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Honduran footballer (born 1982)

Emil Martínez

Personal information

Full name

Emil José Martínez Cruz

Date of birth

(1982-09-17) 17 September 1982 (age 42)

Place of birth

El Progreso, Honduras

Height

1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)

Position(s)

Attacking midfielder

Senior career*

Years

Team

Apps

(Gls)

2001–2005

Marathón

105

(30)

2005–2006

Alajuelense

(4)

2006–2008

Marathón

(23)

2008

Shanghai Shenhua

(8)

2009

Marathón

(1)

2009

Beijing Guoan

(5)

2010

Indios

(1)

2010

Hangzhou Greentown

(1)

2011

Marathón

(4)

2012

Hunan Billows

(8)

2013

Marathón

(4)

2013

Hunan Billows

(1)

2014–2017

Marathón

(4)

International career

2008

Honduras Olympic team

(0)

2002–2011

Honduras

(3)

Medal record

Honduras

	UNCAF Nations Cup	2009

*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 July 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 July 2021

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Martínez and the second or maternal family name is Cruz.

Emil José Martínez Cruz (Latin American Spanish: [eˈmil maɾˈtines]; (born 17 September 1982) is a Honduran former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Martínez made his professional debut for Marathón and played abroad for Alajuelense in the Primera División de Costa Rica and Primera División de México side Indios. Also, he was attached to several clubs in Chinese Super League, including Shanghai Shenhua, Beijing Guoan and Hangzhou Greentown. In January 2012 he joined Hunan Billows. In January 2013, he returned to Marathón along with fellow Hunan player Astor Henríquez.

Martínez finished top scorer and best player on the 07-08 Apertura season while playing for Marathón.

Club career stats

Last update: 6 November 2013

Season	Team	Country	Division	Apps	Goals
2001–02	C.D. Marathón	Honduras	1	28	7
2002–03	C.D. Marathón	Honduras	1	30	8
2003–04	C.D. Marathón	Honduras	1	29	10
2004–05	C.D. Marathón	Honduras	1	18	5
2005–06	L.D. Alajuelense	Costa Rica	1	24	4
2006–07	C.D. Marathón	Honduras	1	28	12
2007–08	C.D. Marathón	Honduras	1	19	11
2008	Shanghai Shenhua	China	1	27	9
2008–09	C.D. Marathón	Honduras	1	7	1
2009	Beijing Guoan	China	1	29	5
2010	Indios	Mexico	1	16	1
2010	Hangzhou Greentown	China	1	17	1
2010–11	C.D. Marathón	Honduras	1	10	4
2011–12	C.D. Marathón	Honduras	1	6	0
2012	Hunan Billows	China	2	24	8
2012–2013	C.D. Marathón	Honduras	1	9	4
2013	Hunan Billows	China	2	14	1

International career

Martínez made his debut for Honduras in a February 2002 Carlsberg Cup match against Slovenia and has earned a total of 66 caps, scoring 3 goals. He has represented his country in 5 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at the 2008 Summer Olympics and at the 2003, 2007, 2009 and 2011 UNCAF Nations Cups as well as at the 2003, 2007 and 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cups.

His final international was an October 2011 friendly match against Jamaica.

International goals

**Emil Martínez: International goals**
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	2004-03-31	Independence Park, Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica,	Jamaica	1 – 2	2–2	Friendly
2	2007-02-09	Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador,	Costa Rica	1 – 2	1–3	2007 UNCAF Nations Cup
3	2011-01-13	Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama,	Costa Rica	2 – 0	2–1	2011 Copa Centroamericana

Honours

Marathón

Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras: 2001–02 Clausura, 2002–03 Clausura, 2004–05 Apertura, 2007–08 Apertura

