Quique Martín

Quique Martín

Personal information
Full name	Enrique Martín Sánchez
Date of birth	29 December 1972
Place of birth	Avilés, Spain
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Forward
Youth career
	Avilés
	Barcelona
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1992–1995	Barcelona B	73	(7)
1995–1997	Mérida	68	(19)
1997–1999	Espanyol	53	(4)
1999–2001	Salamanca	70	(18)
2001–2002	Villarreal	14	(0)
2002–2003	Salamanca	33	(5)
2003–2005	Terrassa	66	(8)
2005–2011	Salamanca	181	(43)
Total		558	(104)
National team
1990–1991	Spain U18	5	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Enrique 'Quique' Martín Sánchez (born 29 December 1972) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a forward.

In a 20-year professional career he represented six different teams, namely Salamanca (three different spells). He amassed La Liga totals of 104 games and eight goals over the course of four seasons, with Mérida, Espanyol and Villarreal.

Football career

Martín was born in Avilés, Asturias. An unsuccessful youth graduate at FC Barcelona – only appeared for the reserve squad – he went on to represent five clubs in his extensive professional career (CP Mérida, RCD Espanyol, UD Salamanca, Villarreal CF and Terrassa FC), in both La Liga and the second division. His debut in the Spanish top flight arrived in the 1995–96 season with Mérida, appearing in 37 games in an eventual relegation; he contributed with a career-best 15 goals in the following campaign, as the team immediately promoted back.

With Castile and León's Salamanca, Martín was instrumental in the 2006 promotion from the third level. In 2007–08 he finished as the player with most matches played in division two, 338, adding that distinction to 13 league goals – squad best, joint-tenth in the competition – which earned him a one-year contract extension aged almost 36.^[1]

In 2009–10, 37-year-old Martín begun to understandably slow down, playing almost 1,000 minutes less than in the previous season and also not managing to find the net after scoring 25 in the last two combined. Salamanca barely avoided relegation, finishing in 16th position.

In June 2011, after the side dropped down a category, Martín retired from football at the age of 38 years and six months, having appeared in 529 games in both major levels of Spanish football combined (98 goals), 425 of those in the second division.

References

1. Quique Martín renueva con el Salamanca una temporada más (Quique Martín renews with Salamanca one more season); Marca, 11 July 2008 (Spanish)

External links

• Quique Martín profile at BDFutbol
• Quique Martín profile at Soccerway