- Jairo Martínez
Football player infobox
playername = Jairo Martínez
fullname = Jairo Manfredo Martínez Puerto
height = height|m=1.77
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1978|5|14
cityofbirth =La Ceiba
countryofbirth =Honduras
currentclub = Motagua
clubnumber =
position =Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1997-2000
2000-2002
2002-2005
2005-2006
2006-present
clubs = flagicon|Honduras Motagua
flagicon|England Coventry City
flagicon|Honduras Motagua
flagicon|Honduras Olimpia
flagicon|Honduras Motagua
caps(goals) = ? (?)
11 (3)
? (?)
? (?)
? (?)
nationalyears = 1998-
nationalteam = flagicon|Honduras Honduras
nationalcaps(goals) = 37 (13)
pcupdate =
ntupdate = 22 May, 2008Jairo Martínez (born
May 14 ,1979 ) is a Honduran football player. His position is forward.Martínez most notably played for Coventry City between 2000 and 2002, although he rarely appeared for the first team. He was part of the team that were relegated from the
Premier League in 2001, although he never made an appearance that season. The manager at the time,Gordon Strachan , was criticised for making poor signings and Martínez was seen as one of them by the Coventry fans, as well as his compatriotIván Guerrero who was brought to the club around the same time.Martínez has also appeared for the Honduran national team several times and was part of the squad that competed at the
2000 Summer Olympics . He also notably scored four goals in a friendly against Slovenia in February 2002. [cite news | date=2002-02-12 | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/coventry_city/1816684.stm | title=Four star Martinez display | publisher=BBC Sport | accessdate=2007-04-14]Notes
External links
* [http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=22065 Soccerbase profile]
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