Antonio Martínez Felipe (born 7 March 1990) is a Spanish former

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who played as a

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. Martínez played most of his career in Spain in the

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and the

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, apart from one spell in the

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Club career

Born in

Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...

, Martínez joined

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's youth system in 2002, aged 12. In 2009–10, he made his senior debut with the C team, being promoted to the reserves the following season but featuring in only eight matches. In the 2011–12 campaign, Martínez once again received very few opportunities, being loaned to fellow

Segunda División B Segunda División B (English: second division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish ...

club

CD Mirandés Club Deportivo Mirandés is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Miranda de Ebro, Province of Burgos, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 3 May 1927, the club competes in the Segunda División ...

in January 2012. In July, as both sides achieved promotion, he returned to Castilla. In January 2013, after failing to appear for Real B in the

, Martínez returned to Mirandés also on loan. He played his first game in that league on 23 February, featuring the full 90 minutes in a 2–0 away loss against

Racing de Santander Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D. (), also known as Racing de Santander () or simply Racing, is a football club based in Santander, Spain, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spani ...

. Martínez signed a one-year contract with fellow second-tier

AD Alcorcón Agrupación Deportiva Alcorcón S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Alcorcón, in the autonomous community of Madrid. Founded in 1971, it currently plays in Primera Federación, holding home matches at the Municipal de Santo Domingo, ...

on 30 August 2013. He scored his first professional goal on 10 September, the second in the 4–1 away win over

RCD Mallorca Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, Sociedad Anónima Deportiva, S.A.D. (, , ''Royal Sporting Club Mallorca''), commonly known as Real Mallorca or RCD Mallorca, is a Spanish professional association football, football club based in Palma de Mallorca, ...

in the

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. On 2 July 2014, Martínez agreed to a new three-year deal with the Madrid side. On 25 January 2015 he scored a brace, but in a 3–2 defeat at

Albacete Balompié Albacete Balompié is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Albacete, in the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha. Founded on 5 July 1939, it currently plays in Segunda División, the second tier of Spanish foo ...

. On 1 July 2016, after a six-month loan spell at

CD Numancia Club Deportivo Numancia de Soria, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club in Soria, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 9 April 1945, it plays in , holding home games at '' Nuevo Estadio Los Pajaritos''. Besides football it ...

, Martínez cut ties with Alcorcón and joined

Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa (), better known as Cultural Leonesa or La Cultural, is a Spanish football team based in León, in the autonomous community of Castile and Leon. Founded on 5 August 1923, it currently plays in Primera División RFE ...

. On 16 November 2022, after retiring from playing, Martínez returned to Cultural Leonesa as an assistant to the technical secretary.

Career statistics

Honours

Real Madrid B *

: 2011–12 Cultural Leonesa *Segunda División B: 2016–17

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Martinez, Antonio 1990 births Living people Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Madrid Men's association football midfielders Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Real Madrid C footballers Real Madrid Castilla footballers CD Mirandés footballers AD Alcorcón footballers CD Numancia players Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa players Kuwait Premier League players Al-Salmiya SC players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Kuwait Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait 21st-century Spanish sportsmen