Rosario Martínez (3 September 1957 – 22 April 2021) was a Uruguayan
football
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manager
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and former player.
Career
Born in
Santa Lucía,
Canelones, Martínez played as a senior for Quilmes de Florida, and began his managerial career with Wanderers de Santa Lucía in 1990. After being in charge of lowly sides and
Salus
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, he moved abroad in 1994 to take over Ecuadorian side
Olmedo.
Martínez was in charge of Guatemalan club
Xelajú in 1996, and became an assistant of
Roberto Fleitas at
Nacional Montevideo
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The club was founded on 14 May 1899 as a result of the merger between ''Uruguay Athletic Club'' and ''Mo ...
in the following year. In 1999, after a season at
Progreso, he moved to Bolivia with
Independiente Petrolero
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.
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Martínez continued to work in the country in the following years, with ]Real Santa Cruz
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, Real Potosí (two stints) and Guabirá, aside from another spell at Oviedo. In 2005 he returned to Ecuador, now with Universidad Católica, but resigned in April.
In 2006, Martínez became 's assistant at Peñarol
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. He subsequently worked in the youth sides of Fénix before being named manager of the first team in January 2010, replacing Julio César Ribas
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Career as manager
Ribas was appointed the manager of Primera Division Uru ...
.
Martínez resigned from Fénix on 13 May 2012, and took over Racing Montevideo on 1 July 2013. He resigned in December, and returned to Fénix on 24 November 2014.
After leaving Fénix at the end of the 2016 season, Martínez was named in charge of Liverpool Montevideo on 5 September 2017. Dismissed on 4 December, he spent more than a year without a club before taking over Rampla Juniors
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on 4 March 2019.
Sacked by Rampla on 19 August 2019, Martínez retired shortly after due to heart issues.
Death
On 22 April 2021, Martínez died at the age of 63 due to a heart attack
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.
References
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1957 births
2021 deaths
Uruguayan men's footballers
Uruguayan football managers
Uruguayan Primera División managers
C.D. Olmedo managers
C.S.D. Xelajú MC managers
C.A. Progreso managers
Independiente Petrolero managers
Real Santa Cruz managers
Club Real Potosí managers
Club Deportivo Guabirá managers
C.D. Universidad Católica del Ecuador managers
Centro Atlético Fénix managers
Racing Club de Montevideo managers
Rampla Juniors managers
Footballers from Canelones Department
People from Santa Lucía, Uruguay
Uruguayan expatriate football managers
Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Ecuador
Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Guatemala
Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Bolivia
Expatriate football managers in Ecuador
Expatriate football managers in Guatemala
Expatriate football managers in Bolivia