José Antonio Martín Domínguez (born 4 April 1964) is a Spanish former

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who played as a

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Club career

Born in

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, Domínguez was a product of

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's youth system, but only appeared once with the first team, good enough for a 1985 championship medal.4–0: ¡Viva la huelga! (4–0: Long live the strike!)

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, 10 September 1984 For four years, he was mainly registered with the third side and the reserves, scoring 15

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goals in 1987–88 for the latter, a record that was only surpassed nearly 30 years later by

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. Ahead of the following season, he signed for neighbours

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of the same league. After only one year, Domínguez returned immediately to

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, joining

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. In his first three seasons, he experienced a fourth place in 1990–91, a third-round run in the subsequent edition of the

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and 104 league games. However, he featured sparingly in his last two years, and the

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se were also relegated at the end of the 1993–94 campaign. Domínguez retired at the age of 35 after two seasons with

CA Marbella Club Atlético Marbella were a Spanish football team based in Marbella, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1947 and dissolved in 1997, it served as the reserve team of CD Málaga in the past. History Atlético Marbella had its ...

and three with lowly

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, the former club in the second tier.

International career

Domínguez appeared in three 1991

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for

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, against

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(his debut, on 16 January),

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and

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.De nuevo vencidos y sin gloria (Again beaten hopelessly)
Mundo Deportivo, 18 April 1991

Honours

Barcelona *

: 1984–85

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dominguez, Martin 1964 births Living people People from Sant Joan Despí 20th-century Spanish sportsmen Spanish men's footballers Footballers from the Province of Barcelona Men's association football midfielders La Liga players Segunda División players Segunda División B players FC Barcelona C players FC Barcelona Atlètic players FC Barcelona players UE Figueres footballers CA Osasuna players CA Marbella footballers CF Gavà players Spain men's international footballers