Damián Alberto Martínez is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Rosario Central in the

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Career

Club

Martínez started his career with

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in 2009, making his professional debut on 3 April in an

match with Arsenal de Sarandí. That was one of nine appearances for San Lorenzo between 2009 and 2010. In 2011, Martínez was loaned out to Independiente Rivadavia of Primera B Nacional. He remained for two seasons,

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and 2011–12, and scored one goal (versus Boca Unidos) in thirty-two matches. He returned to San Lorenzo in 2012 and subsequently made two more appearances, prior to leaving permanently to sign for Primera B Nacional's Aldosivi in 2013. He scored in his first start for Aldosivi, in a 2–2 tie with Independiente on 17 August 2013. In total, Martínez featured thirty-three times for Aldosivi throughout the 2013–14 campaign. In June 2014, Martínez joined Argentine Primera División side Defensa y Justicia. Three years later, after scoring once in fifty-five matches for the club, he left Defensa y Justicia to play for fellow top-flight team Independiente. His first appearance for Independiente came against Defensa y Justicia on 8 August 2016, in a home defeat in the Copa Argentina. On 2 August 2017, Unión Santa Fe loaned Martínez for 2017–18.

International

Martínez won twelve caps and scored one goal, versus Paraguay, for the Argentina U17 team in 2007. He was selected for the

2007 South American Under-17 Football Championship The 2007 South American Under-17 Football Championship was played in Ecuador from 4 to 25 March 2007. The seven venues of the competition were the cities of Ambato, Azogues, Cuenca, Ibarra, Latacunga, Quito and Riobamba. The tournament provide ...

in Ecuador and the

2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup The FIFA U-17 World Cup 2007, the twelfth edition of the tournament, was held in South Korea between 18 August and 9 September 2007. For this event, the number of teams had been expanded from 16 to 24, with the top two of each group and the four ...

in South Korea.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Martínez, Damián 1990 births Living people Footballers from Buenos Aires Argentine men's footballers Men's association football defenders Argentine Primera División players Primera Nacional players San Lorenzo de Almagro footballers Independiente Rivadavia footballers Club Atlético Aldosivi footballers Defensa y Justicia footballers Club Atlético Independiente footballers Unión de Santa Fe footballers Rosario Central footballers