Daniel Martins (Portuguese footballer)

Daniel Martins
Martins playing for Portugal U19
Personal information
Full name Daniel Santos Martins
Date of birth (1993-06-23) 23 June 1993 (age 30)
Place of birth Torres Vedras, Portugal
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Left Back
Youth career
2006–2007 Torreense
2007–2012 Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Benfica B 4 (0)
2013–2015 Belenenses 2 (0)
2013–2014Beira-Mar (loan) 36 (0)
2015Universitatea Cluj (loan) 2 (0)
2015–2019 Penafiel 81 (0)
2019–2020 Covilhã 16 (0)
2020 Créteil 6 (0)
International career
2009 Portugal U16 2 (0)
2009–2010 Portugal U17 15 (1)
2011 Portugal U18 6 (0)
2011–2012 Portugal U19 17 (1)
2012 Portugal U20 6 (0)
2013 Portugal U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:28, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

Daniel Santos Martins (born 23 June 1993) is a Portuguese professional footballer who most recently played for French Championnat National club Créteil as a left defender.

Club career

Martins was born in Torres Vedras, Portugal. On 30 January 2013, Martins signed with Belenenses.[1][2]

Martins signed with Créteil in the French Championnat National in the summer of 2020. After a half-time incident in the Coupe de France match against JS Suresnes on 18 October 2020, in which it is reported that Martins physically attacked a staff member, he was suspended by the club on grounds of serious misconduct. On 12 November 2020 his contract was terminated.[3][4]

International career

He represented Portugal U19 in the 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship,[5] where he played in all three of Portugal's group fixtures, scoring against Estonia in the opening game.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Daniel Martins: "Espero evoluir aqui e jogar na 1.ª Liga"". Record. 31 January 2013. Archived from the original on 31 January 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Botaka e Daniel Martins são reforços de inverno". Record. 31 January 2013. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013.
  3. ^ "Créteil : le latéral Daniel Martins licencé (off)" (in French). foot-national.com. 12 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Daniel Martins viré ! Un poing c'est tout..." (in French). uscreteil1936.fr. 12 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Convocatória de Portugal" [Squad for the U19 European Championship]. Mais Futebol. 11 June 2012. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  6. ^ "Estonia-Portugal | Under-19".

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