Beijing Guoan

Chinese Super League: 2009

References

Emil Martínez pide con su futbol un lugar en Alajuela – Nación (in Spanish)
Emil Martínez y Erick Norales se marchan a China – La Prensa (in Spanish)
Emil y Asthor firmaron con el Marathon Archived 12 April 2013 at archive.today – Tiempo (in Spanish)
Honduras Apertura 2007-08#Goalscorers
Emil Martínez – FIFA competition record (archived)
Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2003 – Details Archived 26 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine – RSSSF
UNCAF (Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup) 2007 – Details Archived 24 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine – RSSSF
UNCAF (Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup) 2009 – Details Archived 5 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine – RSSSF
UNCAF (Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup) 2011 – Details – RSSSF
CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2003 – Full Details Archived 24 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine – RSSSF
CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2007 – Full Details Archived 24 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine – RSSSF
CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2011 – Full Details – RSSSF

External links

Emil Martínez at National-Football-Teams.com

v t e Chinese Football Association Player of the Year
1994: Li Bing 1995: Fan Zhiyi 1996: Su Maozhen 1997: Campos 1998: Hao Haidong 1999: Qu Shengqing 2000: Yang Chen 2001: Li Tie 2002: Zheng Zhi 2003: Albertz 2004: Zhao Junzhe 2005: Jelić 2006: Zheng Zhi 2007: Du Zhenyu 2008: E. Martínez 2009: Caballero 2010: Riascos 2011: Muriqui 2012: Dănălache 2013: Conca 2014: Elkeson 2015: Goulart 2016: Goulart 2017: Zahavi 2018: Wu Lei 2019: Paulinho 2021: Wu Lei

Chinese Football Association Player of the Year

1994: Li Bing
1995: Fan Zhiyi
1996: Su Maozhen
1997: Campos
1998: Hao Haidong
1999: Qu Shengqing
2000: Yang Chen
2001: Li Tie
2002: Zheng Zhi
2003: Albertz
2004: Zhao Junzhe
2005: Jelić
2006: Zheng Zhi
2007: Du Zhenyu
2008: E. Martínez
2009: Caballero
2010: Riascos
2011: Muriqui
2012: Dănălache
2013: Conca
2014: Elkeson
2015: Goulart
2016: Goulart
2017: Zahavi
2018: Wu Lei
2019: Paulinho
2021: Wu Lei

