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| Full name | Carl Clarke Martin[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 24 October 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Camden, London, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Crewe Alexandra | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2003–2009 | Wealdstone | 57 | (1) |
| 2009– | Crewe Alexandra | 6 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 00:00, 31 October 2010 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Carl Clarke Martin (born 24 October 1986) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Crewe Alexandra.
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Carl and twin brother Callum both had good career prospects in football having played since a young age and having football run in the family. Carl went to Hendon School, North London. Callum is still a player at Wealdstone. The twins began their football careers at the age of 11 playing for side Princes Park. They went on to play for Sunday football teams, including Pinnacle Youth FC, a club founded by proud dad Cuthbert. The pair also spent an amount of free time modelling, notibaly an advert for adidas with footballers such as Arjen Robben and David Trezeguet. The most memorable moment in the brother's football career so far is when they got the call up to represent England school boys U18s. In doing so they made history in becoming the 1st set of twins to be capped by England.
Martin started his career in non-league football with Wealdstone before signing for Football League Two side Crewe Alexandra in October 2009. He made his league debut for Crewe on 19 January 2010 in the 1–1 draw with Hereford United at Edgar Street. On March 9, 2010, Martin was sent off in a league game against Grimsby Town, which led to his manager Dario Gradi slating him to the media, not for the sending off but for not following his manager's instructions by running with the ball. Gradi went on to state that Martin would not feature again until he could trust him to follow instructions, also stating: "whatever ban he gets will be music to my ears." [2]
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