Emil José Martínez Cruz (; (born 17 September 1982) is a Honduran former professional

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who played as a

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Club career

Martínez made his professional debut for Marathón and played abroad for Alajuelense in the Primera División de Costa Rica and

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side Indios. Also, he was attached to several clubs in Chinese Super League, including Shanghai Shenhua, Beijing Guoan and Hangzhou Greentown. In January 2012 he joined

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. In January 2013, he returned to Marathón along with fellow Hunan player Astor Henríquez. Martínez finished top scorer and best player on the 07-08 Apertura season while playing for Marathón.

Club career stats

Last update: 6 November 2013

International career

Martínez made his debut for

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in a February 2002 Carlsberg Cup match against

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and has earned a total of 66 caps, scoring 3 goals. He has represented his country in 5 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at the

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and at the

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

and 2011 UNCAF Nations Cups as well as at the

and

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– RSSSF His final international was an October 2011

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against

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International goals

Honours

Marathón *

Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras Liga (Spanish and Portuguese: ''League'') or LIGA may refer to: Sports Basketball * Liga ACB, men's professional basketball league in Spain * Liga Femenina de Baloncesto, women's professional basketball league in Spain Football Latin Amer ...

: 2001–02 Clausura, 2002–03 Clausura, 2004–05 Apertura, 2007–08 Apertura Beijing Guoan * Chinese Super League:

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Martinez, Emil 1982 births Living people Footballers from Yoro Department Men's association football midfielders Honduran men's footballers 21st-century Honduran sportsmen Honduras men's international footballers Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Honduras 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup players 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup players C.D. Marathón players Liga Deportiva Alajuelense footballers Shanghai Shenhua F.C. players Beijing Guoan F.C. players Indios de Ciudad Juárez footballers Zhejiang Professional F.C. players Hunan Billows F.C. players Honduran expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Costa Rica Expatriate men's footballers in Mexico Expatriate men's footballers in China Honduran expatriate sportspeople in China Chinese Super League players China League One players Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional de Honduras players Liga MX players Liga FPD players