Anthony Chérif Martin (born 24 July 1989) is a French professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a

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Career

Martin was born in

Nantes Nantes (, ; ; or ; ) is a city in the Loire-Atlantique department of France on the Loire, from the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. The city is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, sixth largest in France, with a pop ...

. On 31 July 2008, Martin left his youthclub

La Roche Vendée Football La Roche Vendée Football is a French association football team based in La Roche-sur-Yon, Vendée, France. History The club was founded in 1947 and play at the Stade Henri Desgranges in the town. The club gained promotion to Championnat Nationa ...

and signed with

Ligue 1 Ligue 1 (; ), officially known as Ligue 1 McDonald's France, McDonald's for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in France and the highest level of the French football league system. Administered by the Ligue de ...

club

Paris Saint-Germain F.C. Paris Saint-Germain Football Club, commonly referred to as Paris Saint-Germain () or simply PSG, is a French professional football club based in Paris. They compete in Ligue 1, the top division of French football. With 52 major trophies ...

He played only two matches with Paris Saint-Germain and joined La Vitréenne FC in summer 2009. In September 2017, Martin joined

SC Bastia Sporting Club Bastia (, commonly referred to as SC Bastia or simply Bastia) is a French professional association football, football club based in Bastia on the island of Corsica. The club plays in Ligue 2, the second tier of Football in France, ...

. In June 2022, Martin returned to

Cholet Cholet (, probably from Latin ''cauletum'', "cabbage") is a commune of western France, in the Maine-et-Loire department. With 54,307 inhabitants (2019), it is the second most populous commune of Maine-et-Loire, after the prefecture, Angers. ...

Personal life

Martin holds both French and Algerian nationalities.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Martin, Anthony Living people 1989 births Footballers from Nantes Men's association football goalkeepers French men's footballers Algerian men's footballers La Roche VF players Paris Saint-Germain FC players La Vitréenne FC players SC Bastia players SO Cholet players UE Sant Julià players Les Herbiers VF players Ligue 1 players Championnat National players Championnat National 2 players Championnat National 3 players French sportspeople of Algerian descent 21st-century French sportsmen 21st-century Algerian sportsmen