Jurensley Lorencio Martina (born 10 August 1993) is a

Curaçao Curaçao ( ; ; pap, Kòrsou, ), officially the Country of Curaçao ( nl, Land Curaçao; pap, Pais Kòrsou), is a Lesser Antilles island country in the southern Caribbean Sea and the Dutch Caribbean region, about north of the Venezuela coast ...

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who plays

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for Jong Holland and the Curaçao national team.

Club career

Born in

Willemstad Willemstad ( , ; ; en, William I of the Netherlands, William Town, italic=yes) is the capital city of Curaçao, an island in the southern Caribbean Sea that forms a Countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, constituent country of the Kingdo ...

Netherlands Antilles nl, In vrijheid verenigd"Unified by freedom" , national_anthem = , common_languages = Dutch English Papiamento , demonym = Netherlands Antillean , capital = Willemstad , year_start = 1954 , year_end = 2010 , date_start = 15 December , ...

, Martina began his career with

SV Victory Boys SV Victory Boys is a Curaçao football team based in Willemstad, playing in the First Division Curaçao League. Achievements * Second Division Curacao: 2 ::1976, 1985 * coca cola tournament: 1 ::2014 Performance in CONCACAF competition *CFU Clu ...

in the Sekshon Pagá, the highest level of football in

. He parted with the club after his first season, signing with

CSD Barber Sport Voetbal Centro Social Deportivo Barber is a Curaçao football team located in northern town of Barber, and playing in the Curaçao League First Division. Achievements * Kopa Antiano: 8 :: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 * S ...

, whom he helped to their sixth national championship in 2014.

International career

Martina plays for the national team of

. He made his debut for the first team in the

ABCS Tournament The ABCS Tournament is an annual football tournament between the representative teams of Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao and Suriname. Louis Giskus, the President of the Suriname Football Federation said that the competition was formed "to strengthe ...

on 13 July 2012, scoring on his debut, in a 3–2 loss against

Aruba Aruba ( , , ), officially the Country of Aruba ( nl, Land Aruba; pap, Pais Aruba) is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands physically located in the mid-south of the Caribbean Sea, about north of the Venezuela peninsula of ...

. He then played for Curaçao U-20 in qualifying for the

CONCACAF Under-20 Championship The CONCACAF Under-20 Championship is the second longest running international association football event in the North America, Central America and the Caribbean region, CONCACAF, and is the qualification tournament for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. Th ...

, scoring against Dominica U-20 twice. He also played in the

2012 Caribbean Cup qualification A total of 25 teams entered the qualification process for the 2012 Caribbean Cup, competing for a total of 8 spots in the final tournament. Jamaica, as the holders, and Antigua and Barbuda, as hosts, qualified automatically, leaving 6 spots open ...

for the first team against

Saint Lucia Saint Lucia ( acf, Sent Lisi, french: Sainte-Lucie) is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean. The island was previously called Iouanalao and later Hewanorra, names given by the native Arawaks and Caribs, two Amerindian ...

Guyana Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". The capital city is Georgetown. Guyana is bordered by the ...

and

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines () is an island country in the Caribbean. It is located in the southeast Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, which lie in the West Indies at the southern end of the eastern border of the Caribbean Sea wh ...

that same year. On 1 February 2015, Martina scored twice in the ABCS Tournament in a 4–0 against

Bonaire Bonaire (; , ; pap, Boneiru, , almost pronounced ) is a Dutch island in the Leeward Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. Its capital is the port of Kralendijk, on the west ( leeward) coast of the island. Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao form the ABC i ...

Career statistics

International

''As of match played 26 November 2022'' :''Scores and results list Curaçao's goal tally first.''

Honours

;Barber * Sekshon Pagá (1): 2014

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Martina, Jurensley 1993 births Living people Footballers from Willemstad Dutch Antillean men's footballers Curaçao men's footballers Curaçao men's international footballers Sekshon Pagá players Men's association football forwards Centro Social Deportivo Barber players S.V. Victory Boys players