Iván Martín Núñez (born 14 February 1999) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

Girona Girona (officially and in Catalan , Spanish: ''Gerona'' ) is a city in northern Catalonia, Spain, at the confluence of the Ter, Onyar, Galligants, and Güell rivers. The city had an official population of 103,369 in 2020. Girona is the capital ...

Club career

Martín was born in

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, Basque Country, but was raised in Torre Pacheco,

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. He moved to

Villarreal CF Villarreal Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. ( ca-valencia, Vila-real Club de Futbol, S.A.D.), usually abbreviated to Villarreal CF or simply Villarreal, is a professional football club based in Villarreal, in the Castellón province of eastern Spain, ...

in February 2012, from lowly locals EF Torre Pacheco, and was promoted to the C-team ahead of the 2017–18 campaign, in

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. Martín made his senior debut on 27 August 2017, starting in a 0–0 away draw against Crevillente Deportivo. He scored his first goal the following 21 January, netting the winner in a 2–1 away defeat of CD Roda. Martín was promoted to the reserves in August 2018, also becoming a regular starter for the side. He made his first team debut the following 17 January, coming on as a late substitute for fellow youth graduate Alfonso Pedraza in a 1–3 loss at

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, for the season's

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. On 14 August 2020, Martín was loaned to Segunda División side

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for the season. He scored his first professional goal on 19 September, netting the opener in a 1–1 home draw against Real Oviedo. On 10 July 2021, Martín moved to

side

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, on a one-year loan deal. The following 27 January, after featuring rarely, he moved to

in the second level, also in a temporary deal. In July 2022, after helping the

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to achieve promotion to the top tier, Martín's loan was extended for a further year; he would, however, spend the first months of the new campaign nursing a

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injury. On 22 July 2023, he signed a permanent three-year contract with the club. On 3 January 2024, Martín scored the winning goal for Girona in stoppage time in a 4–3 victory over Atlético Madrid, to be his club's first ever win against the latter.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Martin, Ivan 1999 births Living people Spanish men's footballers Footballers from Bilbao Men's association football midfielders La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players Tercera División players Villarreal CF C players Villarreal CF B players Villarreal CF players CD Mirandés footballers Deportivo Alavés players Girona FC players Spain men's youth international footballers Footballers from the Region of Murcia