Oscar Raimundo Martín (23 June 1934 in

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- 12 February 2018) was an Argentine footballer.

Club career

Oscar Martín started his career at

Argentinos Juniors Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its association football, football team, which currently plays in the Argentine Primera División, and was reco ...

in 1953. In 1959 he moved to the second league club

Chacarita Juniors Club Atlético Chacarita Juniors (usually known simply as Chacarita) is an Argentine association football, football club headquartered in Villa Crespo, Buenos Aires, while the stadium is located in Villa Maipú, General San Martín Partido of Gre ...

, who helped get promoted to the Primera División. In 1963 he moved to

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. With Racing, he won the Argentine Championship in 1966 and the

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in 1967 (Martín played in all three final matches with Nacional Montevideo, in which he served as captain). He also captained Racing to victory in the Intercontinental Cup, again playing in all three matches against

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. In total, he played 257 matches in the league between 1953 and 1967 for his three clubs, scoring once.

International career

Oscar Martín made his international debut for

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on 10 March 1963 in a 4–2 win against

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in the South American Championship held in

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. He played in all six matches for his country at the tournament, helping them to third place. His last appearance for the national team was on 16 April 1963 in a 5–2 defeat against

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in the

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. In total, he appeared in 8 matches for Argentina. Martín died on 12 February 2018.

References

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