Matías Alfredo Martínez (born 24 March 1988 in
Resistencia) is an
Argentine
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football
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defender who plays for
Atlético de Rafaela
Asociación Mutual Social y Deportiva Atlético de Rafaela, known simply as Atlético de Rafaela, is an Argentine sports club based in the city of Rafaela, in Santa Fe Province. The club is mostly known for its professional football team, that com ...
.
Matías Martínez es el segundo refuerzo de Rafaela
tycsports.com, 29 June 2016
Career
Martínez began his professional playing career with Racing Club de Avellaneda in 2007. He made his first league appearance on 8 December 2007 in a 1–0 home win against Colón in the Primera División.
During the Clausura 2009 tournament he scored 4 goals in 15 games, an impressive return for a defender.
During the summer of 2012, Martinez joined Serie A
The Serie A (), officially known as Serie A Enilive in Italy and Serie A Made in Italy abroad for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Italy and the highest tier of the Italian football league system. Establish ...
club Siena
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on a season-long loan.
During the summer of 2013 joined club Argentinos Juniors
Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its association football, football team, which currently plays in the Argentine Primera División, and was reco ...
on a season-long loan.
Honours
;Lanús
*Copa Sudamericana
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: 2013
2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years).
2013 was designated as:
*International Year of Water Cooperation
*International Year of Quinoa
Events
January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
References
External links
*
BDFA profile
* at Futbol XXI
*
1988 births
Living people
Copa Sudamericana–winning players
Footballers from Resistencia, Chaco
Argentine men's footballers
Argentine expatriate men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Argentine Primera División players
Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers
Club Atlético Lanús footballers
Argentinos Juniors footballers
Siena FC SSD players
Sporting Cristal footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
21st-century Argentine sportsmen
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