Abel Martínez
Personal information
Full name Abel Juan Martínez Colón[1]
Date of birth (1990-06-03) 3 June 1990
Place of birth Havana, Cuba
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Villaralbo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 La Habana
2016 Cruz Azul Premier
2016–2019 La Habana
2019–2020 CD Castilla Palencia
2020 Lynx F.C.
2020– Villaralbo
International career‡
2013 Cuba U20 9 (0)
2016 Cuba 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 May 2021
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 March 2016

Abel Juan Martínez Colón (born 3 June 1993) is a Cuban international football player, who currently plays for GCE Villaralbo in the Primera Regional of Castille and León.[2]

Club career

Back in Cuba, he played for his native provincial team La Habana.

In November 2020, Martínez signed for Spanish club GCE Villaralbo.[3]

Doping case

Martinez was allowed by the Cuban FA to sign professional terms with Mexican side Cruz Azul Premier alongside compatriot Maykel Reyes in 2016,[4] only to be suspended for two years by FIFA for use of the banned substance furosemide while on Olympic duty with Cuba in Canada in September 2015.[5][6] Cruz Azul dismissed him subsequently, leaving him to work as a model while living with his girlfriend in Puebla.[7]

International career

Martinez has played in the 2013 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup[8] and the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games tournament.

He made his senior international debut for Cuba in a January 2016 friendly match against Panama and has, as of January 2018, earned a total of 2 caps, scoring no goals.

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Turkey 2013 List of Players: Cuba" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 23 June 2013. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2013.
  2. ↑ Abel Martínez at Soccerway
  3. ↑ López-Sueiras, Manuel (20 November 2020). "El Villaralbo cierra cuatro fichajes a última hora". La Opinión de Zamora (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  4. ↑ Futbolistas cubanos Maykel Reyes y Abel Martínez firman con el Cruz Azul de México - Cibercuba (in Spanish)
  5. ↑ Pese a doping, Abel Martínez sigue en planes de Cruz Azul - ESPN Deportes (in Spanish)
  6. ↑ FIFA confirma suspensión de dos años a cubano por doping - Cibercuba (in Spanish)
  7. ↑ El jugador del Cruz Azul que modela para mantenerse - Vanguardia (in Spanish)
  8. ↑ Abel Martínez – FIFA competition record (archived)


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