Héctor Martínez Torres (born 1 January 1995) is a Spanish professional

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who plays as a

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for SS Reyes.

Club career

Born in

Alcalá de Henares Alcalá de Henares () is a Spanish municipality of the Community of Madrid. Housing is primarily located on the right (north) bank of the Henares River, Henares. , it has a population of 193,751, making it the region's third-most populated Municip ...

Community of Madrid The Community of Madrid (; ) is one of the seventeen autonomous communities and 50 provinces of Spain, provinces of Spain. It is located at the heart of the Iberian Peninsula and Meseta Central, Central Plateau (); its capital and largest munici ...

, Martínez joined

Real Madrid Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional Football club (association football), football club based in Madrid. The club competes in La Liga, th ...

's La Fábrica in 2005 from hometown club

RSD Alcalá Real Sociedad Deportiva Alcalá is a Spanish football team based in Alcalá de Henares in the Community of Madrid. Founded in 1929 it plays in Tercera División RFEF – Group 7, holding home matches at ''Estadio Municipal del Val'', with a capac ...

. He left for

Rayo Vallecano Rayo Vallecano de Madrid, S.A.D. (), often abbreviated to Rayo (Spanish for "thunderbolt"), is a Spanish professional football club based in the Villa de Vallecas district of Madrid. The club competes in La Liga, the top flight of Spanish foot ...

four years later, but returned to Real to finish his development. Martínez made his senior debut with the C team on 17 April 2014 at the age of 18, starting in a 4–1

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home win against

UB Conquense Unión Balompédica Conquense is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team based in Cuenca, Spain, Cuenca, in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. Founded in 1946, it plays in , holding home games at ''Estadio La Fuensanta ...

. In 2015, after they were dissolved, he was promoted to the reserves also in the third division. On 1 September 2016, Martínez signed with fellow third-tier side

CD Guijuelo Club Deportivo Guijuelo is a Spanish football team based in Guijuelo, Province of Salamanca, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Founded in 1974 it plays in , holding home games at the 1,500-seat '' Estadio Municipal de Guijuelo''. ...

on loan for the season. In July of the following year, he agreed to a contract with

Granada CF Granada Club de Fútbol (), known simply as Granada or ''"Graná"'', is a professional List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football club based in the city of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, that currently plays in Segunda ...

and was assigned to

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in the same league. On 10 July 2018, Martínez signed a new two-year contract with the

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ns. He became a

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on 23 July 2020, having made no competitive appearances for the main squad. Martínez moved abroad for the first time in his career on 14 September 2020, joining several compatriots at

AEK Larnaca FC AEK Larnaca FC (, "Athletic Union Kition of Larnaca") is a Cypriot professional football club based in Larnaca. The club was formed in 1994 after a merger of two historical Larnaca clubs, EPA Larnaca and Pezoporikos. The club also has a men' ...

of the

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on a two-year deal. He played his first match in top-flight football six days later, coming on as a second-half substitute for

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in a 2–1 away loss to

AC Omonia Athletic Club Omonia Nicosia (; ''Athlitikós Sýllogos Omónoia Lefkosías''), commonly known as Omonia Nicosia, or simply Omonia (also Romanization of Greek, transliterated as Omonoia), is a Cyprus, Cypriot professional multi-sport club, esta ...

. On 5 August 2021, Martínez was announced at Mezőkövesdi. After leaving Mezőkövesdi, Martínez was announced at

Real Murcia Real Murcia Club de Fútbol, S.A.D., commonly known as Real Murcia (, "Royal Murcia"), is a Spanish football club based in Murcia, in the Región de Murcia. Founded in 1919, it currently plays in , playing home matches at Estadio Nueva Condo ...

on 28 January 2022.

References

External links

Real Madrid official profile
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Martinez, Hector 1995 births Footballers from Alcalá de Henares Living people Spanish men's footballers Men's association football defenders Real Madrid C footballers Real Madrid Castilla footballers CD Guijuelo footballers Club Recreativo Granada players AEK Larnaca FC players Mezőkövesdi SE footballers Real Murcia CF players CD El Ejido players CDA Navalcarnero players UD San Sebastián de los Reyes players Segunda División B players Cypriot First Division players Tercera División players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Segunda Federación players Spanish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Spanish expatriate sportspeople in Hungary 21st-century Spanish sportsmen