Santiago Gabriel Martínez Pintos (born 30 July 1991) is a Uruguayan professional

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who plays as a central midfielder for Montevideo Wanderers.

Club career

Martínez started his senior career in 2011 with Montevideo Wanderers, making his professional debut in a 5–1 Uruguayan Primera División win against El Tanque Sisley on 3 April. He went onto make six appearances during

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prior to playing twenty-six times in 2011–12, a season in which Martínez accumulated twelve yellow cards and three red cards. He scored his first career goal in

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's first match, an away win vs. Cerro Largo. In July 2014, Martínez joined

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side Quilmes on loan. He was sent off in his second start against Defensa y Justicia. Overall, he made six appearances. He returned to Montevideo Wanderers in January 2015 and subsequently made eighty-three appearances and scored once in the following four seasons. On 10 July 2017, Martínez completed a loan move to

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of the Argentine Primera División. He returned to Montevideo Wanderers in June 2018. His 200th career appearance arrived on 4 August versus Peñarol. After featuring twenty-four times back with his parent team, Martínez was loaned out for a third time in June 2019 as he joined

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International career

He received a Uruguay U20 call-up for the

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in Colombia, but was an unused substitute in all three Group B fixtures as Uruguay were eliminated at the group stages.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Martínez, Santiago 1991 births Living people Footballers from Salto, Uruguay Uruguayan men's footballers Montevideo Wanderers F.C. players Quilmes Atlético Club footballers Club Atlético Belgrano footballers Atlante F.C. footballers Uruguayan Primera División players Argentine Primera División players Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Argentina Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Men's association football midfielders