| Santiago Martínez | |
| Fullname: | Santiago Gabriel Martínez Pintos |
| Birth Date: | 30 July 1991 |
| Birth Place: | Salto, Uruguay |
| Position: | Central midfielder[1] |
| Currentclub: | La Luz |
| Clubnumber: | 5 |
| Youthclubs1: | Montevideo Wanderers |
| Years1: | 2011–2021 |
| Caps1: | 194 |
| Goals1: | 3 |
| Years2: | 2014 |
| Clubs2: | → Quilmes (loan) |
| Caps2: | 6 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs3: | → Belgrano (loan) |
| Caps3: | 17 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2019–2020 |
| Clubs4: | → Atlante (loan) |
| Caps4: | 25 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2021–2022 |
| Clubs5: | Cerro Largo |
| Caps5: | 38 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2023 |
| Clubs6: | Atenas |
| Caps6: | 29 |
| Goals6: | 1 |
| Years7: | 2024– |
| Clubs7: | La Luz |
| Caps7: | 11 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 20:46, 25 July 2024 (UTC) |
Santiago Gabriel Martínez Pintos (born 30 July 1991) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for La Luz.[2]
Martínez started his senior career in 2011 with Montevideo Wanderers, making his professional debut in a 5–1 Uruguayan Primera División win against El Tanque Sisley on 3 April.[2] He went onto make six appearances during 2010–11 prior to playing twenty-six times in 2011–12, a season in which Martínez accumulated twelve yellow cards and three red cards.[2] He scored his first career goal in 2012–13's first match, an away win vs. Cerro Largo.[2] In July 2014, Martínez joined Argentine Primera División side Quilmes on loan.[3] He was sent off in his second start against Defensa y Justicia.[2] Overall, he made six appearances.[2] [4]
He returned to Montevideo Wanderers in January 2015 and subsequently made eighty-three appearances and scored once in the following four seasons.[2] On 10 July 2017, Martínez completed a loan move to Belgrano of the Argentine Primera División.[5] [6] He returned to Montevideo Wanderers in June 2018.[2] His 200th career appearance arrived on 4 August versus Peñarol.[2] After featuring twenty-four times back with his parent team, Martínez was loaned out for a third time in June 2019 as he joined Ascenso MX side Atlante.[2] [7]
He received a Uruguay U20 call-up for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia, but was an unused substitute in all three Group B fixtures as Uruguay were eliminated at the group stages.[2]
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| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Montevideo Wanderers | 2010–11 | Uruguayan Primera División | 6 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | 26 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||||
| 2012–13 | 24 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | ||||
| 2013–14 | 28 | 0 | — | 2[8] | 0 | 3[9] | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||||
| 2014–15 | 10 | 0 | — | 8[10] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||||
| 2015–16 | 18 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | ||||
| 2016 | 15 | 1 | — | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | ||||
| 2017 | 22 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||||
| 2018 | 8 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| 2019 | 12 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 169 | 3 | — | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 196 | 3 | ||||
| Quilmes (loan) | 2014 | Argentine Primera División | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Belgrano (loan) | 2017–18 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |||
| Atlante (loan) | 2019–20 | Ascenso MX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 175 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 206 | 3 | |||