Ángelo Martino (born 5 June 1998) is an Argentine professional

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who plays as a

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for

Newell's Old Boys Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys () is an Argentine sports club based in Rosario, Santa Fe. The club was founded on 3 November 1903, and is named after Isaac Newell of the English county of Kent, one of the pioneers of Argentine football. A ...

Career

Martino started his career with

Atlético de Rafaela Asociación Mutual Social y Deportiva Atlético de Rafaela, known simply as Atlético de Rafaela, is an Argentine sports club based in the city of Rafaela, in Santa Fe Province. The club is mostly known for its professional football team, that com ...

, appearing for the first time on 13 March 2017 in a Primera División match against Aldosivi. He scored his first senior goal on 15 April versus Independiente, with Rafaela later ending the campaign with relegation to

Primera B Nacional Primera Nacional (usually called simply Nacional B, (English "National B Division"), and known as Primera B Nacional until the 2019–20 season) is the second division of the Argentine football league system. The competition is made up of 38 team ...

. He featured thirty-seven times across the next four campaigns in all competitions at that level, whilst also scoring two further goals; against

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and

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(cup). On 25 February 2021, Martino headed back to the Primera División after agreeing a four-year contract with Talleres; having paid to terminate his Rafaela contract five months early. Martino made his Talleres debut on 27 February in a 2–2 draw in the

Copa de la Liga Profesional The Copa de la Liga Profesional (English: ''Professional League Cup''; officially named "Copa Diego Armando Maradona" in its first edition) was an official Argentine football cup competition. The cup was planned and organised by the "Liga Profes ...

against

, after the left-back replaced Augusto Schott off the bench with ten minutes remaining.

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* 1998 births Living people Footballers from Rafaela Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent Argentine men's footballers Men's association football defenders Argentine Primera División players Primera Nacional players Atlético de Rafaela footballers Talleres de Córdoba footballers Newell's Old Boys footballers 21st-century Argentine sportsmen {{Argentina-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub