Leandro Antonio Martínez

Leandro Antonio Martínez (born 15 October 1989) is an Argentine-Italian footballer who most recently played as a forward for Borgo San Donnino FC.

Leandro Martínez
Personal information
Full name Leandro Antonio Martínez
Date of birth (1989-10-15) 15 October 1989 (age 34)
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10+12 in)
Position(s) Forward, Winger
Team information
Current team
Borgo San Donnino FC
Youth career
Parma
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 Parma 1 (0)
2008–2009Ternana (loan) 0 (0)
2009Carpenedolo (loan) 6 (0)
2009South Tyrol (loan) 5 (0)
2010 Biaschesi 8 (2)
2010–2012 AlbinoLeffe 13 (1)
2012–2013 Cremonese 12 (0)
2013 Budapest Honvéd 11 (6)
2013–2015 Győri ETO 25 (6)
2015–2017 Haladás 30 (7)
2016Lucchese (loan) 11 (1)
2017MTK Budapest (loan) 6 (0)
2019 Talleres RE 1 (0)
2019 GS Felino
2019– Borgo San Donnino FC
International career
2008–2009 Italy U20 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:23, 19 January 2020 (UTC)

Biography edit

Parma and loans edit

Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Martínez moved to Italy in 2003.[1] He was a member of Parma's Primavera under-20 team.[2] At age 18, he was offered a professional contract of reported 5-year[3] (or 3+2 years, as N.O.I.F. of FIGC only allowed a maximum of 3-year for Italians "young professional"[4]). He made his Serie A debut on 27 April 2008, replaced Cristiano Lucarelli at 2nd half, at that time Parma already losing to Reggina 1–2. His primavera team-mate Aleksandar Prijović also substituted Daniele Dessena on that match, and Parma eventually 1–2 lost with Reggina.[5] Parma relegated to Serie B in June and Martínez was loaned to Ternana in August 2008.[6] He failed to make his club debut and left the club[7] for Carpenedolo in January 2009. On 1 September 2009 he left for South Tyrol[8] but in December 2009 returned to Parma for family reason.[9] In January 2010 he left for Swiss 1. Liga side Biaschesi.

AlbinoLeffe edit

On 12 July 2010, he was signed by Serie B side AlbinoLeffe[10] for free.[11] Since AlbinoLeffe had lost Francesco Ruopolo and Marco Cellini, Martínez formed a new striking line with Karamoko Cissé and Omar Torri, who played as backup players for AlbinoLeffe in the last season. The latter 2 scored 3 goals in the opening match, making AlbinoLeffe won fellow Serie B club Pescara 3–1 in Coppa Italia.[12] However, Martínez soon dropped from starting line-up.

Martínez did not play any game in 2011–12 Serie B and followed by the club relegation and heavy fine due to 2011 Italian football scandal, Martínez was signed by Cremonese in August 2012.[13]

Hungary edit

On 31 January 2013 his contract was terminated in a mutual consent and moved to Hungarian side Budapest Honvéd on the same day. He was presented on 1 February.[1] After spending five months at the club he joined defending champion Győri ETO.[14]

On 20 January 2015 he moved to Haladás.[15] He left the club in December 2017.[16]

Return to Italy edit

After one month and a half at Talleres de Remedios de Escalada in Argentina, Italien club GS Felino announced on 29 October 2019, that he had joined the club.[17] Leandros brother, Emanuel, was also playing for Felino and as of Leandro's Instagram page, he also worked as a youth coach at the club.[18]

On 12 December 2019, Martínez joined Borgo San Donnino FC alongside his brother, Emanuel.[19]

International career edit

Martínez made his U20 debut on 10 September 2008 against Switzerland U20, a 2008–09 Four Nations Tournament match.

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Sajtótájékoztató Új játékosaink bemutatása" (in Hungarian). Budapest Honvéd FC. 1 February 2013. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
  2. ^ "PRIMAVERA". Parma FC (in Italian). Archived from the original on 25 January 2007. Retrieved 15 July 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ Bandini, Lucia (2 November 2007). "Parma: contratto da professionista per il giovane Martinez". tutto mercato web (in Italian). Retrieved 15 July 2010.
  4. ^ Article 33 of NOIF
  5. ^ "Reggina 2 – 1 Parma – legaseriea.it". Archived from the original on 27 July 2011.
  6. ^ "DAL PARMA ACQUISTATO MARTINEZ". Ternana Calcio (in Italian). 25 August 2008. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  7. ^ "Martinez rientra al Parma". Ternana Calcio (in Italian). 15 January 2009. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  8. ^ "FC Südtirol: arriva Leandro Antonio Martinez, mentre saluta i biancorossi Alessandro Simonetta". FC South Tyrol (in German). 1 September 2009. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
  9. ^ "Manuel Fischnaller, Daniel Pfitscher e Leandro Antonio Martinez salutano l'FC Südtirol". FC South Tyrol (in Italian). 22 December 2009. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
  10. ^ "Acquistati A.M. Taugordeau e L.A. Martinez". UC AlbinoLeffe (in Italian). 12 July 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2010.
  11. ^ UC AlbinoLeffe S.r.l. bilancio (financial report and accounts) on 30 June 2011 (in Italian)
  12. ^ "AlbinoLeffe – Pescara 3 a 1" (in Italian). U.C. AlbinoLeffe. 15 August 2010. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
  13. ^ "Tesserato Leandro Martinez" (in Italian). U.S. Cremonese. 3 August 2012 [circa]. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  14. ^ Martinez három és fél évre aláírt – Nemzeti Sport Online
  15. ^ "Branescu, Alcibiade, Martínez és Mancini a Haladásban" (in Hungarian). Szombathelyi Haladás. 20 January 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  16. ^ Haladás: szerződést bontottak az olasz-argentin csatárral‚ nemzetisport.hu, 16 December 2017
  17. ^ Clamoroso: Leo Martinez torna al Felino, è ufficiale, sportparma.com, 29 October 2019
  18. ^ Instagram post, instagram.com, 5 October 2019
  19. ^ Ufficiale: Leo Martinez raggiunge Emanuel al San Donnino, sportparma.com, 12 December 2019

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