Leandro Antonio Martínez

Leandro Martínez
Personal information
Full name Leandro Antonio Martínez
Date of birth 15 October 1989 (1989-10-15) (age 22)
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Forward, Winger
Club information
Current club AlbinoLeffe
Number 15
Youth career
Parma
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2008–2010 Parma 1 (0)
2008–2009 → Ternana (loan) 0 (0)
2009 → Carpenedolo (loan) 6 (0)
2009 → South Tyrol (loan) 5 (0)
2010 Biaschesi ? (?)
2010– AlbinoLeffe 13 (1)
National team
2008–2009 Italy U20 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 June 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).

Leandro Antonio Martínez (born 15 October 1989) is an Argentina born Italian footballer who plays for Serie B side U.C. AlbinoLeffe.

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Biography

Parma and loans

Born in Buenos Aires, Martínez moved to Italy at young age. He was a member of Parma's Primavera under-20 team.[1] At age 18, he was offered a professional contract of reported 5-year[2] (or 3+2 years, as N.O.I.F. of FIGC only allowed a maximun of 3-year for Italians "young professional"[3]). He made his Serie A debut on 27 April 2008, replaced Cristiano Lucarelli at 2nd half, at that time Parma already losing to Reggina 1–2. His primavera team-mate Aleksandar Prijović also substituted Daniele Dessena on that match, and Parma eventually 1–2 lost with Reggina.[4] Parma relegated to Serie B in June and Martínez was loaned to Ternana in August 2008.[5] He failed to made his club debut and left for Carpenedolo in January 2009.[6] On 1 September 2009 he left for South Tyrol[7] but in December 2009 returned to Parma for family reason.[8] In January 2010 he left for Swiss 1. Liga side Biaschesi.

AlbinoLeffe

On 12 July 2010, he was signed by Serie B side AlbinoLeffe.[9] Since AlbinoLeffe had lost Francesco Ruopolo and Marco Cellini, Martínez formed a new striking line with Karamoko Cissé and Omar Torri, who played as backup players for AlbinoLeffe in the last season. The latter 2 scored 3 goals in the opening match, made AlbinoLeffe won fellow Serie B club Pescara 3–1 in Coppa Italia.[10] However he soon dropped from starting line-up.

International career

Martínez made his U20 debut on 10 September 2008 against Switzerland U20, a 2008–09 Four Nations Tournament match.

References

  1. ^ "PRIMAVERA" (in Italian). Parma FC. Archived from the original on 25 January 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070125070547/www.fcparma.com/it/InfoPage.aspx?Id=60685. Retrieved 15 July 2010. 
  2. ^ Bandini, Lucia (2 November 2007). "Parma: contratto da professionista per il giovane Martinez" (in Italian). tutto mercato web. http://www.tuttomercatoweb.com/?action=read&id=79229. Retrieved 15 July 2010. 
  3. ^ Article 33 of NOIF
  4. ^ http://www.legaseriea.it/it/serie-a-tim/match-report/-/match-report/Reggina-Parma/22050
  5. ^ "DAL PARMA ACQUISTATO MARTINEZ" (in Italian). Ternana Calcio. 25 August 2008. http://www.ternanacalcio.com/index.php?module=loadNews&idNews=2531&tipo=1&Pagina=2&Sez=14. Retrieved 15 July 2010. 
  6. ^ "Martinez rientra al Parma" (in Italian). Ternana Calcio. 15 January 2009. http://www.ternanacalcio.com/index.php?module=loadNews&idNews=2650&Pagina=3&Sez=24&tipo=1. Retrieved 15 July 2010. 
  7. ^ "FC Südtirol: arriva Leandro Antonio Martinez, mentre saluta i biancorossi Alessandro Simonetta" (in German). FC South Tyrol. 1 September 2009. http://www.fc-suedtirol.com/it/informazione/news-detail.asp?lProductID=159881. Retrieved 15 July 2010. 
  8. ^ "Manuel Fischnaller, Daniel Pfitscher e Leandro Antonio Martinez salutano l’FC Südtirol" (in Italian). FC South Tyrol. 22 December 2009. http://www.fc-suedtirol.com/it/informazione/news-detail.asp?lProductID=170894. Retrieved 15 July 2010. 
  9. ^ "Acquistati A.M. Taugordeau e L.A. Martinez" (in Italian). UC AlbinoLeffe. 12 July 2010. http://www.albinoleffe.com/societa/archivio-news/1788-acquistati-am-taugordeau-e-la-martinez.html. Retrieved 15 July 2010. 
  10. ^ "AlbinoLeffe - Pescara 3 a 1" (in Italian). UC AlbinoLeffe. 15 August 2010. http://www.albinoleffe.com/societa/archivio-news/1822-alla-fine-del-primo-tempo-albinoleffe-in-vantaggio-per-3-a-0.html. Retrieved 15 August 2010. 

External links

U.C. AlbinoLeffe – current squad