Carlos Manuel Martínez Castro (born 30 March 1999) is a Costa Rican
footballer
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who plays as a
right-back
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Defenders fall into four main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, sweepers ...
for
Partizani and the
Costa Rica national team.
Career
In 2015, Martínez joined the
Aspire Academy
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History
Aspire Academy was establis ...
in Senegal, becoming the second Costa Rican to join the academy.
In 2017, he signed for Belgian side
Eupen
Eupen (, , ; ; ; former ) is the capital of German-speaking Community of Belgium and is a city and municipalities of Belgium, municipality in the Belgium, Belgian Liège Province, province of Liège, from the Germany, German border (Aachen ...
.
In 2019, Martínez signed for
Guadalupe in Costa Rica, where he made 31 league appearances and scored 0 goals.
References
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Living people
1999 births
Costa Rican men's footballers
21st-century Costa Rican sportsmen
Men's association football midfielders
Men's association football defenders
K.A.S. Eupen players
C.S. Herediano footballers
Guadalupe F.C. players
A.D. San Carlos footballers
Liga Deportiva Alajuelense footballers
Liga FPD players
Challenger Pro League players
Costa Rican expatriate men's footballers
Costa Rican expatriate sportspeople in Senegal
Costa Rican expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Expatriate men's footballers in Senegal
Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
Costa Rican people of Nicaraguan descent
Sportspeople of Nicaraguan descent
People from Santa Ana Canton
Footballers from Manabí Province
2022 FIFA World Cup players
2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup players
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