José Samuel "Samu" Martínez Lorente (born 15 April 1994) is a Spanish
footballer
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who plays for
Novelda CF
Novelda Club de Fútbol is a football club based in Novelda, in the Valencian Community in Spain. The Spanish football team was founded in 1925. For the 2022-23 season it plays in the Regional Preferente – Group 4 (the sixth level) holding ho ...
as a
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 boundarie ...
.
Football career
Samu was born in
Aspe
Aspe (, ca-valencia, Asp) is a town and municipality located in the ''comarca'' of Vinalopó Mitjà, in the province of Alicante, Spain.
The town is located in the valley of the river Vinalopó, from Alicante city. The economy of Aspe is based ...
,
Province of Alicante. A product of local
Elche CF
Elche Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. ( ca-valencia, Elx Club de Futbol, S.A.D.) is a professional football based in Elche, Province of Alicante, in the Valencian Community. Founded in 1923, the club competes in La Liga, holding home matches at ''Es ...
's youth system, he made his senior debuts with
the reserves in the 2011–12 campaign.
On 18 May 2014 Samu played his first match as a professional, coming on as a late
substitute in a 1–3
La Liga
The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countries and officially as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, stylized as LaLiga, is the men' ...
loss at
Sevilla FC
Sevilla Fútbol Club () is a Spanish professional football club based in Seville, the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. It plays in Spanish football's top flight, La Liga. Sevilla have won the UEFA E ...
. On 29 January 2016, he renewed his contract until 2017, being immediately loaned to
CF Reus Deportiu in
Segunda División B.
On 2 August 2016, Samu rescinded his contract with the ''Franjiverdes'', and signed for
Lorca FC the following day.
El Lorca ficha a Samu Martínez, quien debutó en Primera con el Elche (Lorca sign Samu Martínez, who debuted in ''Primera'' with Elche)
ABC, 3 August 2016
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1994 births
Living people
People from Vinalopó Mitjà
Sportspeople from the Province of Alicante
Spanish footballers
Footballers from the Valencian Community
Association football midfielders
La Liga players
Segunda División players
Segunda División B players
Tercera División players
Elche CF Ilicitano footballers
Elche CF players
CF Reus Deportiu players
Lorca FC players
CE L'Hospitalet players