Alejandro_Martinuccio
Alejandro Martinuccio
Argentine footballer
Alejandro "El Negro" Martinuccio (born 16 December 1987 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a striker. He currently plays for Boston River.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alejandro Hernán Martinuccio | ||
| Date of birth | (1987-12-16) 16 December 1987 (age 36) | ||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Boston River | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| River Plate | |||
| Nueva Chicago | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2009 | Nueva Chicago | 17 | (9) |
| 2009–2011 | Peñarol | 56 | (14) |
| 2011–2015 | Fluminense | 15 | (1) |
| 2012 | → Villarreal (loan) | 13 | (1) |
| 2012–2014 | → Cruzeiro (loan) | 18 | (4) |
| 2014 | → Coritiba (loan) | 13 | (2) |
| 2016–2017 | Chapecoense | 12 | (1) |
| 2017 | Nueva Chicago | 7 | (2) |
| 2018 | Avaí | 15 | (2) |
| 2019–2020 | Móstoles | 15 | (3) |
| 2020– | Boston River | 8 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:38, 6 October 2020 (UTC) | |||
Nueva Chicago
Martinuccio made his debut at Club Atlético Nueva Chicago in 2008 and after a remarkable individual performance with his team in the Primera B Metropolitana was transferred to Uruguayan's C.A. Peñarol.
Peñarol
Martinuccio helped Peñarol reach the 2011 Copa Libertadores Finals, in which Peñarol lost to Brazil's Santos. He had thirteen appearances and scored 2 goals in the competition.
Fluminense
After a good display of football in the 2011 Copa Libertadores, Fluminense signed Martinuccio in July 2011.[1]
Villarreal
Martinuccio joined Villarreal in January 2012 in a loan deal. He scored his first goal for Villarreal against Real Zaragoza on March 4.
Cruzeiro
In July 2012, Cruzeiro signed Martinuccio on a one-year loan from Fluminense.[2] He stayed there for another year until mid-2014 and won the 2013 Brazilian Série A and the 2014 Campeonato Mineiro. Although, due to injuries he could never establish himself in the team and returned to Fluminense.[3]
Coritiba
In June 2014 Martinuccio was loaned one more time, on this occasion to another Brazilian club, Coritiba.[4] Once again he struggled with injuries.[5]
Chapecoense
Without playing since November 2014 Chapecoense signed Alejandro on 30 April 2016. Martinuccio failed in medical exams at Ponte Preta before agreeing with Chapecoense. He had a chance to return to football after a series of serious injuries and surgeries on both legs.[6] Because of a new injury, Martinuccio missed the ill-fated team flight which crashed near Medellín, where 71 people died.[7]
Club
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Nueva Chicago | 2007–08 | Primera B Nacional | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2008–09 | Primera B Metropolitana | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 9 | |||
| Total | 17 | 9 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 9 | ||||
| Peñarol | 2009–10 | Primera División | 32 | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 8 | ||
| 2010–11 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17[lower-alpha 1] | 3 | — | 41 | 9 | |||
| Total | 56 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | — | 73 | 17 | |||
| Fluminense | 2011 | Série A | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 1 | ||
| 2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 | |||
| Villarreal | 2011–12 | La Liga | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 1 | ||
| Cruzeiro (loan) | 2012 | Série A | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 4 | ||
| 2013 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||||
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 18 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 20 | 4 | |||
| Coritiba (loan) | 2014 | Série A | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 2 | ||
| Chapecoense | 2016 | Série A | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Total | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 1 | ||
| Avaí | 2018 | Série A | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 14[lower-alpha 3] | 2 | 17 | 2 | |
| Career total | 140 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 184 | 37 | ||
- Four appearances and one goal in 2010 Copa Sudamericana, 13 appearances and two goals in 2011 Copa Libertadores.
- Appearance(s) in Campeonato Carioca.
- Appearance(s) in Campeonato Catarinense.
- Peñarol
- Campeonato Uruguayo: 2009-10
- Cruzeiro
On 28 November 2016, many of his current teammates at Chapecoense were involved in a plane crash, which killed most of the squad (17 died instantly after crash and two more a few hours later in hospital at Medellín). Martuniccio was not on the plane as he had been dropped from the team for the first final game against Atlético Nacional for the 2016 Copa Sudamericana, due to an injury.[10]
- "Fluminense contrata Martinuccio". vitrineesportiva.com.br. July 20, 2011. Archived from the original on August 21, 2014. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
- "Cruzeiro contrata Martinuccio por empréstimo de um ano". Estadão. July 5, 2012. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
- "Cruzeiro não revova empréstimo de Martinuccio, e atacante volta ao Flu". globoesporte.com. May 29, 2012. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
- "Martinuccio realiza exames médicos antes de assinar com o Coritiba". globoesporte.com. June 27, 2014. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
- "Situação de Martinuccio será reavaliada no Coritiba, diz Celso Roth". globoesporte.com. August 4, 2014. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
- "Após exames e acerto, Martinuccio inicia tratamento na Chapecoense". globoesporte.com. March 1, 2016. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
- "El ex del Villarreal que se salvó al estar lesionado: "Siento un profundo dolor"" (in Spanish). Marca. 29 November 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- Alejandro Martinuccio at Soccerway. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
- Clarin.com. "Accidente del Chapecoense: Alejandro Martinuccio, el único argentino del equipo, se salvó por una lesión". Clarin.com. Retrieved 2016-11-29.
- Alejandro Martinuccio at Soccerway
- Alejandro Martinuccio at ESPN FC
- tablesleague.com