Abel Martínez
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Abel Juan Martínez Colón[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 3 June 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Havana, Cuba | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Villaralbo | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2015 | La Habana | ||
| 2016 | Cruz Azul Premier | ||
| 2016–2019 | La Habana | ||
| 2019–2020 | CD Castilla Palencia | ||
| 2020 | Lynx F.C. | ||
| 2020– | Villaralbo | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2013 | Cuba U20 | 9 | (0) |
| 2016 | Cuba | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 May 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 March 2016 | |||
Abel Juan Martínez Colón (born 3 June 1993) is a Cuban international football player, who currently plays for GCE Villaralbo in the Primera Regional of Castille and León.[2]
Club career
[edit]Back in Cuba, he played for his native provincial team La Habana.
In November 2020, Martínez signed for Spanish club GCE Villaralbo.[3]
Doping case
[edit]Martinez was allowed by the Cuban FA to sign professional terms with Mexican side Cruz Azul Premier alongside compatriot Maykel Reyes in 2016,[4] only to be suspended for two years by FIFA for use of the banned substance furosemide while on Olympic duty with Cuba in Canada in September 2015.[5][6] Cruz Azul dismissed him subsequently, leaving him to work as a model while living with his girlfriend in Puebla.[7]
International career
[edit]Martinez has played in the 2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup[8] and the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games tournament.
He made his senior international debut for Cuba in a January 2016 friendly match against Panama and has, as of January 2018, earned a total of 2 caps, scoring no goals.
References
[edit]- ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Turkey 2013 List of Players: Cuba" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 23 June 2013. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2013.
- ^ Abel Martínez at Soccerway
- ^ López-Sueiras, Manuel (20 November 2020). "El Villaralbo cierra cuatro fichajes a última hora". La Opinión de Zamora (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
- ^ Futbolistas cubanos Maykel Reyes y Abel Martínez firman con el Cruz Azul de México - Cibercuba (in Spanish)
- ^ Pese a doping, Abel Martínez sigue en planes de Cruz Azul - ESPN Deportes (in Spanish)
- ^ FIFA confirma suspensión de dos años a cubano por doping - Cibercuba (in Spanish)
- ^ El jugador del Cruz Azul que modela para mantenerse - Vanguardia (in Spanish)
- ^ Abel Martínez – FIFA competition record (archived)
External links
[edit]- Abel Martínez at National-Football-Teams.com
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