Román Martínez (footballer, born 1983)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Martínez and the second or maternal family name is Scharner.

Román Fernando Martínez Scharner (born 27 March 1983) is an Argentine former footballer who played as a midfielder.

Román Martínez

Martínez playing with Espanyol in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Román Fernando Martínez Scharner
Date of birth	(1983-03-27) 27 March 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	Morón, Argentina
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Deportivo Morón
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2004	Deportivo Morón	64	(6)
2004–2008	Arsenal Sarandí	11	(0)
2006–2008	→ Tigre (loan)	70	(9)
2008–2011	Espanyol	32	(5)
2009–2010	→ Tenerife (loan)	23	(5)
2010–2011	→ Tigre (loan)	24	(3)
2011–2012	Tigre	35	(4)
2012–2015	Estudiantes	76	(10)
2015–2018	Lanús	65	(11)
2018	Deportivo Morón	5	(1)
2019	San Lorenzo	4	(1)
2019–2020	Aldosivi	7	(0)
2020–2021	Tigre	3	(0)
2021	Cañuelas	12	(1)
2022	Deportivo Riestra	0	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:27, 13 May 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Morón, Buenos Aires, Martínez started his playing career with local Deportivo Morón in 2000. After several seasons playing in the third division, he joined Arsenal de Sarandí of the Primera División.

In 2006, Martínez dropped down to the second level to play for Club Atlético Tigre, but won promotion in his first season. The Apertura 2007 was the club's first year in the top flight since 1980, and the player appeared in nearly all of the team's matches helping to a final second-place finish, the highest in their history.

For the 2008–09 campaign, Martínez signed with Spain's RCD Espanyol.^[1] On 13 December 2008 he scored his first goal for the Catalans, in a 1–2 away loss to Valencia CF.^[2] Benefitting heavily from Iván de la Peña's constant injury problems,^[3] he featured regularly and netted in three consecutive wins in late April/early May 2009, all as a substitute: Sporting de Gijón (3–0),^[4] Real Betis (2–0)^[5] and again Valencia (3–0, finding the net after just two minutes).^[6][7]

Martínez was subsequently loaned for one season to CD Tenerife, which had returned to La Liga after seven years.^[8] In an irregular campaign, where he alternated starts with the bench, he scored four of his five league goals in the last seven matches – which granted the team six points, after wins against Gijón^[9] and Racing de Santander^[10]– but the Canary Islands side were finally relegated.

Martínez returned to Argentina for 2010–11, re-joining Tigre on a one-year loan.^[11]

Personal life

Martínez's younger brother, Nicolás, was also a footballer.^[12]

Career statistics

As of match played on 21 February 2018^[13]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Espanyol	2008–09	La Liga	32	5	0	0	0	0	32	5
Tenerife (loan)	2009–10	La Liga	23	5	0	0	0	0	23	5
Tigre (loan)	2010–11	Primera División	24	3	0	0	0	0	24	3
Tigre	2011–12	Primera División	35	4	0	0	0	0	35	4
Estudiantes	2012–13	Primera División	32	6	3	0	0	0	35	6
	2013–14		28	2	3	1	0	0	31	3
	2014		13	2	0	0	5[a]	0	18	2
	2015		3	0	0	0	3[b]	0	6	0
	Total		76	10	6	1	8	0	90	11
Lanús	2015	Primera División	16	2	4	1	4[a]	0	24	3
	2016		16	5	3	1	3[c]	0	22	6
	2016–17		22	2	2	0	14[d]	0	38	2
	2017–18		10	2	0	0	1[a]	0	11	2
	Total		64	11	9	2	22	0	95	13
Career totals			254	38	15	3	30	0	299	41

1. Appearance(s) in Copa Sudamericana
2. Appearances in Copa Libertadores
3. Two appearances in Copa Sudamericana, One appearance in Copa Bicentenario
4. Thirteen appearances in Copa Libertadores, One appearance in Supercopa Argentina

References

1. "Fútbol.– Román Martínez promete "dejar todo por la camiseta del RCD Espanyol hasta el último respiro"" [Football.– Román Martínez promises to "give it all for RCD Espanyol's shirt until my dying breath"] (in Spanish). Europa Press. 24 July 2008. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
2. "Valencia 2–1 Espanyol". ESPN Soccernet. 13 December 2008. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
3. Molero, Iván (18 September 2008). "Sin De la Peña, Román asume la manija del líder" [Without De la Peña, Román takes over the leaders' helm]. Diario AS (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 March 2020.
4. "Sporting Gijón 0–3 Espanyol". ESPN Soccernet. 23 April 2009. Archived from the original on 16 July 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
5. "Espanyol 2–0 Real Betis". ESPN Soccernet. 26 April 2009. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
6. "Espanyol 3–0 Valencia". ESPN Soccernet. 3 May 2009. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
7. "Román Martínez da la cara por Espanyol" [Román Martínez takes the bullet for Espanyol] (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. 15 January 2009. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
8. "Mercado: La cesión de Román Martínez al Tenerife, a punto de oficializarse" [Market: Román Martínez loan to Tenerife, about to become official] (in Spanish). Goal. 1 August 2009. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
9. "Alfaro seals important win". ESPN Soccernet. 13 April 2010. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
10. "Tenerife grind out vital win". ESPN Soccernet. 1 May 2010. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
11. "Román Martínez regresa a Tigre" [Martínez returns to Tigre] (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. 30 July 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
12. "Volvió Nico" [Nico returned] (in Spanish). Mundo Ascenso. 10 July 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
13. Román Martínez at Soccerway

External links

• Argentine League statistics at the Wayback Machine (archived 2012-06-16) (in Spanish)
• Román Martínez at BDFA (in Spanish)
• Román Martínez at BDFutbol
• Football-Lineups profile