury after colliding with Hugo Rodallega days before the tournament. Martinez had a good start to the tournament, being the only goalkeeper to have a clean sheet on all three group games. In the quarterfinal match against Peru however he made two crucial mistakes which led to the two goals of Peru.

International goals

Scores and results list Colombia's goal tally first.

Honours

Club

Once Caldas

Atlético Nacional

Individual

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Freak goal means misery for Poland. CNN International. 2006-05-30. 2011-03-29.
  2. Web site: Tournoi Espoirs de Toulon: Official Player Awards. rsssf.or. 12 October 2022. 12 October 2022.