José Orlando "Chepe" Martínez Peña (born September 30, 1979 in

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) is a retired Salvadoran

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player, who most prominently played as a

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for

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Club career

Nicknamed ''Chepe'', Martínez came through the ''Instituto Nacional de Apopa'' to earn himself a contract with Atlético Marte in 2000. He then had a short spell at San Salvador F.C. before joining

with whom he spent a couple of years. In 2007, he moved to Alianza, only for him to return to Marte two years later. In 2010, he apparently finished his career to take up cycling, but in 2011 he took up coaching youth players.

International career

Martínez made his debut for

in a March 2004

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against

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and has earned a total of 27 caps, scoring 2 goals. He has represented his country in 7

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matches and played at the

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as well as at the

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.CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2007 - Full Details
- RSSSF His final international game was a July 2008 friendly match against

International goals

:''Scores and results list El Salvador's goal tally first.''

References

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* 1979 births Living people Footballers from San Salvador Men's association football forwards Salvadoran men's footballers El Salvador men's international footballers 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup players C.D. Atlético Marte footballers San Salvador F.C. footballers C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo footballers Alianza F.C. (El Salvador) footballers {{ElSalvador-footy-bio-stub