Román Martínez (footballer, born 1983) explained

Román Martínez
Fullname:Román Fernando Martínez Scharner
Birth Date:27 March 1983
Birth Place:Morón, Argentina
Height:1.85m
Position:Midfielder
Youthclubs1:Deportivo Morón
Years1:2000–2004
Years2:2004–2008
Years3:2006–2008
Years4:2008–2011
Years5:2009–2010
Years6:2010–2011
Years7:2011–2012
Years8:2012–2015
Years9:2015–2018
Years10:2018
Years11:2019
Years12:2019–2020
Years13:2020–2021
Years14:2021
Years15:2022
Clubs1:Deportivo Morón
Clubs2:Arsenal Sarandí
Clubs3:Tigre (loan)
Clubs4:Espanyol
Clubs5:Tenerife (loan)
Clubs6:Tigre (loan)
Clubs7:Tigre
Clubs8:Estudiantes
Clubs9:Lanús
Clubs10:Deportivo Morón
Clubs11:San Lorenzo
Clubs12:Aldosivi
Clubs13:Tigre
Clubs14:Cañuelas
Clubs15:Deportivo Riestra
Caps1:64
Caps2:11
Caps3:70
Caps4:32
Caps5:23
Caps6:24
Caps7:35
Caps8:76
Caps9:65
Caps10:5
Caps11:4
Caps12:7
Caps13:3
Caps14:12
Caps15:0
Goals1:6
Goals2:0
Goals3:9
Goals4:5
Goals5:5
Goals6:3
Goals7:4
Goals8:10
Goals9:11
Goals10:1
Goals11:1
Goals12:0
Goals13:0
Goals14:1
Goals15:0
Club-Update:20:27, 13 May 2022 (UTC)

Román Fernando Martínez Scharner (born 27 March 1983) is an Argentine former footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Born in Morón, Buenos Aires, Martínez started his playing career with local Deportivo Morón in 2000. After several seasons playing in the third division, he joined Arsenal de Sarandí of the Primera División.

In 2006, Martínez dropped down to the second level to play for Club Atlético Tigre, but won promotion in his first season. The Apertura 2007 was the club's first year in the top flight since 1980, and the player appeared in nearly all of the team's matches helping to a final second-place finish, the highest in their history.

For the 2008–09 campaign, Martínez signed with Spain's RCD Espanyol.[1] On 13 December 2008 he scored his first goal for the Catalans, in a 1–2 away loss to Valencia CF.[2] Benefitting heavily from Iván de la Peña's constant injury problems,[3] he featured regularly and netted in three consecutive wins in late April/early May 2009, all as a substitute: Sporting de Gijón (3–0),[4] Real Betis (2–0)[5] and again Valencia (3–0, finding the net after just two minutes).[6] [7]

Martínez was subsequently loaned for one season to CD Tenerife, which had returned to La Liga after seven years.[8] In an irregular campaign, where he alternated starts with the bench, he scored four of his five league goals in the last seven matches – which granted the team six points, after wins against Gijón[9] and Racing de Santander[10] – but the Canary Islands side were finally relegated.

Martínez returned to Argentina for 2010–11, re-joining Tigre on a one-year loan.[11]

Personal life

Martínez's younger brother, Nicolás, was also a footballer.[12]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Espanyol2008–09La Liga3250000325
Tenerife (loan)2009–10La Liga2350000235
Tigre (loan)2010–11Primera División2430000243
Tigre2011–12Primera División3540000354
Estudiantes2012–13Primera División3263000356
2013–142823100313
20141320050182
201530003060
Total761061809011
Lanús2015Primera División1624140243
20161653130226
2016–1722220140382
2017–181020010112
Total6411922209513
Career totals2543815330029941

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fútbol.– Román Martínez promete "dejar todo por la camiseta del RCD Espanyol hasta el último respiro". Football.– Román Martínez promises to "give it all for RCD Espanyol's shirt until my dying breath". Europa Press. Spanish. 24 July 2008. 29 March 2020.
  2. Web site: Valencia 2–1 Espanyol. https://web.archive.org/web/20121024202651/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report/_/id/252840?cc=5739. dead. 24 October 2012. ESPN Soccernet. 13 December 2008. 5 May 2011.
  3. News: Sin De la Peña, Román asume la manija del líder. Without De la Peña, Román takes over the leaders' helm. Diario AS. Iván. Molero. Spanish. 18 September 2008. 29 March 2020.
  4. Web site: Sporting Gijón 0–3 Espanyol. https://archive.today/20120716074950/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report/_/id/252861?cc=5739. dead. 16 July 2012. ESPN Soccernet. 23 April 2009. 5 May 2011.
  5. Web site: Espanyol 2–0 Real Betis. https://web.archive.org/web/20121024202732/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report/_/id/252804?cc=5739. dead. 24 October 2012. ESPN Soccernet. 26 April 2009. 5 May 2011.
  6. Web site: Espanyol 3–0 Valencia. https://web.archive.org/web/20121024202751/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report/_/id/252884?cc=5739. dead. 24 October 2012. ESPN Soccernet. 3 May 2009. 5 May 2011.
  7. Web site: Román Martínez da la cara por Espanyol. Román Martínez takes the bullet for Espanyol. ESPN Deportes. Spanish. 15 January 2009. 29 March 2020.
  8. Web site: Mercado: La cesión de Román Martínez al Tenerife, a punto de oficializarse. Market: Román Martínez loan to Tenerife, about to become official. Goal. Spanish. 1 August 2009. 21 April 2014.
  9. Web site: Alfaro seals important win. https://web.archive.org/web/20121024202806/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report/_/id/275845?cc=5739. dead. 24 October 2012. ESPN Soccernet. 13 April 2010. 5 May 2011.
  10. Web site: Tenerife grind out vital win. https://web.archive.org/web/20121024202905/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/report/_/id/275670?cc=5739. dead. 24 October 2012. ESPN Soccernet. 1 May 2010. 5 May 2011.
  11. Web site: Román Martínez regresa a Tigre. Martínez returns to Tigre. ESPN Deportes. Spanish. 30 July 2010. 9 August 2010.
  12. Web site: Volvió Nico. Nico returned. Mundo Ascenso. Spanish. 10 July 2016. 18 December 2018.