Emil Martínez

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Emil Martínez
Personal information
Full name	Emil José Martínez Cruz
Date of birth	(1982-09-17) 17 September 1982
Place of birth	El Progreso, Honduras
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 ¹⁄₂ in)
Playing position	Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current club	Marathón
Number	7
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2001–2005	Marathón	105	(30)
2005–2006	Alajuelense	24	(4)
2006–2008	Marathón	47	(23)
2008	Shanghai Shenhua	28	(8)
2009	Marathón	7	(1)
2009	Beijing Guoan	29	(5)
2010	Indios	16	(1)
2010	Hangzhou Greentown	17	(1)
2011	Marathón	16	(4)
2012	Hunan Billows	24	(8)
2013	Marathón	9	(4)
2013	Hunan Billows	14	(1)
2014–	Marathón	3	(1)
National team^‡
2008	Honduras Olympic team	3	(0)
2002–	Honduras	66	(3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 November 2010. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 February 2013

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Martínez and the second or maternal family name is Cruz.

Emil José Martínez Cruz (born 17 September 1982 in El Progreso) is a Honduran football player who currently plays for Marathón and is a regular midfielder in the Honduras national team.

Club career

Martínez made his professional debut for Marathón and played abroad for Alajuelense^[1] in the Primera División de Costa Rica and Primera División de México side Indios. Also, he was attached to several clubs in Chinese Super League, including Shanghai Shenhua, Beijing Guoan and Hangzhou Greentown. In January 2012 he joined Hunan Billows.^[2] In January 2013, he returned to Marathón along with fellow Hunan player Astor Henríquez.^[3]

Martínez finished top scorer and best player on the 07-08 Apertura season while playing for Marathón.^[4]

Club career stats

Last update: 6 November 2013

Season	Team	Country	Division	Apps	Goals
2001/02	C.D. Marathón	Honduras	1	28	7
2002/03	C.D. Marathón	Honduras	1	30	8
2003/04	C.D. Marathón	Honduras	1	29	10
2004/05	C.D. Marathón	Honduras	1	18	5
2005/06	L.D. Alajuelense	Costa Rica	1	24	4
2006/07	C.D. Marathón	Honduras	1	28	12
2007/08	C.D. Marathón	Honduras	1	19	11
2008	Shanghai Shenhua	China	1	27	9
2008/09	C.D. Marathón	Honduras	1	7	1
2009	Beijing Guoan	China	1	29	5
2010	Indios	Mexico	1	16	1
2010	Hangzhou Greentown	China	1	17	1
2010/11	C.D. Marathón	Honduras	1	10	4
2011/12	C.D. Marathón	Honduras	1	6	0
2012	Hunan Billows	China	2	24	8
2012/2013	C.D. Marathón	Honduras	1	9	4
2013	Hunan Billows	China	2	14	1

International career

Martínez made his debut for Honduras in a February 2002 Carlsberg Cup match against Slovenia and has earned a total of 66 caps, scoring 3 goals. He has represented his country in 5 FIFA World Cup qualification matches^[5] and played at the 2008 Summer Olympics and at the 2003,^[6] 2007,^[7] 2009^[8] and 2011 UNCAF Nations Cups^[9] as well as at the 2003,^[10] 2007^[11] and 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cups.^[12]

His final international was an October 2011 friendly match against Jamaica.

International goals

**Emil Martínez: International goals**
Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	2004-03-31	Independence Park, Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica,	Jamaica	1 – 2	2 – 2	Friendly
2	2007-02-09	Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador,	Costa Rica	1 – 2	1 – 3	2007 UNCAF Nations Cup
3	2011-01-13	Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama,	Costa Rica	2 – 0	2 – 1	2011 Copa Centroamericana

Honours

Marathón

Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras: 2001-02 Clausura, 2002-03 Clausura, 2004-05 Apertura, 2007-08 Apertura

Beijing Guoan

Chinese Super League: 2009

References

↑ Emil Martínez pide con su futbol un lugar en Alajuela - Nación (Spanish)
↑ Emil Martínez y Erick Norales se marchan a China - La Prensa (Spanish)
↑ Emil y Asthor firmaron con el Marathon - Tiempo (Spanish)
↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honduras_Apertura_2007-08#Goalscorers
↑ Emil Martínez – FIFA competition record
↑ Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2003 - Details - RSSSF
↑ UNCAF (Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup) 2007 - Details - RSSSF
↑ UNCAF (Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup) 2009 - Details - RSSSF
↑ UNCAF (Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup) 2011 - Details - RSSSF
↑ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2003 - Full Details - RSSSF
↑ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2007 - Full Details - RSSSF
↑ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2011 - Full Details - RSSSF

