Samu Martínez
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | José Samuel Martínez Lorente | ||
Date of birth | 15 April 1994 | ||
Place of birth | Aspe, Spain | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Cieza | ||
Youth career | |||
Elche | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2012–2015 | Elche B | 87 | (8) |
2014–2016 | Elche | 7 | (0) |
2016 | → Reus (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2016–2017 | Lorca | 2 | (0) |
2017 | → Hospitalet (loan) | 11 | (1) |
2017–2019 | Novelda | 22 | (8) |
2019 | Mérida | 9 | (1) |
2019–2020 | Lorca Deportiva | 24 | (5) |
2020–2021 | Arandina | 26 | (2) |
2021–2023 | Ciudad de Murcia | 57 | (11) |
2023–2024 | Deportiva Minera | 26 | (4) |
2024– | Cieza | 6 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 October 2024 |
José Samuel "Samu" Martínez Lorente (born 15 April 1994) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Cieza as a midfielder.
Football career
[edit]Samu was born in Aspe, Province of Alicante. A product of local Elche CF's youth system, he made his senior debuts with the reserves in the 2011–12 campaign.
On 18 May 2014 Samu played his first match as a professional, coming on as a late substitute in a 1–3 La Liga loss at Sevilla FC.[1] On 29 January 2016, he renewed his contract until 2017, being immediately loaned to CF Reus Deportiu in Segunda División B.[2]
On 2 August 2016, Samu rescinded his contract with the Franjiverdes,[3] and signed for Lorca FC the following day.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Sevilla follow cup win with victory; ESPN FC, 18 May 2014
- ^ El Elche renueva a Samu hasta 2017 y jugará cedido en el Reus hasta final de temporada (Elche renews Samu until 2017 and he will play on loan at Reus until the end of the season); Elche CF, 29 January 2016 (in Spanish)
- ^ Samu Martínez rescinde su contrato con el Elche (Samu Martínez rescinds his contract with Elche); Mundo Deportivo, 2 August 2016 (in Spanish)
- ^ El Lorca ficha a Samu Martínez, quien debutó en Primera con el Elche (Lorca sign Samu Martínez, who debuted in Primera with Elche); ABC, 3 August 2016 (in Spanish)
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[edit]Categories:
- 1994 births
- Living people
- People from Vinalopó Mitjà
- Footballers from the Province of Alicante
- Spanish men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Segunda División B players
- Tercera División players
- Tercera Federación players
- Elche CF Ilicitano footballers
- Elche CF players
- CF Reus Deportiu players
- Lorca FC players
- CE L'Hospitalet players
- Novelda CF players
- Mérida AD players
- CF Lorca Deportiva players
- Arandina CF players
- CD Cieza players
- 21st-century Spanish sportsmen