Ignacio Martín-Esperanza

Ignacio Martín-Esperanza
Personal information
Full name Ignacio Martín-Esperanza Tejada
Date of birth (1936-06-05) 5 June 1936
Place of birth Verín, Spain
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 12 in)
Playing position Forward
Youth career
Real Madrid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1956–1960 Plus Ultra 43 (13)
1956–1957La Felguera (loan) 40 (12)
1958–1959Atlético Ceuta (loan) 22 (5)
1960–1963 Betis 42 (5)
1963–1970 Pontevedra 155 (19)
Total 302 (54)
Teams managed
1973 Pontevedra
1973–1974 Atlético Pontevedrés
1974–1975 Lugo
1975–1976 Portonovo
1976–1978 Algeciras
1978–1980 Lleida
1981 Figueres
1982–1983 Lugo
1983–1985 Hospitalet
1999 Pontevedra

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Martín-Esperanza and the second or maternal family name is Tejada.

Ignacio Martín-Esperanza Tejada (born 5 June 1936) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a forward, and a current manager.

Playing career

Born in Verín, Ourense, Galicia, Martín-Esperanza finished his formation at Real Madrid, and made his senior debuts while on loan at CP La Felguera in 1956. He scored 12 goals for the club, which narrowly avoided relegation, and was assigned to the former's reserves in the following year.

Martín-Esperanza was also loaned to CA Ceuta, and in 1960 signed for La Liga's Real Betis, with Luis del Sol moving in the opposite direction. He made his debut in the competition on 11 September, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–0 home win against RCD Mallorca,[1] and scored his first goal on 11 December, netting the last in a 2–1 success at Granada CF.[2]

Martín-Esperanza struggled with injuries during his spell with the Andalusians, and joined Pontevedra CF in the 1963 summer. He was regularly used by the club, and eventually retired in 1970 at the age of 33; he was also called up to the national team in December 1965,[3] being only an unused substitute in a 0–2 loss against England.[4]

Managerial career

After his retirement Martín-Esperanza was appointed manager of his last side Pontevedra in 1973, and eventually suffering team relegation. After managing lower clubs in his native region he was named Algeciras CF manager, taking the club back to Segunda División B in his first season.[5]

Subsequently, Martín-Esperanza had spells with Catalan clubs UE Lleida,[6] UE Figueres[7] and CE L'Hospitalet,[8] all of them in the third division. In 1999, after 14 years without a club, he returned to Pontevedra, but his reign only lasted six matches.

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