- Gonzalo Martínez
Football player infobox
playername= Gonzalo Martínez
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1975|11|30
cityofbirth =Valle del Cauca
countryofbirth =Colombia
height = height|m=1.78
currentclub =D.C. United
clubnumber = 23
position = Defender
years = 1998-2001
2001-2003
2002-2003 / 2004
2003
2005
2006
2006
2007
2008-
clubs =Deportes Tolima
Udinese
Napoli
RegginaDeportes Tolima
Olimpia
LibertadMillonarios D.C. United
caps(goals) =
0024 0(0)
00
0014 0(0)
0021 0(3)
0018 0(0)
0027 0(0)
0036 0(0)
0022 0(1)
nationalyears = 2001-2006
nationalteam = Colombia
nationalcaps(goals) = 0036 0(1)
pcupdate = 25 May 2008Gonzalo Martínez (born
November 30 ,1975 inValle del Cauca ,Colombia ) is a Colombianfootball (soccer) defender. On club level, he currently plays forD.C. United inMajor League Soccer .Club career
Gonzalo Martínez started his professional career in the Colombian First Division with Deportes Tolima in 1998 before moving to Italian Serie A side Udinese in 2001. Martinez made 24 appearances for Udinese from 2001-03 before joining Napoli on loan, where he spent part of the 2003 and 2004 campaigns. In the 2003-04 season, he moved to Reggina, where he made 14 appearances.
The Colombian defender returned to his native Colombia and rejoined Deportes Tolima for the 2005 season, notching three goals in 21 appearances. Martìnez then moved to Olimpia, and later, Libertad, in 2005-2006 in Paraguay, where he started in a combined 27 games and helped Libertad capture the Paraguayan First Division championship. In 2007, Martìnez returned to Colombia and appeared in 36 games for Millonarios. In early 2008 he moved to
DC United .National team
Martinez has represented Colombia 36 times at the international level. Martínez was part of the Colombia squad that won the
Copa America 2001 as well as playing in the qualifiers for the2002 FIFA World Cup in Korea and Japan as well as2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. He also represented his country at the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup and 2004 Copa America.ee also
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List of current MLS players
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