Carlos Martins (footballer) facts for kids
Martins with Portugal in 2011
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| Full name | Carlos Jorge Neto Martins | |||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 29 April 1982 | |||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Oliveira do Hospital, Portugal | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | |||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1993 | Tourizense | |||||||||||||||
| 1993–2000 | Sporting CP | |||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
| 2000–2003 | Sporting CP B | 29 | (3) | |||||||||||||
| 2000–2007 | Sporting CP | 76 | (9) | |||||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | → Campomaiorense (loan) | 27 | (1) | |||||||||||||
| 2003 | → Académica (loan) | 9 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Recreativo | 32 | (6) | |||||||||||||
| 2008–2014 | Benfica | 79 | (6) | |||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | → Granada (loan) | 29 | (3) | |||||||||||||
| 2014 | Benfica B | 9 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Belenenses | 38 | (3) | |||||||||||||
| Total | 328 | (31) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | ||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | Portugal U20 | 12 | (1) | |||||||||||||
| 2002–2004 | Portugal U21 | 14 | (7) | |||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Portugal B | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| 2004 | Portugal Olympic | 4 | (1) | |||||||||||||
| 2006–2013 | Portugal | 17 | (2) | |||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Carlos Jorge Neto Martins (born on April 29, 1982) is a former professional footballer from Portugal. He played as an attacking midfielder, a player who helps both defend and attack. He was well-known for his powerful shots from far away.
Carlos Martins played for two big Portuguese clubs, Sporting CP and Benfica. His career sometimes faced challenges due to injuries and other issues. He also played in Spain for Recreativo and Granada. Over 12 seasons in the Primeira Liga, Portugal's top football league, he played 201 matches and scored 18 goals.
Martins was part of the Portugal squad at the 2004 Olympics. He also played 17 games for the senior national team.
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Club Career Highlights
Starting at Sporting CP
Carlos Martins was born in Oliveira do Hospital, Portugal. He joined the youth academy of Sporting CP when he was 11 years old. This is where he learned to play football professionally.
He started his professional career with a smaller team called S.C. Campomaiorense in the Segunda Liga. Later, from January to June 2003, he was loaned to Primeira Liga team Académica de Coimbra.
During the 2005–06 season, Martins faced some physical problems and other challenges. Despite this, he still managed to score two goals in 13 games where he started.
Moving to Recreativo
In February 2007, after some difficulties at Sporting, coach Paulo Bento decided Martins would not play for the last three months of the season. Even though he was still under contract, moving to a team in another country was his best option. In June, he joined La Liga club Recreativo de Huelva in Spain.
Martins played well for Recreativo during the 2007–08 season. He scored seven goals in 35 games across different competitions. One of his goals in the Copa del Rey (a cup competition) helped his team draw 1–1 against Xerez CD.
Time at Benfica
On July 1, 2008, Carlos Martins signed a five-year contract with S.L. Benfica, another major Portuguese club. Benfica paid €3 million for his transfer. He played regularly in his first year but was not always a starting player. He scored his first goal for Benfica in a 2–0 win against Vitória de Guimarães.
In the League Cup, he scored the winning goal in a penalty shootout against his former team, Sporting, on March 21, 2009. This helped Benfica win the cup.
Martins faced more injuries at the start of the next season. However, he recovered and became an important player for coach Jorge Jesus. On March 21, 2010, exactly one year after the last final, he helped Benfica win the League Cup again. He scored a goal from a 30-meter free kick in a 3–0 win against FC Porto.
On August 13, 2011, Benfica loaned Martins to Granada CF, a team that had just been promoted to the Spanish top division. He played regularly as a starter during his time there. Granada wanted to keep him longer, but Benfica only wanted to sell him permanently, so he returned.
After a good preseason in 2012, where he scored several goals, Martins extended his contract with Benfica until 2016. He played less often during the 2012–13 season. In one match against G.D. Estoril-Praia on May 6, 2013, he came on as a substitute. He received a yellow card and then was sent off (given a red card) after another foul. This game ended in a draw, and Benfica lost the league title to Porto. After this, the coach decided Martins was not needed for the main team. He spent the entire 2013–14 season playing for Benfica's reserve team in the second division.
