Nelson Marcelo San Martín Arriagada (born 17 May 1980) is a Chilean former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

As a child, San Martín was with the

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youth team until the age of 15. Then he moved to the traditional rival

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. The former

midfielder who began to pitch his tent in Alor Star in November 2006 has been playing an influential role for Kedah FA. He excels in his role as the playmaker of the team with his accurate distribution of the ball. In his first year at his new club, he managed to capture the eyes of most Kedah FA fans with his superb passing and vision, and also with an excellent free kick delivery. Alongside his teammates, Ahmad Fauzi Saari,

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, they played the most attractive football in Malaysia. Two years playing for the Canaries, Nelson assisted them to win historical double treble titles. Eventually, after seeing the domination of foreign footballers in Malaysian football,

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ordered all the clubs to release all imports player for the M.League 2009 season. Martín played his last game for Kedah FA on 23 August 2008, which was

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showdown against

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. He set up a goal for Marlon Alex James and struck a high-quality goal in the match which ended with Kedah won 3-2. Upon his contributions to Kedah FA, he was awarded the ''Ahli Cemerlang Semangat Jerai (ASK)'' medal from the

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of Kedah. After his departure from

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, Nelson went to neighbors

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and played 1 season with Bangkok Glass and later on relocated to

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in order to join

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in a 6-month contract. A 3-month injury caused Nelson to miss half of his season with Home United, causing his contract to not be extended. Nelson then left

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and went on to sign with Chilean club,

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for the 2011/12 season. He was released by Barnechea in mid-2012 after a poor season with the club. In November 2012, Nelson return to Kedah to play for the Canaries in the

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. After only a season with them, he joined

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for the

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season.

Honours

Club

; Universidad de Chile *

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;Kedah FA *

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: 2006–07, 2007–08 *

: 2007, 2008 *

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, 2008

References

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