External links

Emil Martínez at National-Football-Teams.com

v t e Chinese Football Association Footballer of the Year

1994: Li Bing 1995: Fan Zhiyi 1996: Su Maozhen 1997: Campos 1998: Hao Haidong 1999: Qu Shengqing 2000: Yang Chen 2001: Li Tie 2002: Zheng Zhi 2003: Albertz 2004: Zhao Junzhe 2005: Jelić 2006: Zheng Zhi 2007: Du Zhenyu 2008: E. Martínez 2009: Caballero 2010: Riascos 2011: Muriqui 2012: Dănălache 2013: Conca

Honduran Liga Nacional Top goalscorers

1965–66: Grey
1966–67: Caballero
1967–68: Garden
1968–69: Abrussezze
1969–70: Ortega
1970–71: Alvarado
1971–72: Alvarado
1972–73: none
1973–74: Artica / Plummer
1974–75: Peña
1975–76: López
1976–77: Hernández
1977–78: Carreño
1978–79: Bernárdez
1979–80: Norales
1980–81: Altamirano
1981–82: Altamirano
1982–83: Altamirano
1983–84: Gamboa
1984–85: Altamirano
1985–86: Flores
1986–87: Dueñas
1987–88: Machado
1988–89: Matthews / Alonso / Lobo / Gamboa
1989–90: Ávila
1990–91: Vallejo
1991–92: Bennett
1992–93: Arriola
1993–94: Chacón
1994–95: Ávila
1995–96: Castro
1996–97: Costa
1997–98 A: Velásquez
1997–98 C: Guevara / Velásquez
1998–99: de Lima
1999–00 A: Velásquez
1999–00 C: Cárcamo
2000–01 A: Verón
2000–01 C: Cacho
2001–02 A: Reneau
2001–02 C: Ferreira
2002–03 A: Ferreira
2002–03 C: Costa / Cacho / Emílio
2003–04 A: Tosello
2003–04 C: Emilio
2004–05 A: Emilio
2004–05 C: Ramírez
2005–06 A: Ramírez
2005–06 C: Emilio
2006–07 A: Costly
2006–07 C: Pavón
2007–08 A: E. Martínez
2007–08 C: Velásquez
2008–09 A: Ferreira
2008–09 C: Diduch
2009–10 A: Palacios
2009–10 C: Bengtson
2010–11 A: Bengtson
2010–11 C: Bengtson
2011–12 A: Cardozo
2011–12 C: Torlacoff / Copete
2012–13 A: Rojas
2012–13 C: R. Martínez

Honduras squads

v t e Honduras squad – 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup

1 2 3 Medina 4 Palacios 5 Vallecillo 6 Rosales 7 Suazo 8 9 Jairo Martínez 10 de León 11 Velásquez 13 Emil Martínez 14 Morales 16 Turcios 17 Javier Martínez 19 Alvarez 21 Hernández 22 Bodden 23 Bonilla 24 Guifarro 25 Coello Coach: Pavón

v t e Honduras squad – 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup

1 Puerto 3 Figueroa 4 Caballero 5 E. Vallecillo 6 Mendoza 7 E. Martínez 8 Palacios 9 Pavón 10 de León 11 J. Martínez 12 O. Vallecillo 13 Costly 14 García 15 W. Martínez 16 Oliva 17 Alvarez 18 Claros 19 Rodríguez 20 Guevara 21 Izaguirre 22 Morales 23 Guerrero 24 Santamaría Coach: Rueda

v t e Honduras men's football squad – 2008 Summer Olympics

1 Hernández 2 Arzú 3 Molina 4 Caballero 5 Norales 6 Morales 7 Martínez 8 Padilla 9 Pavón 10 Núñez 11 Rodas 12 Claros 13 Thomas 14 Bernárdez 15 López 16 Sánchez 17 Álvarez 18 Enamorado 20 Delgado 21 Güity Coach: Yearwood

v t e Honduras squad – 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup semi-finalists

1 Vallecillo 2 Chávez 3 Figueroa 4 Leverón 5 Bernárdez 6 Thomas 7 E. Martínez 8 Palacios 9 Bengtson 10 Núñez 12 Mejía 13 Costly 14 Ó. García 15 W. Martínez 16 Sabillón 17 Espinoza 18 Valladares (c) 19 Portillo 21 J. Garcia 22 Escober 23 Delgado 24 Beckeles 25 Hernández Coach: Suárez

Persondata
Name	Martinez, Emil
Alternative names
Short description	Honduran footballer
Date of birth	1982-09-10
Place of birth	El Progreso, Honduras
Date of death
Place of death

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