Homer Enrique Martínez Yepez (born 6 October 1997) is a Colombian

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who plays as a

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for

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club Juárez.

Career

Club career

In 2016, Martínez had a spell at

Atlético Junior Club Deportivo Popular Junior F.C. S.A. (), commonly known as Junior de Barranquilla, by its old name Atlético Junior or simply as Junior, is a Colombian professional football team based in Barranquilla, capital of the department of Atlantic ...

. However, he only reached one game with the first team as a unused substitute, before he returned to

Barranquilla Barranquilla () is the capital district of the Atlántico department in Colombia. It is located near the Caribbean Sea and is the largest city and third port in the Caribbean region of Colombia, Caribbean coast region; as of 2018, it had a popul ...

. He became a regular player at Barranquilla in the 2017 and 2018 seasons in

Categoría Primera B Categoría Primera B, commonly referred to as Torneo BetPlay Dimayor due to Sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by online betting company BetPlay, is the second-division association football, football league in Colombia. The tournament was inaugura ...

. Due to his good performances, he was invited to a two-week trial by Mexican club C.F. Pachuca in November 2018. However, he returned to Barranquilla without a contract. After a trial period in January 2019, he returned to

, signing a one-year deal in February 2019. In the summer 2019, he was close to join

Rionegro Águilas Rionegro () is a city and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia, located in the subregion of Eastern Antioquia. The official name of the city is Ciudad Santiago de Arma de Rionegro. Rio Negro means "Black River" in Spanish, as the city ...

on loan, but no agreement was finally reached and he then once again returned to

.Pafos FC de Chipre preguntó por Homer Martínez
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, had presented an offer for him. On 13 January 2020 it was confirmed, that Martínez had joined

Atlético Bucaramanga Club Atlético Bucaramanga S.A., better known as Atlético Bucaramanga, is a Colombian professional football team based in Bucaramanga. The club plays its home games at the Américo Montanini stadium. The club was founded on 11 May 1949 by Rafa ...

for the 2020 season. At the end of 2020, Martínez signed a deal with his former club

for the 2021 season. On July 18, 2024, Homer Martínez joined

Independiente Medellín Deportivo Independiente Medellín, also known as Independiente Medellín or DIM, is a Colombian professional football club (association football), football club based in Medellín that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their ...

, the club he played for as a youth, where he signed a three-year contract.

International career

Martínez made his debut for the Colombia national team on 16 January 2022 in a 2–1 home win over

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Martínez, Homer 1997 births Living people Colombian men's footballers Colombia men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders Men's association football defenders Footballers from Atlántico Department 21st-century Colombian sportsmen Categoría Primera A players Categoría Primera B players Independiente Medellín footballers Atlético Junior footballers Barranquilla F.C. footballers Atlético Bucaramanga footballers