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Emil Martínez

Emil José Martínez Cruz (Latin American Spanish: [eˈmil maɾˈtines]; (born 17 September 1982) is a Honduran former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Martínez made his professional debut for Marathón and played abroad for Alajuelense[1] in the Primera División de Costa Rica and Primera División de México side Indios. Also, he was attached to several clubs in Chinese Super League, including Shanghai Shenhua, Beijing Guoan and Hangzhou Greentown. In January 2012 he joined Hunan Billows.[2] In January 2013, he returned to Marathón along with fellow Hunan player Astor Henríquez.[3]

Martínez finished top scorer and best player on the 07-08 Apertura season while playing for Marathón.[4]

Club career stats

Last update: 6 November 2013

International career

Martínez made his debut for Honduras in a February 2002 Carlsberg Cup match against Slovenia and has earned a total of 66 caps, scoring 3 goals. He has represented his country in 5 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[5] and played at the 2008 Summer Olympics and at the 2003,[6]2007,[7] 2009[8] and 2011 UNCAF Nations Cups[9] as well as at the 2003,[10] 2007[11] and 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cups.[12]

His final international was an October 2011 friendly match against Jamaica.

International goals

Honours

Marathón

Beijing Guoan

References

  1. ^ Emil Martínez pide con su futbol un lugar en Alajuela – Nación (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Emil Martínez y Erick Norales se marchan a China[permanent dead link] – La Prensa (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Emil y Asthor firmaron con el Marathon Archived 12 April 2013 at archive.today – Tiempo (in Spanish)
  4. ^ Honduras Apertura 2007-08#Goalscorers
  5. ^ Emil Martínez – FIFA competition record (archived)
  6. ^ Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2003 – Details Archived 26 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine – RSSSF
  7. ^ UNCAF (Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup) 2007 – Details Archived 24 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine – RSSSF
  8. ^ UNCAF (Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup) 2009 – Details Archived 5 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine – RSSSF
  9. ^ UNCAF (Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup) 2011 – Details[dead link] – RSSSF
  10. ^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2003 – Full Details Archived 24 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine – RSSSF
  11. ^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2007 – Full Details Archived 24 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine – RSSSF
  12. ^ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2011 – Full Details[dead link] – RSSSF

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