Mauricio Martínez (born 20 February 1993), nicknamed ''Caramelo'', is an Argentine professional
footballer
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who plays for the Argentine club
Racing Club as a
defensive midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundari ...
or
centre-back.
Club career
Born in
Santo Tomé, Argentina, a town inside of
Santa Fe, he grew in the local football (Independiente de Santo Tome) club until 2010, when he joined
Unión de Santa Fe
Club Atlético Unión (; mostly known as Unión de Santa Fe ) is a sports club from Santa Fe, the capital city of the Santa Fe Province, in Argentina. The club was founded on April 15, 1907 and plays in the Argentine Primera División.
Althou ...
's youth club and, from 2013 to 2016, its senior club. In July 2016 he joined
Rosario Central
Club Atlético Rosario Central () is a sports club based in Rosario, Argentina, that plays in the Argentine Primera División. The club was officially founded on December 24, 1889, by a group of railway workers, taking its name from the English- ...
. In 2018, he joined
Racing Club.
International career
He represented Argentina in the
football competition at the
2016 Summer Olympics.
International goals
References
External links
Argentine men's footballers
1993 births
Living people
People from La Capital Department, Santa Fe
Footballers from Santa Fe Province
Argentine Primera División players
Unión de Santa Fe footballers
Rosario Central footballers
Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers
L.D.U. Quito footballers
Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic footballers for Argentina
Men's association football midfielders
Men's association football defenders
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