Daniel Martins (Portuguese footballer)

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Santos and the second or paternal family name is Martins.
Daniel Martins
Martins playing for Portugal U19
Personal information
Full name Daniel Santos Martins
Date of birth (1993-06-23) 23 June 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Torres Vedras, Portugal
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Left Back
Youth career
2006–2007 Torreense
2007–2012 Benfica
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2013 Benfica B 4 (0)
2013–2015 Belenenses 2 (0)
2013–2014 → Beira-Mar (loan) 36 (0)
2015 → Universitatea Cluj (loan) 2 (0)
2015–2019 Penafiel 81 (0)
2019–2020 Covilhã 16 (0)
2020 Créteil 6 (0)
International career
2009 Portugal U16 2 (0)
2009–2010 Portugal U17 15 (1)
2011 Portugal U18 6 (0)
2011–2012 Portugal U19 17 (1)
2012 Portugal U20 6 (0)
2013 Portugal U21 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:28, 10 December 2020 (UTC)

Daniel Santos Martins (born 23 June 1993) is a Portuguese professional footballer who most recently played for French Championnat National club Créteil as a left defender.

Club career

Martins was born in Torres Vedras, Portugal. On 30 January 2013, Martins signed with Belenenses.[1][2]

Martins signed with Créteil in the French Championnat National in the summer of 2020. After a half-time incident in the Coupe de France match against JS Suresnes on 18 October 2020, in which it is reported that Martins physically attacked a staff member, he was suspended by the club on grounds of serious misconduct. On 12 November 2020 his contract was terminated.[3][4]

International career

He represented Portugal U19 in the 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship,[5] where he played in all three of Portugal's group fixtures, scoring against Estonia in the opening game.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Daniel Martins: "Espero evoluir aqui e jogar na 1.ª Liga"". Record. 31 January 2013. Archived from the original on 31 January 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Botaka e Daniel Martins são reforços de inverno". Record. 31 January 2013. Archived from the original on 16 April 2013.
  3. ^ "Créteil : le latéral Daniel Martins licencé (off)" (in French). foot-national.com. 12 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Daniel Martins viré ! Un poing c'est tout..." (in French). uscreteil1936.fr. 12 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Convocatória de Portugal" [Squad for the U19 European Championship]. Mais Futebol. 11 June 2012. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  6. ^ "Estonia-Portugal | Under-19".