Hans Alexis Martínez Cabrera (born 4 January 1987) is a Chilean former

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who mainly played as a

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, but he could also play as a

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or defensive midfielder.

Club career

Born in

Santiago Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whose ...

, Martínez joined Universidad Católica's youth system in 1998, aged 11, and made his first-team debuts in 2007. Martínez scored his first goal on 6 October 2008, in a 5–3 away win over Universidad de Concepción. In the following three seasons he was an undisputed starter, losing his place, however, in the 2012 season. In July 2013, Martínez rejected a new four-year deal from the UC, and after being linked to Colo-Colo and Universidad de Chile in August, he stated a desire to move abroad in December. On 27 December 2013 Martínez joined

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side UD Almería on loan until the end of the season. He made his debut in the top flight of Spanish football on 12 April of the following year, starting in a 0–4 loss at

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. On 19 July 2014, Martínez returned to Chile, joining O'Higgins. After having contractual conflicts with

Lautaro de Buin Club Social y Deportivo Lautaro de Buin is a Chilean Football club, their home town is Buin, Chile. They currently play in the third level of Chilean football, the Segunda División. The club were founded on ''January 23, 1923'' and particip ...

and his manager Carlos Encinas, he was given severance pay and released on April 7, 2021. A year later, he confirmed his retirement from football.

International career

After appearing with the Chile under-17s at the

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, Martínez was a member of the Chile under-20 squad, which finished fourth at the

2007 South American Youth Championship The 2007 South American Youth Championship (Sudamericano Sub-20) was the 23rd edition of the competition. It was played in Paraguay between 7 and 28 January 2007, and was contested by all ten U-20 national football teams of CONMEBOL. This was the ...

in Paraguay, being a regular starter. He appeared at the

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, and the following year appeared at the Toulon Tournament. Martínez made his full squad debut on 26 January 2008, starting in a 0–0 draw against

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Career statistics

Club

Honours

Club

;Universidad Católica *

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(1):

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* Copa Chile (1):

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International

* ** FIFA U-20 World Cup: third place:

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Martinez, Hans 1987 births Living people Footballers from Santiago Association football central defenders Chilean footballers Chile youth international footballers Chile under-20 international footballers Chile international footballers Chilean Primera División players Segunda División Profesional de Chile players La Liga players Club Deportivo Universidad Católica footballers UD Almería players O'Higgins F.C. footballers Audax Italiano footballers Universidad de Concepción footballers Lautaro de Buin footballers Chilean expatriate footballers Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate footballers in Spain