Mariano Sánchez Martínez

Mariano Sánchez
Personal information
Full name Mariano Sánchez Martínez
Date of birth (1978-01-28) 28 January 1978
Place of birth San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
Pinatar
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1997–1998 Pinatar
2003–2004 Mar Menor 32 (6)
2004–2005 Alcoyano 30 (3)
2005–2014 Cartagena 297 (18)
Total 359 (27)

* 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 Sánchez and the second or maternal family name is Martínez.

Mariano Sánchez Martínez (born 28 January 1978) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.

Football career

Born in San Pedro del Pinatar, Murcia, Sánchez did not reach the third level of Spanish football until he was 26, in 2004, arriving at CD Alcoyano from amateur AD Mar Menor-San Javier. In the following year he moved to another side in the category, FC Cartagena, helping it promote to the second level in his fourth season.

Sánchez made his debut in the competition on 29 August 2009, at the age of 31 years and seven months: he played the full 90 minutes in a 1–0 away win against Girona FC.[1] He never appeared in less than 34 league games during his three seasons in the category, suffering relegation in his last and renewing his contract for a further two years in June 2012, aged 34.[2]

Personal life

Sánchez rejected an offer to play youth football for Real Murcia when he was 18, after deciding to move to Madrid to study architecture. Not being able to enter Real Madrid's youth system, he chose to retire from football.[3]

References

  1. ↑ De Lucas abre la lata de los goles en Segunda (De Lucas opens can of goals in Segunda); Marca, 29 August 2009 (Spanish)
  2. ↑ Mariano Sánchez, capitán del Cartagena, renueva para "subir en un año" (Mariano Sánchez, Cartagena captain, renews to "promote in one year"); ABC, 25 June 2012 (Spanish)
  3. ↑ Mariano Sánchez es bicentenario (Mariano Sánchez is Mr. 200); La Verdad, 21 February 2011 (Spanish)

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