v t e Honduran Liga Nacional awards
Top scorers	1965–66: Grey 1966–67: Caballero 1967–68: Garden 1968–69: Abrussezze 1969–70: Ortega 1970–71: Alvarado 1971–72: Alvarado 1972–73: none 1973–74: Blandón / Plummer 1974–75: Rodríguez 1975–76: López 1976–77: O. Hernández 1977–78: Carreño 1978–79: Bernárdez 1979–80: Norales 1980–81: Altamirano 1981–82: Altamirano 1982–83: Altamirano 1983–84: Gamboa 1984–85: Altamirano 1985–86: Flores 1986–87: Dueñas 1987–88: Machado 1988–89: Matthews / Alonso / Lobo / Gamboa 1989–90: Ávila 1990–91: Vallejo 1991–92: Bennett 1992–93: Arriola 1993–94: Chacón 1994–95: Ávila 1995–96: Castro 1996–97: Costa / Cárcamo 1997–98 A: Velásquez 1997–98 C: Guevara / Velásquez 1998–99: de Lima 1999–00 A: Velásquez 1999–00 C: Cárcamo 2000–01 A: Verón 2000–01 C: Cacho 2001–02 A: Reneau 2001–02 C: M. Ferreira 2002–03 A: M. Ferreira 2002–03 C: Costa / Cacho / Emílio 2003–04 A: Tosello 2003–04 C: Emílio 2004–05 A: Emílio 2004–05 C: Ramírez 2005–06 A: Ramírez 2005–06 C: Emílio 2006–07 A: Costly 2006–07 C: Pavón 2007–08 A: E. Martínez 2007–08 C: Velásquez 2008–09 A: E. Ferreira 2008–09 C: Diduch 2009–10 A: Palacios 2009–10 C: Bengtson 2010–11 A: Bengtson 2010–11 C: Bengtson 2011–12 A: Cardozo 2011–12 C: Torlacoff / Copete 2012–13: Rojas 2013–14: R. Martínez 2014–15: Castillo 2015–16: Vega 2016–17: R. Martínez 2017–18: Arboleda 2018–19: Bengtson
Best goalkeepers	1965–66: Chesman 1966–67: Norales 1967–68: Norales 1968–69: Norales 1969–70: Norales 1970–71: Dubois 1971–72: Santini 1972–73: none 1973–74: Mayorga 1974–75: Mayorga 1975–76: Santini 1976–77: Rivera 1977–78: Rivera 1978–79: Morales 1979–80: Mayorga 1980–81: Sttewart 1981–82: Morales 1982–83: Rivera 1983–84: Solís 1984–85: Guerrero 1985–86: Banegas 1986–87: Herrera 1987–88: Rivera 1988–89: Banegas 1989–90: Tejeda 1990–91: Bautista 1991–92: Henríquez 1992–93: Cubillo 1993–94: Palacios 1994–95: Banegas 1995–96: Flores 1996–97: Prono / James 1997–98 A: Vásquez 1997–98 C: Vásquez 1998–99: Prono 1999–00 A: Prono 1999–00 C: Prono 2000–01 A: Morales 2000–01 C: González 2001–02 A: Centeno 2001–02 C: Flores 2002–03 A: James 2002–03 C: Medina 2003–04 A: Escober 2003–04 C: González / Coello 2004–05 A: Morales 2004–05 C: Vásquez 2005–06 A: Valladares 2005–06 C: James 2006–07 A: Canales 2006–07 C: Vallecillo 2007–08 A: Bodden 2007–08 C: Valladares 2008–09 A: Canales 2008–09 C: Escober 2009–10 A: Morales 2009–10 C: de León 2010–11 A: Bodden 2010–11 C: Orio 2011–12 A: Escober 2011–12 C: Orio 2012–13: Morales 2013–14: Bodden 2014–15: Portigliatti 2015–16: Zúniga 2016–17: Bodden 2017–18: Rougier 2018–19: Rougier

Honduran Liga Nacional awards

Top scorers

1965–66: Grey
1966–67: Caballero
1967–68: Garden
1968–69: Abrussezze
1969–70: Ortega
1970–71: Alvarado
1971–72: Alvarado
1972–73: none
1973–74: Blandón / Plummer
1974–75: Rodríguez
1975–76: López
1976–77: O. Hernández
1977–78: Carreño
1978–79: Bernárdez
1979–80: Norales
1980–81: Altamirano
1981–82: Altamirano
1982–83: Altamirano
1983–84: Gamboa
1984–85: Altamirano
1985–86: Flores
1986–87: Dueñas
1987–88: Machado
1988–89: Matthews / Alonso / Lobo / Gamboa
1989–90: Ávila
1990–91: Vallejo
1991–92: Bennett
1992–93: Arriola
1993–94: Chacón
1994–95: Ávila
1995–96: Castro
1996–97: Costa / Cárcamo
1997–98 A: Velásquez
1997–98 C: Guevara / Velásquez
1998–99: de Lima
1999–00 A: Velásquez
1999–00 C: Cárcamo
2000–01 A: Verón
2000–01 C: Cacho
2001–02 A: Reneau
2001–02 C: M. Ferreira
2002–03 A: M. Ferreira
2002–03 C: Costa / Cacho / Emílio
2003–04 A: Tosello
2003–04 C: Emílio
2004–05 A: Emílio
2004–05 C: Ramírez
2005–06 A: Ramírez
2005–06 C: Emílio
2006–07 A: Costly
2006–07 C: Pavón
2007–08 A: E. Martínez
2007–08 C: Velásquez
2008–09 A: E. Ferreira
2008–09 C: Diduch
2009–10 A: Palacios
2009–10 C: Bengtson
2010–11 A: Bengtson
2010–11 C: Bengtson
2011–12 A: Cardozo
2011–12 C: Torlacoff / Copete
2012–13: Rojas
2013–14: R. Martínez
2014–15: Castillo
2015–16: Vega
2016–17: R. Martínez
2017–18: Arboleda
2018–19: Bengtson

