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Leandro Antonio Martínez

Leandro Antonio Martínez

Argentine-Italian footballer

For Cuban baseball player, see Leandro Martínez (baseball).

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

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Biography

Parma and loans

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

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

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

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

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

References

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