Roberto Martínez
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Other uses: Roberto Martínez y Gutiérrez
| Roberto Martínez | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Roberto Martínez | |
| Date of birth | July 13, 1973 (age 33) | |
| Place of birth | Balaguer, Spain | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Swansea City (player-manager) | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1993-1995 1995-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2006 2006-2007 2007-present |
CF Balaguer Wigan Athletic Motherwell Walsall Swansea City Chester City Swansea City |
48 (4) 188 (17) 16 (0) 6 (0) 122 (4) 31 (3) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 2007-present | Swansea City | |
|
1 Senior club appearances and goals |
||
Roberto Martínez (born 13 July 1973 in Balaguer, Catalonia, Spain) is a professional footballer who currently is manager of Swansea City. A skilful midfielder, he was recently captain of Swansea City.
Martínez began his career at his home-town club C.F. Balaguer in the Spanish Third Division in 1993, before surprisingly being signed by Wigan Athletic on a free transfer on 25 July 1995 alongside two other Spaniards. Martínez spent six seasons at Wigan, making 180 appearances for the club (with a further 47 as substitute), scoring 23 goals.
Released on a free transfer, Martínez signed for Motherwell on 3 July 2001 but made only eight appearances (plus eight more as substitute) in Scotland before joining Walsall on a free transfer on 13 August 2002. Again, he did not feature regularly, starting just one game for Walsall and making five substitute appearances - though he did manage to be sent off twice in his short spell in the First Division!
On 31 January 2003, Martínez joined Swansea City on a short term contract until the end of the season, helping to preserve the club's Football League status despite a brush with relegation. On 23 June 2003, Martínez made a permanent move to the Welsh club.
To the end of season 05/06, he had made 111 appearances for Swansea City (with a further eleven as substitute) and had scored four goals. On 30 May 2006 'Berto was released on a free transfer by Swansea City.
Roberto joined Chester City on a Free transfer, signing a two year contract. He made his pre-season debut against Huddersfield Town playing for 90 minutes on Saturday 29 July 2006.
His last game for Chester came in their 1-0 win over Bury at The Saunders Honda Stadium on Wednesday 21 February 2007.
Martínez is also known to viewers of Sky Sports' coverage of Spanish football: he is a regular studio guest who, despite having been resident in the UK for over a decade, speaks with a degree of authority about the game in Spain.
He became Swansea City manager on Saturday 24 February 2007.
[edit] External links
| Swansea City A.F.C. - Current Squad |
|---|
|
1 Guéret | 2 Amankwaah | 3 Austin | 4 O'Leary | 5 Tate | 6 Iriekpen | 7 Britton | 8 Pratley | 9 Akinfenwa | 10 Trundle | 11 Abbott | 12 Watt | 14 Painter | 15 Williams | 16 Monk | 17 Tudur-Jones | 18 Robinson | 19 Way | 20 MacDonald | 21 Jones | 22 Lawrence | 24 Duffy | 26 Oakes | 27 Graves | 28 Butler | 29 Craney | 30 Duffy | 34 Howard | Manager: Martínez |
