Enrique 'Quique' Martín Sánchez (born 29 December 1972) is a Spanish retired
footballer
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who played as a
forward
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.
In a 20-year professional career he represented six teams, mainly
Salamanca (three different spells). He amassed
La Liga
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totals of 104 games and eight goals over the course of four seasons, with
Mérida,
Espanyol
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and
Villarreal.
Football career
Martín was born in
Avilés
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The town occupies the flattest land in the municipality, partially in a land that belonged to the sea, ...
,
Asturias. An unsuccessful youth graduate at
FC Barcelona
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Founded ...
– only appeared for
the reserve squad – he went on to represent five clubs in his extensive professional career (
CP Mérida
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Having played twice in La Liga ( 1995–96 and 1997–98), the club was dissolved in 2000, due to serious economic debts. Its ...
,
RCD Espanyol
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,
UD Salamanca
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Founded on 9 February 1923 and nicknamed ''Los Charros'', the club played in white shirts and black ...
,
Villarreal CF
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and
Terrassa FC), in both
La Liga
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and the
Segunda División
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. His debut in the Spanish top flight arrived in the
1995–96 season with Mérida, appearing in 37 games in an eventual relegation; he contributed with a career-best 15 goals in
the following campaign, as the team returned to where they had come from.
With
Castile and León
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's Salamanca, Martín was instrumental in the
2006 promotion from the
third level. In
2007–08 he finished as the player with most matches played in division two, 338, adding that distinction to 13 league goals – squad best, joint-tenth in the competition – which earned him a one-year contract extension aged almost 36.
In
2009–10, Martín played almost 1,000 minutes less than in
the previous season and also did not manage to find the net after scoring 25 times in the last two combined. Salamanca barely avoided relegation, finishing in 16th position.
In June 2011, after the side
dropped down a tier, Martín retired from football at the age of 38 years and six months, having appeared in 529 games in both major
levels of Spanish football combined (98 goals), 425 of those in the second division.
References
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1972 births
Living people
People from Avilés
Spanish footballers
Footballers from Asturias
Association football forwards
La Liga players
Segunda División players
Segunda División B players
FC Barcelona Atlètic players
CP Mérida footballers
RCD Espanyol footballers
UD Salamanca players
Villarreal CF players
Terrassa FC footballers
Spain youth international footballers