Diego Martínez (footballer, born 1978)

Diego Hernán Martínez (born 16 November 1978) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He was recently the manager of Boca Juniors.

Diego Martínez

Personal information
Full name	Diego Hernán Martínez
Date of birth	(1978-11-16) 16 November 1978 (age 45)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–1998	Almirante Brown
1998–1999	Cañuelas
1999–2000	Deportivo Morón	0	(0)
2000–2001	Ituzaingó	40	(8)
2001–2002	Estudiantes BA
2002	Aurora	0	(0)
2003	Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU)	18	(3)
2003–2005	All Boys
2005–2006	Temperley
2006–2007	All Boys
2007–2010	Pierikos	71	(6)
2010–2011	Diagoras	3	(0)
2011	Estudiantes BA
2013–2014	Belgrano de Zárate	9	(2)
Managerial career
2015–2016	Ituzaingó
2016–2017	Cañuelas
2018	Comunicaciones
2018	Midland
2018–2020	Estudiantes BA
2020	Godoy Cruz
2021–2023	Tigre
2023	Huracán
2024	Boca Juniors
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

A midfielder, Martínez never appeared in any higher than Primera B Nacional, with his only input in the category being three goals in 18 appearances for Gimnasia y Esgrima de Concepción del Uruguay in the 2002–03 season. He also played abroad, spending half a year with Aurora in Guatemala, where he did not appear, and four seasons in Greece with Pierikos and Diagoras.^[1]

Managerial career

After retiring Martínez started working as a coach, being initially in charge Boca Juniors' youth categories before taking over his first senior job at Ituzaingó, a club he already represented as a player. After another work at Cañuelas, also a former side, he was in charge of Comunicaciones (for only five matches)^[2] and Midland^[3] before taking over Estudiantes de Buenos Aires in June 2018.^[4]

With Estudiantes, Martínez achieved promotion from Primera B Metropolitana, and also reached the semifinals of the 2018–19 Copa Argentina, being knocked out by River Plate.^[5]

On 10 August 2020, Martínez was presented as manager of Primera División side Godoy Cruz.^[6] In 2021, he was announced as manager of Tigre.^[7]

Sacked by Tigre on 13 June 2023,^[8] Martínez took over Huracán on 3 July.^[9] He resigned from the latter on 7 December.^[10]

On 26 December 2023, Martínez returned to Boca to become their first team manager.^[11]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 28 September 2024

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Ituzaingó	1 November 2015	16 June 2016	44	17	18	9	43	31	+12	038.64
Cañuelas	29 June 2016	31 December 2017	57	23	18	16	73	51	+22	040.35
Comunicaciones	1 January 2018	19 February 2018	5	1	0	4	5	9	−4	020.00
Midland	20 February 2018	30 June 2018	17	4	4	9	19	28	−9	023.53
Estudiantes BA	1 July 2018	9 August 2020	65	34	14	17	99	65	+34	052.31
Godoy Cruz	10 August 2020	28 December 2020	9	0	2	7	4	18	−14	000.00
Tigre	11 January 2021	14 June 2023	110	44	38	28	148	113	+35	040.00
Huracán	3 July 2023	31 December 2023	23	12	3	8	29	20	+9	052.17
Boca Juniors	1 January 2024	28 September 2024	45	20	15	10	62	42	+20	044.44
Total			375	155	112	108	482	377	+105	041.33

Honours

Player

Ituzaingó

• Primera C: 2000–01

Manager

Tigre

• Primera Nacional: 2021
• Copa de la Liga Profesional runner-up: 2022

References

1. "Dejó Boca para dirigir en Primera D y trabajó bajo la órbita del Barcelona: Diego Martínez, el técnico de Estudiantes, que buscará dar el golpe ante River" [Left Boca to manage in Primera D and worked for Barcelona: Diego Martínez, the manager of Estudiantes, who will seek to knock down River] (in Spanish). Infobae. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
2. "No va más el DT" [The manager does not remain] (in Spanish). Olé. 20 February 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
3. "Diego Martínez es el nuevo DT" [Diego Martínez is the new manager] (in Spanish). Mundo Ascenso. 22 March 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
4. "Diego Martínez, nuevo DT del Pincha" [Diego Martínez, new manager of Pincha] (in Spanish). Olé. 8 June 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
5. "Diego Martínez, el director técnico del ascenso que llegó a Godoy Cruz con ADN de Barcelona" [Diego Martínez, the manager from the second division who arrived at Godoy Cruz with Barcelona DNA] (in Spanish). La Nación. 31 May 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
6. "Godoy Cruz presentó a Diego Martínez, su nuevo DT" [Godoy Cruz presented Diego Martínez, their new manager] (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
7. Noticias, I. A. M. (12 January 2021). "Diego Martínez asumió en Tigre". IAM Noticias (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 October 2021.
8. "Diego Martínez, despedido de Tigre por malos resultados" [Diego Martínez, sacked from Tigre due to poor results] (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 13 June 2023.
9. "Diego Martínez ocupará el lugar de Sebastián Battaglia y será el nuevo entrenador de Huracán" [Diego Martínez will take the place of Sebastián Battaglia and will be the new manager of Huracán] (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 1 July 2023.
10. "Diego Martínez se fue de Huracán: reconoció un llamado de Boca" [Diego Martínez left Huracán: he admitted a call from Boca] (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 7 December 2023.
11. "Boca anunció un acuerdo total con Diego Martínez para ser el nuevo entrenador" [Boca announced a full agreement with Diego Martínez to become the new manager] (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 26 December 2023.

External links

• Diego Martínez at BDFA (in Spanish)
• Diego Martínez coach profile at Soccerway