Antonio Martínez Felipe (born 7 March 1990) is a Spanish professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays for Kuwaiti club

Al-Salmiya SC Al-Salmiya Sporting Club ( ar, نادي السالمية الرياضي) is a Kuwaiti professional football and sports club in Salmiya. They have won the Kuwaiti Premier League four times, most recently in 2000. They were founded in 1964 and th ...

as a

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Club career

Born in

Madrid Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and ...

, Martínez joined

Real Madrid Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (, meaning ''Royal Madrid Football Club''), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid. Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...

's youth system in 2002, aged 12. In 2009–10, he made his senior debut with the C team, being promoted to the reserves the following season but featuring in only eight matches. In the 2011–12 campaign, Martínez once again received very few opportunities, being loaned to fellow

Segunda División B Segunda División B ( en, Second Division B) was the third tier of the Spanish football league system containing 102 teams divided into five groups, until it was replaced by the new structure in 2021. It was administered by the Royal Spanish Foot ...

club

CD Mirandés Club Deportivo Mirandés is a Spanish football team based in Miranda de Ebro, Province of Burgos, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 3 May 1927, the club competes in the Segunda División, holding home matches at ''Esta ...

in January 2012. In July, as both sides achieved promotion, he returned to Castilla. In January 2013, after failing to appear for Real B in the

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, Martínez returned to Mirandés also on loan. He played his first game in that league on 23 February, featuring the full 90 minutes in a 2–0 away loss against

Racing de Santander Real Racing Club de Santander, S.A.D. (), also known as Racing de Santander () or simply Racing, is a football club based in Santander, Cantabria, Spain, that currently competes in Segunda División, the second tier of the Spanish league system ...

. Martínez signed a one-year contract with fellow second-tier

AD Alcorcón Agrupación Deportiva Alcorcón S.A.D. is a Spanish football team based in Alcorcón, in the autonomous community of Madrid. Founded in 1971, it currently plays in Primera Federación – Group 1, holding home matches at the Municipal de Santo ...

on 30 August 2013. He scored his first professional goal on 10 September, the second in the 4–1 away win over

RCD Mallorca Real Club Deportivo Mallorca, S.A.D. (, ca, Reial Club Deportiu Mallorca , ''Royal Sporting Club Mallorca''), commonly known as Real Mallorca or just Mallorca is a Spanish professional football club based in Palma on the island of Majorca in ...

in the

Copa del Rey The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footbal ...

. On 2 July 2014, Martínez agreed to a new three-year deal with the Madrid side. On 25 January 2015 he scored a brace, but in a 3–2 defeat at

Albacete Balompié Albacete Balompié is a Spanish football team based in Albacete, in the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha. Founded on 2 August 1940, it currently plays in Segunda División, the second tier of Spanish football, holding home matches ...

. On 1 July 2016, after a six-month loan spell at

CD Numancia Club Deportivo Numancia de Soria, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club in Soria, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded on 9 April 1945, it plays in Primera División RFEF – Group 2, holding home games at ''Nuevo Estadio Los ...

, Martínez cut ties with Alcorcón and joined

Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa (), better known as Cultural Leonesa or La Cultural, is a Spanish football team based in León, in the autonomous community of Castile and Leon. Founded on 5 August 1923, it currently plays in Primera División RFE ...

Career statistics

Honours

Real Madrid B *

: 2011–12 Cultural Leonesa *Segunda División B: 2016–17

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Martinez, Antonio 1990 births Living people Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Madrid Men's association football midfielders Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Real Madrid C footballers Real Madrid Castilla footballers CD Mirandés footballers AD Alcorcón footballers CD Numancia players Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa players Kuwait Premier League players Al-Salmiya SC players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Kuwait Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait