André Martins
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | André Renato Soares Martins | ||
| Date of birth | 21 January 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Sporting CP | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–2001 | Argoncilhe | ||
| 2001–2003 | Feirense | ||
| 2003–2009 | Sporting CP | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2009– | Sporting CP | 66 | (3) |
| 2009–2010 | → Real Massamá (loan) | 30 | (1) |
| 2010 | → Belenenses (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2011 | → Pinhalnovense (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2012– | Sporting B | 3 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2010 | Portugal U20 | 5 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Portugal U21 | 17 | (3) |
| 2013– | Portugal | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 March 2015. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
André Renato Soares Martins (born 21 January 1990 in Santa Maria da Feira) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Sporting Clube de Portugal as a central midfielder.
Club career
After graduating from Sporting Clube de Portugal's youth academy Martins was loaned out, alongside with six other former Sporting juniors, to Real Sport Clube in the third division.[1][2] For the 2010–11 campaign newly appointed coach Paulo Sérgio called him back for pre-season trainings, and, in August, he was sent to C.F. Os Belenenses in the second level, in a season-long loan; however, after José Mota's arrival at Belenenses' bench, the player was deemed surplus to requirements, and another loan was arranged in January 2011, at C.D. Pinhalnovense in division three.
Mainly due to injuries to teammates, Martins featured in Sporting's bench in some matches in 2011–12. On 20 October 2011 he made his official debut for the Lions, coming on as a substitute for Diego Capel for the last 15 minutes of a 2–0 home win against FC Vaslui, in the season's UEFA Europa League.[3]
International career
Martins gained 43 caps for Portugal at youth level, including 17 for the under-21 team. On 10 June 2013 he made his debut for the full side, playing the dying minutes of the 1–0 exhibition game win with Croatia in Geneva;[4] on 14 August, again in a friendly, he replaced Rúben Amorim midway through the second half of a 1–1 draw against the Netherlands.[5]
Club statistics
- As of 23 March 2015[6]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Real Massamá | 2009–10 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 |
| Total | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | |
| Belenenses | 2010–11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Pinhalnovense | 2010–11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| Total | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | |
| Sporting | 2011–12 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 2012–13 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
| 2013–14 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 3 | |
| 2014–15 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 1 | |
| Total | 56 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 79 | 4 | |
| Career totals | 98 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 126 | 6 | |
References
- ↑ "Sete ex-juniores do Sporting às ordens de Filipe Ramos" [Seven former Sporting juniors under Filipe Ramos] (in Portuguese). Academia de Talentos. 27 July 2009. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
- ↑ "Fábio Paím no Real Massamá, Rabiu Ibrahim a caminho" [Fábio Paím at Real Massamá, Rabiu Ibrahim on the way] (in Portuguese). Sporting Apoio. 25 September 2009. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
- ↑ "Martins reflects on 'great day' for qualified Sporting". UEFA.com. 20 October 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ "Portugal win the day as Halilović enters fray". UEFA.com. 10 June 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
- ↑ "Ronaldo strike earns draw against Dutch". PortuGOAL. 14 August 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
- ↑ "André Martins". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
External links
- Stats and profile at Zerozero
- André Martins profile at ForaDeJogo
- André Martins at National-Football-Teams.com
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