Juan Ramón "Mon" Martínez (20 April 1948 – 4 August 2024) was a Salvadoran footballer who played as a midfielder.
 Martínez in 1970 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Juan Ramón Martínez | ||
| Date of birth | 20 April 1948 | ||
| Place of birth | San Miguel, El Salvador | ||
| Date of death | 4 August 2024 (aged 76) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1964–1966 | C.D. Aguila | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1965–1966 | Municipal | ||
| 1967–1970 | Águila | ||
| 1971–1973 | Juventud Olímpica | ||
| 1974–1975 | Alianza | ||
| 1976–1979 | Once Municipal | ||
| Once Lobos | |||
| International career | |||
| 1967–1976 | El Salvador[1] | 32 | (14) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
editMartínez played in Guatemala, where he won a title with Municipal in 1965–66.[2]
International career
editMartínez represented his country at the 1968 Summer Olympics, 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[3] and the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico.[4]
He scored 14 goals for the El Salvador national team from 1967 to 1976,[5] 7 of those in World Cup qualification.[6]
Death
editMartínez died on 4 August 2024, at the age of 76.[7]
References
edit- ^ "El Salvador - Record International Players".
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20111008213320/http://www.culebritamacheteada.com.sv/2011/07/08/salvadorenos-en-la-historia-roja/ [bare URL]
- ^ "Juan Ramón Martínez Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
- ^ Juan Martínez – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Owsianki, Jarek (18 April 2004). "El Salvador - Record International Players". RSSSF.
- ^ Las estadisticas en La Seleccion Nacional de futbol de El Salvador rumbo a La Copa Mundo FIFA - El Balón Cuscatleco
- ^ Tovar, Diego; Martell, Samuel (4 August 2024). "Fallece Juan Ramón Martínez, el autor del gol que clasificó a El Salvador a su primer mundial" [Juan Ramón Martínez, the scorer of the goal that qualified El Salvador for its first World Cup, dies]. El Gráfico (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 August 2024.
External links
edit- Juan Ramón Martínez at Soccerway.com
- Juan Ramón Martínez at WorldFootball.net
- Juan Ramón Martínez at National-Football-Teams.com
- Juan Ramón Martínez at FBref.com
- Juan Ramón Martínez at Olympics.com
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