Playing for Belenenses
On September 16, 2014, Carlos Martins ended his contract with Benfica. The next month, he signed a one-year deal with C.F. Os Belenenses, another team in Portugal's top league. He played his first official game for them on January 7, 2015. This was in a cup match against S.C. Braga, which Belenenses lost 7–1.
Martins scored two goals to help his team beat IFK Göteborg 2–1 on July 30, 2015. This was in the first game of the qualifying round for the UEFA Europa League, a big European competition.
International Career
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After Portugal finished fourth in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Carlos Martins was called up to the senior national team for the first time. He had previously played for the under-21 team. His first game for the senior team was a friendly match against Denmark on September 1, 2006.
He played rarely for the national team over the next four years. In September 2010, he received a surprise call-up for Euro 2012 qualifying matches against Denmark and Iceland. He started in both games, which Portugal won 3–1.
Martins was supposed to play in the final stages of Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine, as he had played regularly in the qualifying games. However, he got an injury in late May 2012 during training camp and could not participate. Before this, he was part of the Portuguese team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where they were eliminated in the group stage.
Personal Life
Carlos Martins has a younger brother named João, who was also a footballer and a midfielder. João also came through Sporting's youth academy, but he mostly played in lower leagues.
Career Statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sporting CP B | 2000–01 | Segunda Divisão B | 24 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 24 | 2 | ||||
| 2001–02 | Segunda Divisão B | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 2002–03 | Segunda Divisão B | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 29 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 29 | 3 | ||||||
| Sporting CP | 2000–01 | Primeira Liga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2002–03 | Primeira Liga | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | ||
| 2003–04 | Primeira Liga | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 17 | 2 | |||
| 2004–05 | Primeira Liga | 22 | 5 | 2 | 2 | — | 7 | 0 | — | 31 | 7 | |||
| 2005–06 | Primeira Liga | 21 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 24 | 2 | |||
| 2006–07 | Primeira Liga | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | — | 16 | 0 | |||
| Total | 76 | 9 | 8 | 3 | — | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 98 | 13 | |||
| Campomaiorense (loan) | 2001–02 | Segunda Liga | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 29 | 1 | |||
| Académica (loan) | 2002–03 | Primeira Liga | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 0 | |||
| Recreativo | 2007–08 | La Liga | 32 | 6 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 35 | 7 | |||
| Benfica | 2008–09 | Primeira Liga | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | 35 | 1 | |
| 2009–10 | Primeira Liga | 17 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 0 | — | 30 | 7 | ||
| 2010–11 | Primeira Liga | 25 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 3 | |
| 2012–13 | Primeira Liga | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 22 | 0 | ||
| Total | 79 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 133 | 11 | ||
| Granada (loan) | 2011–12 | La Liga | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 29!!3 | ||||
| Benfica B | 2013–14 | Segunda Liga | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Belenenses | 2014–15 | Primeira Liga | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 1 | ||
| 2015–16 | Primeira Liga | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | — | 30 | 4 | ||
| Total | 38 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | — | 46 | 5 | |||
| Career total | 328 | 31 | 24 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 50 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 419 | 43 | ||
International Goals
- Scores and results list Portugal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Martins goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 20 August 2008 | Estádio Municipal, Aveiro, Portugal |  Faroe Islands |
1–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
| 2 | 17 November 2010 | Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal |  Spain |
1–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
Honours and Achievements
Sporting CP
- Taça de Portugal: 2006–07 (Portuguese Cup winner)
- Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira: 2002 (Super Cup winner)
- UEFA Cup runner-up: 2004–05 (Finished second)
Benfica
- Primeira Liga: 2009–10 (League Champion)
- Taça da Liga: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11 (League Cup winner)
- Taça de Portugal runner-up: 2012–13 (Finished second in Portuguese Cup)
- Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira runner-up: 2010 (Finished second in Super Cup)
- UEFA Europa League runner-up: 2012–13 (Finished second)
Portugal
- Toulon Tournament: 2001 (Youth tournament winner)
See also
In Spanish: Carlos Martins para niños
