Roberto Martínez
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| Roberto Martínez | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Roberto Martínez Montoliú | |
| Date of birth | 13 July 1973 | |
| Place of birth | Balaguer, Spain | |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Wigan Athletic (manager) | |
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1992–1993 1993–1994 1994–1995 1995–2001 2001–2002 2002–2003 2003–2006 2006–2007 |
Real Zaragoza CF Balaguer Real Zaragoza Wigan Athletic Motherwell Walsall Swansea City Chester City Total |
1 (0) 48 (4) 188 (17) 16 (0) 6 (0) 122 (4) 31 (3) 416 (28) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 2007–2009 2009– |
Swansea City Wigan Athletic |
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Roberto Martínez Montoliú (born 13 July 1973) is a Spanish former professional footballer and is currently manager of Wigan Athletic.
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[edit] Playing career
Born in Balaguer, Martínez began his career at his home-town club CF Balaguer in the Spanish Third Division[citation needed] before moving to Real Zaragoza in La Liga where he made his senior debut.[citation needed] He was offered the chance to move to England by Dave Whelan, chairman of Wigan Athletic and he signed on a free transfer on 25 July 1995, joining fellow Spaniards Jesús Seba and Isidro Díaz. Martínez spent six seasons at Wigan, making 180 appearances for the club, with a further 47 as substitute, scoring 23 goals.
Released on a free transfer, Martínez signed for Scottish club Motherwell in July 2001 but made only eight appearances, plus eight more as substitute, before moving back to England to join Walsall on a free transfer in August 2002. Again, he did not feature regularly, starting just one game for Walsall and making five substitute appearances - though still managing to get sent off twice during his short spell in the First Division.
In January 2003, Martínez joined Swansea City on a short term contract until the end of the season, becoming the captain and helping to preserve the club's Football League status on the last day of the season. In June 2003, Martínez made a permanent move to the Welsh club. He formed an important part of the team from 2003–06, making 122 league appearances and captaining them to League Two promotion in 2005. By the end of 2005-06 season, he had made 111 appearances for Swansea City, with a further eleven as substitute, and had scored four goals. In May 2006, Martinez was released on a free transfer.
Martínez joined Chester City on a free transfer, signing a two year contract. In February 2007 he returned to Swansea City as manager.[1]
[edit] Managerial career
Martínez won manager of the month for October 2007 by leading his team to four wins in four in the league including a 5–0 win and a 4–1 win over Leyton Orient and Bournemouth away from home.[2] Then won it again in December after a thrilling 3–2 win over Leeds at the Liberty Stadium. Martínez won his second and third consecutive manager of the months in January after a second 4–0 win away from home this season, against Doncaster. He was also nominated for the February prize but lost out to John Ward manager of Carlisle United. In May 2008, Martínez was awarded the League Managers Association's manager of the year award for League One after leading Swansea City to the title.[3]
The 2008–09 season saw Martínez preside over Swansea's first game in England's second tier division in 24 years and it began poorly with a 2–0 defeat away at Charlton. Since then, Swansea's form improved, losing only 4 games out of the next 30. By January 2009, the team had scored a number of key league victories against opponents such as Reading and Wolves. Martínez also took the team to a 2–0 win against Premier League side and the defending cup holders Portsmouth in the FA Cup.[4]
Throughout his time at Swansea, Martinez often stated that he would only leave "Swansea as manager if he was forced out”. As his success grew, he criticised players that left the club for money or larger clubs.
In June, both Celtic and Wigan Athletic asked Swansea for permission to speak with Martínez regarding new managerial positions at the clubs, with Wigan being giving the opportunity to hold talks with Martínez.[5][6][7] After several days of negotiations Martínez was confirmed as the new manager of Wigan, taking four backroom staff with him.[8] Martinez signed a three-year contract worth £1.5million and was assured by Wigan owner Dave Whelan that his job would be safe for the next 3 years, even if the club suffer relegation. [9]
[edit] Personal life
On 26th June 2009 Martinez married his Scottish girlfriend Beth Thompson at St Josephs Cathedrel in Swansea.
They had already been together for eight years after Martinez met her in Scotland in 2001 while he was playing for Motherwell.
[edit] Statistics
- As of 15 June 2009.
[edit] Manager
| Team | From | To | Matches | Won | Drawn | Lost | Win % |
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| Swansea City | 25 February 2007 | 15 June 2009 | 125 | 63 | 37 | 25 | 50.4 |
| Wigan Athletic | 15 June 2009 | Present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
[edit] Honours
[edit] As a Player
- Football League Third Division champions: 1
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- 1996/1997 (with Wigan Athletic)
- Winners 2006 (with Swansea City)
- Winners 1999 (with Wigan Athletic)
[edit] As a Manager
- Champions - 2007–08 (with Swansea City)
[edit] References
- ^ Martinez sure of Swansea success. BBC Sport (2007-02-25). Retrieved on 2009-01-30.
- ^ Scurr, Andrew (2007-11-01). Martinez lands manager gong. Sky Sports. Retrieved on 2009-01-30.
- ^ "Martinez crowned manager of year". BBC Sport. 2008-05-13. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/swansea_city/7397679.stm. Retrieved on 2009-01-30.
- ^ Portsmouth 0-2 Swansea. BBC Sport (2009-01-24). Retrieved on 2009-01-30.
- ^ Martinez is Wigan's first choice . BBC Sport (2009-06-03). Retrieved on 2009-06-03.
- ^ Celtic want Swans boss Martinez. BBC Sport (2009-06-01). Retrieved on 2009-06-03.
- ^ Wigan allowed to talk to Martinez
- ^ "Wigan finally land boss Martinez". BBC Sport. 2008-06-15. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/wigan_athletic/8096196.stm. Retrieved on 2009-06-15.
- ^ Wigan not interested in injury-prone Michael Owen
[edit] External links
- Roberto Martínez career stats at Soccerbase
- Roberto Martínez management career stats at Soccerbase
- http://www.lfp.es/?tabid=113&Controltype=fju&cj=5888&d=1
- http://www.worldfootball.net/spieler_profil/roberto-martinez/
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