Román Martínez (footballer)

Román Martínez

200px Martínez playing with Espanyol in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Román Fernando Martínez
Date of birth	(1983-03-27) 27 March 1983
Place of birth	Morón, Argentina
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Lanús
Number	27
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2004	Deportivo Morón	64	(6)
2004–2008	Arsenal Sarandí	11	(0)
2006–2008	→ Tigre (loan)	70	(9)
2008–2011	Espanyol	32	(5)
2009–2010	→ Tenerife (loan)	23	(5)
2010–2011	→ Tigre (loan)	24	(3)
2011–2012	Tigre	35	(4)
2012–2015	Estudiantes	76	(10)
2015–	Lanús	16	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 January 2016

Román Fernando Martínez (born 27 March 1983) is an Argentine footballer who plays for Club Atlético Lanús as a central midfielder.

Football career

Born in Morón, Buenos Aires, Martínez started his playing career with local Club Deportivo Morón in 2000. After several seasons playing in the third division, he joined Arsenal de Sarandí of the top level.

In 2006, Martínez dropped down to division two to play for Club Atlético Tigre, but gained promotion in his first season. The Apertura 2007 was the club's first year in the main division since 1980, and the player appeared in nearly all of the team's games helping to a final second-place finish, the highest in its history.

For the 2008–09 campaign, Martínez signed with Spain's RCD Espanyol. On 13 December 2008 he scored his first goal for the Catalans, in a 1–2 loss in Valencia CF. Benefitting heavily from Iván de la Peña's constant injury problems, he featured regularly, and netted in three consecutive wins in late April/early May 2009, all as a substitute: Sporting de Gijón (3–0), Real Betis (2–0) and again Valencia (3–0, finding the net after just two minutes).

Martínez was subsequently loaned for one season to CD Tenerife, which had returned to La Liga after seven years. In an irregular campaign, where he alternated starts with the bench, he scored four of his five league goals in the last seven matches – which granted the team six points, after wins against Gijón and Racing de Santander– but the Canary Islands side was finally relegated.

Martínez returned to Argentina for 2010–11, re-joining Tigre on a one-year loan.

External links

• Argentine League statistics (Spanish)
• BDFA profile (Spanish)
• Román Martínez profile at BDFutbol
• Román Martínez at Soccerway
• Football-Lineups profile