Quique Martín

Enrique 'Quique' Martín Sánchez (born 29 December 1972) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a forward.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Martín and the second or maternal family name is Sánchez.
Quique Martín
Personal information
Full name Enrique Martín Sánchez
Date of birth (1972-12-29) 29 December 1972
Place of birth Avilés, Spain
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Avilés
Barcelona
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1995 Barcelona B 73 (7)
1995–1997 Mérida 68 (19)
1997–1999 Espanyol 53 (4)
1999–2001 Salamanca 70 (18)
2001–2002 Villarreal 14 (0)
2002–2003 Salamanca 33 (5)
2003–2005 Terrassa 66 (8)
2005–2011 Salamanca 181 (43)
Total 558 (104)
National team
1990–1991 Spain U18 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

In a 20-year professional career he represented six teams, mainly Salamanca (three different spells). He amassed La Liga totals of 104 games and eight goals over the course of four seasons, with Mérida, Espanyol and Villarreal.

Football career

Martín was born in Avilés, Asturias. An unsuccessful youth graduate at FC Barcelona – only appeared for the reserve squad – he went on to represent five clubs in his extensive professional career (CP Mérida, RCD Espanyol, UD Salamanca, Villarreal CF and Terrassa FC), in both La Liga and the Segunda División. His debut in the Spanish top flight arrived in the 1995–96 season with Mérida, appearing in 37 games in an eventual relegation; he contributed with a career-best 15 goals in the following campaign, as the team returned to where they had come from.[1]

With Castile and León's Salamanca, Martín was instrumental in the 2006 promotion from the third level. In 2007–08 he finished as the player with most matches played in division two, 338, adding that distinction to 13 league goals – squad best, joint-tenth in the competition – which earned him a one-year contract extension aged almost 36.[2]

In 2009–10, Martín played almost 1,000 minutes less than in the previous season and also did not manage to find the net after scoring 25 times in the last two combined. Salamanca barely avoided relegation, finishing in 16th position.

In June 2011, after the side dropped down a tier, Martín retired from football at the age of 38 years and six months,[3] having appeared in 529 games in both major levels of Spanish football combined (98 goals), 425 of those in the second division.[4]

References
  1. "Quique Martín vuelve a ser la referencia charra a los 34 años" [Quique Martín is again the charra reference at the age of 34]. La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). 22 December 2007. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  2. "Quique Martín renueva con el Salamanca una temporada más" [Quique Martín renews with Salamanca one more season]. Marca (in Spanish). 11 July 2008. Retrieved 13 June 2010.
  3. Nacho Gutiérrez (17 October 2012). "Quique Martín, con el corazón dividido" [Quique Martín, heart torn in two]. El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  4. Julián Palomar (9 October 2015). "Nino se convertirá mañana en el futbolista que más partidos ha jugado en Segunda" [Nino will become tomorrow in footballer with more matches in Segunda]. Diario Información (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 April 2018.
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