Martelinho

This name uses Portuguese naming customs. The first or maternal family name is Pereira and the second or paternal family name is Da Silva.
Martelinho
Personal information
Full nameJoaquim Pereira da Silva
Date of birth19 November 1974
Place of birthSão Paio de Oleiros, Portugal
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing positionWinger
Youth career
1987–1991Feirense
1991–1993Boavista
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1993–2005Boavista189(19)
1993–1994Marco (loan)32(4)
1995–1996Aves (loan)33(3)
2005–2006Portonovo
2006–2007Penafiel9(0)
2007–2008Portonovo14(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Joaquim Pereira da Silva, commonly known as Martelinho (born 19 November 1974), is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a right winger.

He played ten full Primeira Liga seasons during his 15-year senior career, all with Boavista.

Football career

Martelinho was born in São Paio de Oleiros, Santa Maria da Feira. He represented, as a footballer, F.C. Marco, Boavista FC, C.D. Aves, Portonovo SD (Spain, amateurs, two spells) and F.C. Penafiel, being instrumental in Boavista's only national league conquest in the club's history, in the 2000–01 season: even though he did not score in 30 games he provided several assists to striker Elpídio Silva, who ranked amongst the competition's top scorers.

In the 2009 summer Martelinho returned to his very first youth club C.D. Feirense, managing precisely the junior sides. He had already returned to active the previous year but in futsal, playing with FC Cidade de Lourosa, and accumulated both activities in the following years.

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