Josué Isaac Martinez Areas (born 25 March 1990) is a Costa Rican

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who currently plays for Escorpiones de Belén.

Club career

Martinez began his career with top Costa Rican side

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. His first appearance with the club was in the 2009 Torneo de Invierno, this coming after a successful role in the

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. Martinez won one title with the club during the 2009–10 Costa Rican Primera División season the Campeonato de Verano 2010. Josué was an important part of ''The Purple Monster'', being one of its top goalscorers in that tournament also scoring the 1-0 winning goal against

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in the first of two matches of "El Clásico" de Costa Rica, at Ricardo Saprissa Stadium in San José. He wore the number 28 for Saprissa and scored 19 goals in 66 league matches with the club. Martinez also scored an important goal during the

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which sent Saprissa to the 2010-11 knockout stage. On 19 October 2010 in a match that was played in

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, Martinez's scored an 89th-minute goal beating

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goalkeeper

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which helped Saprissa to a 2–1 victory. On 7 December 2011,

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signed the Costa Rican international. In his first season in

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Martinez appeared in 18 league matches and scored 1 goal. On 6 December 2012, Martinez was traded to

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along with allocation money for Sebastien Le Toux. Martínez was waived by New York on 29 March 2013.Three months and out: New York Red Bulls waive forward Josue Martinez
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International career

Martinez was a prominent member of Costa Rica's

squad, where Costa Rica placed 4th after losing to

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in the 3rd place match. He scored two goals in the competition. Martinez is considered a promising prospect for Costa Rican football and its National Team, he debuted with the full national team in 2009 prior to his debut with the Saprissa first team. He was a member of Costa Rica's

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side, netting 1 goal in 3 matches during the competition. :''Scores and results list. Costa Rica's goal tally first.''

Career statistics

Club

Updated 29 March 2013.

International

''Statistics accurate as of 7 December 2011''

References

External links

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