Best goalkeepers

1965–66: Chesman
1966–67: Norales
1967–68: Norales
1968–69: Norales
1969–70: Norales
1970–71: Dubois
1971–72: Santini
1972–73: none
1973–74: Mayorga
1974–75: Mayorga
1975–76: Santini
1976–77: Rivera
1977–78: Rivera
1978–79: Morales
1979–80: Mayorga
1980–81: Sttewart
1981–82: Morales
1982–83: Rivera
1983–84: Solís
1984–85: Guerrero
1985–86: Banegas
1986–87: Herrera
1987–88: Rivera
1988–89: Banegas
1989–90: Tejeda
1990–91: Bautista
1991–92: Henríquez
1992–93: Cubillo
1993–94: Palacios
1994–95: Banegas
1995–96: Flores
1996–97: Prono / James
1997–98 A: Vásquez
1997–98 C: Vásquez
1998–99: Prono
1999–00 A: Prono
1999–00 C: Prono
2000–01 A: Morales
2000–01 C: González
2001–02 A: Centeno
2001–02 C: Flores
2002–03 A: James
2002–03 C: Medina
2003–04 A: Escober
2003–04 C: González / Coello
2004–05 A: Morales
2004–05 C: Vásquez
2005–06 A: Valladares
2005–06 C: James
2006–07 A: Canales
2006–07 C: Vallecillo
2007–08 A: Bodden
2007–08 C: Valladares
2008–09 A: Canales
2008–09 C: Escober
2009–10 A: Morales
2009–10 C: de León
2010–11 A: Bodden
2010–11 C: Orio
2011–12 A: Escober
2011–12 C: Orio
2012–13: Morales
2013–14: Bodden
2014–15: Portigliatti
2015–16: Zúniga
2016–17: Bodden
2017–18: Rougier
2018–19: Rougier

Honduras squads

v t e Honduras squad – 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup
3 Medina 4 Palacios 5 Vallecillo 6 Rosales 7 Suazo 9 Jai. Martínez 10 de León 11 Velásquez 13 E. Martínez 14 Morales 16 Turcios 17 Jav. Martínez 19 Álvarez 21 Hernández 22 Bodden 23 Bonilla 24 Guifarro 25 Coello Coach: Pavón

v t e Honduras squad – 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup
1 Puerto 3 Figueroa 4 Caballero 5 E. Vallecillo 6 Mendoza 7 E. Martínez 8 Palacios 9 Pavón 10 de León 11 J. Martínez 12 O. Vallecillo 13 Costly 14 García 15 W. Martínez 16 Oliva 17 Álvarez 18 Claros 19 Rodríguez 20 Guevara 21 Izaguirre 22 Morales 23 Guerrero 24 Santamaría Coach: Rueda

v t e Honduras men's football squad – 2008 Summer Olympics
1 Hernández 2 Arzú 3 Molina 4 Caballero 5 Norales 6 Morales 7 Martínez 8 Padilla 9 Pavón 10 Núñez 11 Rodas 12 Claros 13 Thomas 14 Bernárdez 15 López 16 Sánchez 17 Álvarez 18 Enamorado 20 Delgado 21 Güity Coach: Yearwood

v t e Honduras squad – 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup semi-finalists
1 Vallecillo 2 Chávez 3 Figueroa 4 Leverón 5 Bernárdez 6 Thomas 7 E. Martínez 8 Palacios 9 Bengtson 10 Núñez 12 Mejía 13 Costly 14 B. García 15 W. Martínez 16 Sabillón 17 Espinoza 18 Valladares (c) 19 Portillo 21 J. C. García 22 Escober 23 Delgado 24 Beckeles 25 Hernández Coach: Suárez

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