Alberto Nicolás Martínez (born 13 August 1990) is an Argentine professional

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who plays as a

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for

Deportivo Riestra Deportivo Riestra Asociación de Fomento Barrio Colón, also known as Deportivo Riestra, is an Argentine sports club from Buenos Aires. The club is mainly focused on football, with the senior squad currently playing in Primera B Nacional, the seco ...

Career

After youth stints with

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, Vélez Sarsfield and Ferro Carril Oeste,

General Lamadrid General Lamadrid is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the administrative seat of General Lamadrid Partido General La Madrid is a partido in the central region of Buenos Aires Province in Argentina. The provincial subdivision ha ...

were Martínez's first senior team. Five goals in seventy-three fixtures followed in Primera C Metropolitana across the 2008–09, 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons, with the latter concluding with promotion to Primera B Metropolitana; though they'd be relegated after one season, as he appeared thirty-one times. In early 2013,

Deportivo Español Club Social, Deportivo y Cultural Español de la República Argentina (commonly referred to as Deportivo Español) is an Argentine sports club from the Parque Avellaneda district of Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its football team, wh ...

of the fourth tier completed the signing of Martínez. Four goals in fifty-seven fixtures occurred along with promotion. He had a stint back with General Lamadrid to end 2014, prior to joining San Telmo. Martínez won his third career promotion whilst with San Telmo, all coming under the management of Jorge Franzoni. Martínez scored on his first appearance in Primera B Metropolitana for San Telmo, netting in a February 2016 victory over

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. During the

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, Martínez scored twelve goals in the league; with braces against Acassuso, Colegiales and Villa San Carlos. On 30 June 2017, Martínez agreed a loan move to

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side

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. He participated in eighteen matches in all competitions in the

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season, as the club won promotion via the play-offs. In January 2018, Martínez was loaned to

for the rest of 2017–18 in Primera B Nacional and all of 2018–19 in Primera B Metropolitana. In February 2021, Martínez moved Almirante Brown until the end of the year. He then re-joined his former club

ahead of the 2022, before returning to

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Career statistics

Honours

;General Lamadrid * Primera C Metropolitana:

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;San Telmo * Primera C Metropolitana: 2015 ;Unión La Calera * Primera B:

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Martinez, Alberto 1990 births Living people People from Moreno Partido Argentine men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Argentine expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Chile Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile Primera C Metropolitana players Primera B Metropolitana players Primera B de Chile players Primera Nacional players Club Atlético General Lamadrid footballers Deportivo Español footballers Club Atlético San Telmo footballers Unión La Calera footballers Deportivo Riestra players Club Almirante Brown footballers Footballers from Buenos Aires Province