Glan Peter Martins (born 1 July 1994) is an Indian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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Club career

Martins started his career at the SESA Football Academy. In 2014, Martins went to the United States to participate in the

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combine with Combine Rush Soccer Academy where he failed to grab the eye of scouts. He then signed for

Sporting Clube de Goa Sporting Clube de Goa (simply known as Sporting Goa and abbreviated as SCG) is an Indian professional association football, football club based in Panaji, Goa. The club competes in the I-League 2, the third tier of the Indian football league s ...

for their

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campaign where he played in four matches. Then, on 18 March 2015, it was announced that Martins would be added to Sporting Goa's squad for the remainder of the

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season as the club were fighting for survival. He made his professional debut for the club on 2 May 2015 against

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. Martins came on as an 88th-minute substitute for

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as Sporting Goa won 2–0.

International career

He made his international debut for

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on 3 June 2021 in the 2022 world cup qualifier against

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. He played for 68 minutes in his debut match.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Mohun Bagan *

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: Winner 2022-23

International

; India *

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References

1996 births Living people Footballers from Goa Indian men's footballers India men's international footballers Sporting CG players Men's association football midfielders I-League players Churchill Brothers FC Goa players Indian Super League players 21st-century Indian sportsmen Mohun Bagan Super Giant players FC Goa players {{India-footy-midfielder-stub