Juan Ramón "Mon" Martínez (20 April 1948 – 4 August 2024) was a Salvadoran

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er who played as a

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Club career

Martínez played in Guatemala, where he won a title with

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in 1965–66.

International career

Martínez represented his country at the

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, Salvador’s only participation to the Olympic Football Tournament, playing three games and scoring Salvador’s first ever goal (out of 2) in the Olympics and the

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. He scored 14 goals for the El Salvador national team from 1967 to 1976, 7 of those in World Cup qualification.

Death

Martínez died on 4 August 2024, at the age of 76.

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* 1948 births 2024 deaths Sportspeople from San Miguel, El Salvador Salvadoran men's footballers Men's association football midfielders El Salvador men's international footballers Olympic footballers for El Salvador Footballers at the 1968 Summer Olympics 1970 FIFA World Cup players C.S.D. Municipal players C.D. Águila footballers C.D. Once Municipal footballers Salvadoran expatriate men's footballers Salvadoran expatriate sportspeople in Guatemala Expatriate men's footballers in Guatemala {{ElSalvador-footy-bio-stub