Sandy Martens

Sandy Martens (born 23 December 1972 in Opbrakel, Oost-Vlaanderen) is a retired Belgian football player. He is a former Belgium international, with a record of 3 goals in 11 games. He was a successful player for FC Bruges between 1998 and 2003 but suffered from various injuries later in his career. Originally a striker, he later played as a right back.

Sandy Martens
Personal information
Date of birth (1972-12-23) 23 December 1972
Place of birth Opbrakel, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1981–1993 Olsa Brakel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1994 Olsa Brakel 30 (18)
1994–1999 Gent 143 (39)
1999–2003 Club Brugge 130 (34)
2004–2007 Gent 49 (4)
2007–2008 KSK Beveren 26 (5)
2008–2011 KSV Oudenaarde 24 (6)
2012–2013 KVV Windeke
National team
1999–2003 Belgium 11 (3)
Teams managed
2012 Gent (youth)[1]
2012–2013 KVV Windeke (playing coach)[2]
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Martens started off his career with Olsa Brakel, a club in Belgium's fourth division. In 1993, he moved to AA Gent (First Division, Jupiler League). In his first match, at home against SK Beveren, he scored immediately, making him a crowd's favourite. He remained one of the leading players in Gent until 1999.

In 1999 Martens moved to Club Brugge.[3] It was also the period in which he turned Belgian international. He debuted for the Belgium national team on 27 March 1999 against Bulgaria. His last international appearance was against Croatia in August 2003.

Before 2012, Martens had the unique identification number of 0 in Sports Interactive's Football Manager series. For FM 2012, he was moved to id number 1.

Career statistics

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Belgium League Belgian Cup League Cup Europe Total
1993-94Olsa Brakel3018
1994–95GentFirst Division3110
1995–96329
1996–97306
1997–98226
1998–99288
1999–00Club BruggeFirst Division294
2000–01318
2001–02265
2002–033014
2003–04152
2003–04GentFirst Division110
2004–0531
2005–06282
2006–0771
2007-08BeverenSecond Division265
2008-09
Total Belgium 37999
Career total 37999

References

  1. Footballdatabase profile, footballdatabase.eu
  2. "Sandy Martens kiest voor KVV Windeke". nieuwsblad.be. 10 August 2012.
  3. "Stats Centre: Sandy Martens Facts". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 26 September 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
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