André Martins

André Martins

Martins in action for Sporting in 2014
Personal information
Full name	André Renato Soares Martins
Date of birth	21 January 1990
Place of birth	Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 ^1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Sporting CP
Number	28
Youth career
1998–2001	Argoncilhe
2001–2003	Feirense
2003–2009	Sporting CP
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2009–	Sporting CP	72	(3)
2009–2010	→ Real Massamá (loan)	30	(1)
2010	→ Belenenses (loan)	2	(0)
2011	→ Pinhalnovense (loan)	10	(1)
2012–2013	Sporting B	3	(0)
National team
2010	Portugal U20	5	(0)
2011–2012	Portugal U21	17	(3)
2013	Portugal	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 September 2015. † Appearances (goals)

André Renato Soares Martins (born 21 January 1990 in Santa Maria da Feira, Aveiro District) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Sporting Clube de Portugal as a central midfielder.

Club career

After graduating from Sporting Clube de Portugal's youth academy Martins was loaned out, along with six other former Sporting juniors, to Real Sport Clube in the third division.^[1][2] For the 2010–11 campaign, newly appointed coach Paulo Sérgio called him back for pre-season trainings, and, in August, he was sent to C.F. Os Belenenses in the second level, in a season-long loan; however, after José Mota's arrival at Belenenses' bench, the player was deemed surplus to requirements, and another loan was arranged in January 2011, at C.D. Pinhalnovense in division three.

Mainly due to injuries to teammates, Martins featured in Sporting's bench in some matches in 2011–12. On 20 October 2011, he made his official debut for the Lions, coming on as a substitute for Diego Capel for the last 15 minutes of a 2–0 home win against FC Vaslui, in the season's UEFA Europa League.^[3]

International career

Martins gained 43 caps for Portugal at youth level, including 17 for the under-21 team. On 10 June 2013, he made his debut for the full side, playing the dying minutes of the 1–0 exhibition game win with Croatia in Geneva;^[4] on 14 August, again in a friendly, he replaced Rúben Amorim midway through the second half of a 1–1 draw against the Netherlands.^[5]

Club statistics

As of 23 March 2015^[6]

Club	Season	League		Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Real Massamá	2009–10	30	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	32	1
Total		30	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	32	1
Belenenses	2010–11	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	5	0
Total		2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	5	0
Pinhalnovense	2010–11	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	1
Total		10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	1
Sporting	2011–12	11	0	3	0	1	0	6	0	21	0
	2012–13	15	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	19	0
	2013–14	27	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	29	3
	2014–15	13	0	3	1	1	0	4	0	21	1
Total		56	3	7	1	2	0	14	0	79	4
Career totals		98	5	9	1	5	0	14	0	126	6

Honours

Sporting

• Taça de Portugal: 2014–15

References

1. "Sete ex-juniores do Sporting às ordens de Filipe Ramos" [Seven former Sporting juniors under Filipe Ramos] (in Portuguese). Academia de Talentos. 27 July 2009. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
2. "Fábio Paím no Real Massamá, Rabiu Ibrahim a caminho" [Fábio Paím at Real Massamá, Rabiu Ibrahim on the way] (in Portuguese). Sporting Apoio. 25 September 2009. Archived from the original on 28 September 2009. Retrieved 25 September 2009.
3. "Martins reflects on 'great day' for qualified Sporting". UEFA.com. 20 October 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
4. "Portugal win the day as Halilović enters fray". UEFA.com. 10 June 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
5. "Ronaldo strike earns draw against Dutch". PortuGOAL. 14 August 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
6. "André Martins". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 May 2014.

External links

• André Martins at footballzz.co.uk
• André Martins profile at ForaDeJogo
• André Martins at National-Football-Teams.com