André Renato Soares Martins (born 21 January 1990) is a Portuguese professional

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who plays for

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club

Hapoel Be'er Sheva Hapoel Be'er Sheva Football Club ( he, מועדון הכדורגל הפועל באר שבע, ''Moadon HaKaduregel Hapoel Be'er Sheva'') is an Israeli football club from the city of Be'er Sheva, that competes in the Israeli Premier League. The c ...

as a

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. Formed at

Sporting CP Sporting Clube de Portugal, founded Sporting Club de Portugal (), otherwise referred to as Sporting CP, often known abroad as Sporting Lisbon , is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Lisbon. It is best known for the professional foot ...

, where he made 103 total appearances, he won the Super League Greece at

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...

and two

Ekstraklasa Poland Ekstraklasa (), meaning "Extra Class" in Polish, named PKO Ekstraklasa since the 2019–20 season due to its sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is the top Polish professional league for men's association football teams. Contested by 18 ...

titles for Legia Warsaw.

Club career

Sporting CP

After graduating from

's youth academy Martins was loaned out, along with six other former club juniors, to Real S.C. in the third division. For

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, newly appointed coach Paulo Sérgio called him back for pre-season trainings, and, in August, he was sent to C.F. Os Belenenses in the Segunda Liga, in a

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-long loan. However, after José Mota's arrival at the team's bench, the player was deemed surplus to requirements and another loan was arranged in January 2011, at third-tier side C.D. Pinhalnovense. Mainly due to injuries to teammates, Martins featured in Sporting's bench in some matches in 2011–12. On 20 October 2011 he made his official debut for the ''Lions'', coming on as a substitute for

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for the last 15 minutes of a 2–0 home win against

FC Vaslui CS Sporting Juniorul Vaslui (), commonly known as Sporting Vaslui, Juniorul Vaslui or simply as Vaslui, is a Romanian professional football club based in Vaslui, Vaslui County, founded in 2002 and re-founded in 2014. The club is currently pla ...

in the group stage of the

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. Martins scored three goals in 29 competitive games in 2013–14 for the eventual vice-champions, his first in the Primeira Liga and overall coming on 15 September 2013 in a 2–0 away victory over

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. Following the appointment of coach

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, however, he was told to look for a new club, and left the

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on 30 June 2016.

Olympiacos

On 8 August 2016,

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Martins signed with six-time consecutive Super League Greece champions

Olympiacos FC Olympiacos Club of Fans of Piraeus ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σ.Φ.Π. ), known simply as Olympiacos or Olympiacos Piraeus, is a Greek professional football club based in Piraeus, Attica. Part of the major multi-sport club Olympiacos CFP (' ...

. In his first season, he contributed one goal from 29 appearances to another national championship conquest. Martins featured much less the following campaign, and was deemed surplus to requirements after the arrival of his compatriot Pedro Martins as manager.

Legia Warsaw

On 6 September 2018, Martins joined Legia Warsaw on a 12-month contract with the option to extend it for another year. He won the

title in two consecutive seasons, the latter time accompanied by compatriot

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in 2021. During his spell at the

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, Martins played 128 official matches and scored twice.

Hapoel Be'er Sheva

On 13 January 2022, Martins agreed to a one-and-a-half-year deal with Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. of the

. Alongside compatriots

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and Hélder Lopes, he won the State Cup and Super Cup in his first year, both on penalties against Maccabi Haifa FC.

International career

Martins earned 43

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for Portugal at youth level, including 17 for the under-21 team. On 10 June 2013 he made his debut for the full side, playing the dying minutes of the 1–0 friendly win over

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in Geneva. On 14 August, in another exhibition game, he replaced Rúben Amorim midway through the second half of a 1–1 draw against the

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Career statistics

Honours

Sporting CP *

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: 2014–15 Olympiacos * Super League Greece: 2016–17 Legia Warsaw *

: 2019–20,

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Hapoel Be'er Sheva * Israel State Cup: 2021–22 *

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Martins, Andre 1990 births Living people Portuguese men's footballers Footballers from Santa Maria da Feira Men's association football midfielders Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Segunda Divisão players Sporting CP footballers Real S.C. players C.F. Os Belenenses players C.D. Pinhalnovense players Sporting CP B players Super League Greece players Olympiacos F.C. players Ekstraklasa players Legia Warsaw players Israeli Premier League players Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. players Portugal men's youth international footballers Portugal men's under-21 international footballers Portugal men's international footballers Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Portugal Portuguese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Greece Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Poland Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Israel