Diego Andrés Martiñones Rus (born 25 January 1985), known as Diego Martiñones, is a

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an former

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who played as a

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Career

In 2005 Martiñones began his professional career with

Danubio F.C. Danubio Fútbol Club is a Uruguayan association football, football club based in Jardines del Hipódromo, Montevideo that currently plays in the Uruguayan Primera División. Founded in 1945, the club's home stadium is Jardines del Hipódromo Ma ...

During the 2008 season he transferred to

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where he remained until the end of that season. The following year, he signed for Chilean club

Cobresal Club de Deportes Cobresal, or simply Cobresal, is a Chilean football club based in El Salvador, Atacama, a Chilean mining camp, and participates in Campeonato Nacional. The team was founded on 5 May 1979, and the name of the club comes from the ...

, but returned to Uruguay a year after to join

Central Español Central Español Fútbol Club, usually known simply as Central Español is a Uruguayan football club based in Montevideo. History The F.U.F era Together with Peñarol, Central founded FUF (Uruguayan football federation) in 1923 after being expel ...

where he showed good form. For the 2011 season he travelled abroad again, this time he signed with

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n team

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. In January 2012, he returned to his home land, playing again for

During the Clausura 2012 he scored 10 goals in 14 matches, calling the attention of many clubs from Argentina and Mexico you wanted to hire him. As a result of his good performances at his return to

Danubio Danubio Fútbol Club is a Uruguayan association football, football club based in Jardines del Hipódromo, Montevideo that currently plays in the Uruguayan Primera División. Founded in 1945, the club's home stadium is Jardines del Hipódromo Ma ...

, he was transferred to

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side

Estudiantes Tecos Tecos Fútbol Club, simply known as Tecos, is a Mexican professional football club based in Zapopan, Jalisco, and associated with the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara (UAG). It competes in Liga Premier, the third level division of Mexican ...

in July 2012.Diego Martiñones ya es Estudiantes
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* * * 1985 births Living people Uruguayan men's footballers Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Danubio F.C. players Tacuarembó F.C. players C.D. Cobresal footballers Central Español players Club Blooming players Tecos F.C. footballers San Martín de San Juan footballers Talleres de Córdoba footballers Racing Club de Montevideo players Villa Teresa players Liverpool F.C. (Montevideo) players Montevideo City Torque players Rampla Juniors players Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy footballers Uruguayan Primera División players Chilean Primera División players Argentine Primera División players Primera Nacional players Torneo Federal A players Bolivian Primera División players Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Chile Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Argentina Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Bolivia Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Mexico Expatriate men's footballers in Chile Expatriate men's footballers in Argentina Expatriate men's footballers in Bolivia Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Footballers from Montevideo 21st-century Uruguayan sportsmen {{Uruguay-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub