Nemesio Martín Montejo (31 December 1939 – 20 October 2022), also known as Neme, was a Spanish football player and manager.

Nemesio Martín
Martín with Pontevedra
Personal information
Full name Nemesio Martín Montejo
Date of birth (1939-12-31)31 December 1939
Place of birth Sanchón de la Sagrada, Spain
Date of death 20 October 2022(2022-10-20) (aged 82)
Place of death Salamanca, Spain
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1962–1964 Salamanca 43 (18)
1964–1971 Pontevedra 175 (59)
1971–1972 Salamanca
1972–1973 Pontevedra 32 (5)
1973–1976 Albacete 89 (47)
Total 338+ (129+)
International career
1965 Spain 1 (0)
Managerial career
1979–1980 Béjar
1980 Salamanca
1981–1983 Manchego
1983–1984 Jaén
1984–1985 Alavés
1985–1986 Pontevedra
1987–1989 Albacete
1989–1990 Alzira
1992 Salamanca
1992 Avilés Industrial
1993–1994 Yeclano
1995–1996 Lorca
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

A forward, he played 114 La Liga games and scored 35 goals for Pontevedra, as well as 135 games and 47 goals in the Segunda División for that club and Salamanca. He played one game for Spain in 1965.

Aside from a brief top-flight spell with Salamanca in 1980, his managerial career was mostly spent in lower leagues.

Club career

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Born in Sanchón de la Sagrada in the Province of Salamanca, Martín began his career at local Segunda División club Salamanca in 1962. Amidst interest from Atlético Madrid and Deportivo de La Coruña, he transferred to Pontevedra of the same league in 1964 for a fee of 4 million Spanish pesetas.[1]

Pontevedra, who had just been relegated from La Liga, returned as champions of the 1964–65 Segunda División with Martín contributing 15 goals. On 9 October 1966, he scored the only goal of a win away to Barcelona at the Camp Nou; as of his death it was the club's only win over the Catalan club.[2]

With 35 top-flight goals, 29 in the second tier and 8 in the Copa del Generalísimo, Martín's 72 goals put him third in Pontevedra's all-time goalscorers. While Pablo Couto and Charles scored more than him, neither played in La Liga.[2]

In 1973, 33-year-old Martín joined Albacete. He was part of their squad that scored 111 goals in the Regional Preferente in 1974–75, netting the 100th of those. In three seasons in Castilla–La Mancha, he played 89 games and scored 47 goals.[3]

Martín embarked on a managerial career in 1979 at Béjar Industrial. In July 1980, he was hired at top-flight Salamanca.[4] He was fired in November, having only achieved two draws in eleven games.[5] He returned to Pontevedra, then of the Segunda División B, for 1985–86; he was dismissed having won 9 and drawn 12 of 29 games;[2] later in the decade he led another former employer, Albacete, in the same league.[3]

International career

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On 8 December 1965, Martín played his only game for Spain, in a 2–0 friendly loss to England at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. He came on as a 35th-minute substitute for Carlos Lapetra, with Mundo Deportivo commenting "Lapetra was listless and rarely shone. He was replaced by Neme, who contributed nothing to the match".[6]

He was the first person from his province to play for Spain,[1] and as of his death, he was the only player capped for the country while at Pontevedra.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Sánchez, Teresa (20 October 2022). "Fallece Nemesio Martín Montejo 'Neme', jugador y entrenador histórico de la UD Salamanca e internacional español". Tribuna Salamanca (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d Acevedo, David (21 October 2022). "El gol se viste de luto con la muerte de Neme" [The goal is mourning the death of Neme]. Diario de Pontevedra (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  3. ^ a b Carrizo, Juan (21 October 2022). "Falleció el mítico Neme, exjugador y exentrenador del Albacete" [The legendary Neme, ex-player and manager of Albacete, died]. La Tribuna de Albacete (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Se presentó el Salamanca" [Salamanca are presented]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 16 July 1980. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Neme, cesado como entrenador del Salamanca" [Neme, fired as manager of Salamanca]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 21 November 1980. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  6. ^ Pardo, Carlos (9 December 1965). "España, 0 - Inglaterra, 2" [Spain, 0 - England, 2]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 August 2024.
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