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Luís Carlos Ramos Martins CvIH[2] (Portuguese: [luˈiʒ mɐɾˈtĩʃ]; born 10 June 1992) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a left-back.
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Luís Carlos Ramos Martins[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [1] | 10 June 1992||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Lamego, Portugal[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Left-back | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
2003–2004 | Cracks Lamego | ||||||||||||||||
2004–2005 | Boavista | ||||||||||||||||
2005–2006 | Cracks Lamego | ||||||||||||||||
2007 | Diogo Cão | ||||||||||||||||
2007–2011 | Benfica | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | Benfica | 4 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2012 | Benfica B | 15 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2013–2014 | Gil Vicente | 40 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2014–2018 | Granada | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2015–2016 | → Osasuna (loan) | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | → Marítimo (loan) | 22 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Chaves | 15 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2019–2021 | Sporting Kansas City | 55 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2022–2024 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 48 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2022 | Whitecaps FC 2 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
2008 | Portugal U16 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2009 | Portugal U17 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2009 | Portugal U18 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2010–2011 | Portugal U19 | 11 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | Portugal U20 | 13 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2012–2014 | Portugal U21 | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:04, 2 September 2024 (UTC) |
Born in Lamego, Viseu District, Martins was promoted to S.L. Benfica's first team for the 2011–12 season. He made his official debut for the club on 2 November 2011, starting in a UEFA Champions League group stage game against FC Basel and being replaced at the hour-mark of the 1–1 home draw by Miguel Vítor.[3]
Martins started the 2012–13 campaign with Benfica's reserves, in the Segunda Liga. On 9 January 2013, however, he signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with Gil Vicente F.C. of the Primeira Liga.[4] He scored his first goal for the latter on 18 August of that year, closing a 2–0 home win over Académica de Coimbra.[5]
On 1 September 2014, Martins agreed to a four-year deal with Granada CF from Spain, for an undisclosed fee.[6] He played his first match in La Liga on the 27th, coming on as a second-half substitute in a 6–0 away loss to FC Barcelona.[7]
On 24 August 2015, Martins was loaned to Segunda División side CA Osasuna for one year.[8] Late into the 2017 January transfer window, after only 73 minutes of action upon his return to the Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes,[9] he joined C.S. Marítimo on a two-year loan.[10]
Martins signed a two-year contract with G.D. Chaves in June 2018.[11] He scored his only goal for them on 10 February 2019, in a 2–1 league defeat at S.C. Braga.[12]
On 1 August 2019, Martins joined Sporting Kansas City until the end of the 2021 season with an option through to 2022.[13] He scored his only goal for the club on 4 August 2021, the second in the 4–1 away win over Los Angeles FC.[14]
Martins was released in November 2021.[15]
On 4 May 2022, Martins signed with Vancouver Whitecaps FC also of the Major League Soccer for the remainder of the campaign.[16] After winning consecutive Canadian Championship finals in 2022 and 2023, his contract was bought out in September 2024.[17]
Martins was picked by Portugal under-20 coach Ilídio Vale for the 2011 FIFA World Cup in Colombia, helping the national team finish second to Brazil.[18][19]
Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Portugal U20
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