Henry Josué Martín Mex (born 18 November 1992) is a Mexican professional

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who plays as a forward for

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club América and the Mexico national team.

Club career

Itzaes

At age 15, Martín played one season in the third division with Itzaes during the Clausura 2008 season. He made 13 league appearances and scored 6 goals.

Mérida

Martín began his professional career in 2013 with his home town club Mérida. He made his professional debut with the first team on 13 July 2013 against Delfines del Carmen, where he was subbed in for José Luis Pineda in the final seconds of the match. He scored his first league goal on 24 August against Zacatepec where the match ended 2–0.

Tijuana

Henry transferred to Tijuana for the Apertura 2014 season. He made his

debut with Tijuana against América on 26 July 2014, almost exactly one year after his career debut. He scored his first goal three days later in a

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match against Zacatepec, where Tijuana won 3–1.

América

On 13 December 2017, Martín joined América, reuniting with former Tijuana coach

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. He also scored on his league debut with the club in a 1–0 away win against

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on 7 January 2018. On 3 February, Martín scored his first career

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in a 5–1 win over

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. As América won the Clausura 2019 Copa MX

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against Juárez, Martín finished as the tournament's top scorer with 5 goals.

International career

On 30 August 2015, Martín received his first call-up by interim head coach

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to replace the injured Oribe Peralta. He earned his first cap with

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on 4 September in a friendly match against

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, playing as starter and eventually subbed-out for

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in the 59th minute of the match. On 11 October 2018, Martín scored his first goal for Mexico in their 3–2 win over

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. Martín was called up by

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as one of three over-age reinforcements for the

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. He won the

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with the Olympic team. In October 2022, Martín was named in Mexico's preliminary 31-man

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for the

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, and in November, he was ultimately included in the final 26-man roster.

Personal life

Henry’s older brother, Freddy, was also a professional footballer who played as a forward.

Career statistics

Club

International

International goals

:''Scores and results list Mexico's goal tally first.''

Honours

América *

: Apertura 2018 *

: Clausura 2019 *

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Mexico Olympic *

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Individual *

Top Scorer: Clausura 2019 *

Player of the Month: October 2019

References

External links

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Henry Martin
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