Altamir Heitor Martins (January 14, 1980March 1, 2012) was a Brazilian professional

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who played for

BEC Tero Sasana F.C. Police Tero Football Club ( th, สโมสรฟุตบอลโปลิศ-เทโร), formerly known as BEC Tero Sasana Football Club, is a Thai professional football club based in Bangkok. The club finished runners-up in the inaugural ...

Career

Martins transferred from

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to FC National București in October 2006. He made three appearances for National in

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during the 2006–07 season. The defender joined in summer 2009 from

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n second league side

FC Progresul București Fotbal Club Progresul București, commonly known as Progresul București or simply as Progresul, was a Romanian Association football, football club based in Bucharest. The team was founded in 1944 as ''B.N.R. București'', being the team of the ...

Paykan F.C. Paykan Football Club ( fa, باشگاه فوتبال پيکان, ''Bâshgâh-e Futbâl-e Peykân'') is a football team based in Tehran, Iran. The team is sponsored by Iran's main automobile manufacturer Iran Khodro and is named after one of ...

After a half year with

was released and moved to Thai club

Then few months later with

, he was released.

Death

In March 2012, Martins died in

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aged 32.

References

External links

Profile at CBF.com.br
1980 births 2012 deaths Brazilian men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Iran Paykan F.C. players FC Progresul București players Expatriate men's footballers in Thailand Men's association football defenders Footballers from São Paulo {{Brazil-footy-defender-1980s-stub