Jairo Martínez
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jairo Manfredo Martínez Puerto | ||
Date of birth | 14 May 1978 | ||
Place of birth | La Ceiba, Honduras | ||
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Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1997–2000 | Motagua | 33 | (19) |
2000–2002 | Coventry City | 11 | (3) |
2002–2005 | Motagua | 89 | (23) |
2005 | Altamira | 4 | (1) |
2005–2006 | Olimpia | 20 | (2) |
2006–2008 | Motagua | 41 | (8) |
International career‡ | |||
1998–2008 | Honduras | 38 | (13) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2008-05-22 |
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Jairo Manfredo Martínez Puerto (born 14 May 1978) is a retired Honduran football forward.
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Club career
Nicknamed el Kiki, Martínez started his professional career at Motagua with whom he would spend the majority of his career.
Coventry City
Martínez most notably played for Coventry City between 2000 and 2002, although he rarely appeared for the first team. He was part of the team that were relegated from the Premier League in 2001, although he never made an appearance that season. The manager at the time, Gordon Strachan, was criticised for making poor signings and Martínez was seen as one of them by the Coventry fans, as well as his compatriot Iván Guerrero who was brought to the club around the same time. It could be argued that Strachan had nothing to do with either of these signings - the squad at that time was arguably too large, and many players brought by consortia more concerned with making a profit on future sales. However, Martinez scored 3 league goals in just 5 starts, with all goals coming away from home against Barnsley,[1] Gillingham[2] and Millwall.[3]
He returned to Honduras and Motagua, then had a short stint in the Mexican second division and a season at Olimpia, before again turning out for Motagua. A knee injury eventually cut short his career and he retired in 2008, aged 30.[4]
He scored 50 goals in total for Motagua, making him the 5th most prolific scorer in the club's history.[5]
International career
Martínez made his debut for Honduras in a November 1999 friendly match against Guatemala and has earned a total of 38 caps, scoring 13 goals. He has represented his country in 4 FIFA World Cup qualification matches[6] and played at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He also played at the 2001,[7] 2003[8] and 2007 UNCAF Nations Cups[9] as well as at the 2000,[10] 2003s[11] and 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup.[12]
His final international was a February 2008 friendly match against Belize.
International goals
References
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- ↑ Jairo Martínez no jugará más - La Tribuna (Spanish)
- ↑ GOLEADORES 18.07.65 - 01.04.12 - Ciclohn
- ↑ Jairo Martínez – FIFA competition record
- ↑ Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2003 - Details - RSSSF
- ↑ Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2003 - Details - RSSSF
- ↑ UNCAF (Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup) 2007 - Details - RSSSF
- ↑ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2000 - Full Details - RSSSF
- ↑ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2003 - Full Details - RSSSF
- ↑ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2007 - Full Details - RSSSF
External links
- Soccerbase profile
- Jairo Martínez at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- 1978 births
- Living people
- People from La Ceiba
- Association football forwards
- Honduran footballers
- Honduras international footballers
- Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of Honduras
- 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 2001 UNCAF Nations Cup players
- 2003 UNCAF Nations Cup players
- 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- 2007 UNCAF Nations Cup players
- 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
- C.D. Motagua players
- Coventry City F.C. players
- Club Deportivo Olimpia footballers
- Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras players
- Honduran expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Expatriate footballers in Mexico
- The Football League players