Emil Martínez

Personal information

Full name

Emil José Martínez Cruz

Date of birth

17 September 1982

Place of birth

El Progreso, Honduras

Height

1.71 m (5 ft 7 ¹⁄₂ in)

Playing position

Attacking midfielder

Club information

Current team

Marathón

Number

Senior career*

Years

Team

Apps

(Gls)

2001–2005

Marathón

105

(30)

2005–2006

Alajuelense

(4)

2006–2008

Marathón

(23)

2008

Shanghai Shenhua

(8)

2009

Marathón

(1)

2009

Beijing Guoan

(5)

2010

Indios

(1)

2010

Hangzhou Greentown

(1)

2011

Marathón

(4)

2012

Hunan Billows

(8)

2013

Marathón

(4)

2013

Hunan Billows

(1)

2014–

Marathón

(4)

National team^‡

2008

Honduras Olympic team

(0)

2002–

Honduras

(3)

Honours

Honduras
	UNCAF Nations Cup	2009

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 November 2010.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 16 February 2013

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Martínez and the second or maternal family name is Cruz.

Emil José Martínez Cruz (born 17 September 1982 in El Progreso) is a Honduran football player who currently plays for Marathón and is a regular midfielder in the Honduras national team.

Club career

Martínez made his professional debut for Marathón and played abroad for Alajuelense^[1] in the Primera División de Costa Rica and Primera División de México side Indios. Also, he was attached to several clubs in Chinese Super League, including Shanghai Shenhua, Beijing Guoan and Hangzhou Greentown. In January 2012 he joined Hunan Billows.^[2] In January 2013, he returned to Marathón along with fellow Hunan player Astor Henríquez.^[3]

Martínez finished top scorer and best player on the 07-08 Apertura season while playing for Marathón.^[4]

Club career stats

Last update: 6 November 2013

Season	Team	Country	Division	Apps	Goals
2001/02	C.D. Marathón	Honduras	1	28	7
2002/03	C.D. Marathón	Honduras	1	30	8
2003/04	C.D. Marathón	Honduras	1	29	10
2004/05	C.D. Marathón	Honduras	1	18	5
2005/06	L.D. Alajuelense	Costa Rica	1	24	4
2006/07	C.D. Marathón	Honduras	1	28	12
2007/08	C.D. Marathón	Honduras	1	19	11
2008	Shanghai Shenhua	China	1	27	9
2008/09	C.D. Marathón	Honduras	1	7	1
2009	Beijing Guoan	China	1	29	5
2010	Indios	Mexico	1	16	1
2010	Hangzhou Greentown	China	1	17	1
2010/11	C.D. Marathón	Honduras	1	10	4
2011/12	C.D. Marathón	Honduras	1	6	0
2012	Hunan Billows	China	2	24	8
2012/2013	C.D. Marathón	Honduras	1	9	4
2013	Hunan Billows	China	2	14	1

International career

Martínez made his debut for Honduras in a February 2002 Carlsberg Cup match against Slovenia and has earned a total of 66 caps, scoring 3 goals. He has represented his country in 5 FIFA World Cup qualification matches^[5] and played at the 2008 Summer Olympics and at the 2003,^[6] 2007,^[7] 2009^[8] and 2011 UNCAF Nations Cups^[9] as well as at the 2003,^[10] 2007^[11] and 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cups.^[12]

His final international was an October 2011 friendly match against Jamaica.

International goals

**Emil Martínez: International goals**
Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	2004-03-31	Independence Park, Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica,	Jamaica	1 – 2	2 – 2	Friendly
2	2007-02-09	Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador,	Costa Rica	1 – 2	1 – 3	2007 UNCAF Nations Cup
3	2011-01-13	Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City, Panama,	Costa Rica	2 – 0	2 – 1	2011 Copa Centroamericana

Honours

Marathón

Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras: 2001-02 Clausura, 2002-03 Clausura, 2004-05 Apertura, 2007-08 Apertura

Beijing Guoan

Chinese Super League: 2009

References

↑ Emil Martínez pide con su futbol un lugar en Alajuela - Nación (Spanish)
↑ Emil Martínez y Erick Norales se marchan a China - La Prensa (Spanish)
↑ Emil y Asthor firmaron con el Marathon - Tiempo (Spanish)
↑ Honduras Apertura 2007-08#Goalscorers
↑ Emil Martínez – FIFA competition record
↑ Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup 2003 - Details - RSSSF
↑ UNCAF (Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup) 2007 - Details - RSSSF
↑ UNCAF (Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup) 2009 - Details - RSSSF
↑ UNCAF (Qualifying Tournament for Gold Cup) 2011 - Details - RSSSF
↑ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2003 - Full Details - RSSSF
↑ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2007 - Full Details - RSSSF
↑ CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2011 - Full Details - RSSSF

External links

Emil Martínez at National-Football-Teams.com

Chinese Football Association Footballer of the Year

1994: Li Bing 1995: Fan Zhiyi 1996: Su Maozhen 1997: Campos 1998: Hao Haidong 1999: Qu Shengqing 2000: Yang Chen 2001: Li Tie 2002: Zheng Zhi 2003: Albertz 2004: Zhao Junzhe 2005: Jelić 2006: Zheng Zhi 2007: Du Zhenyu 2008: E. Martínez 2009: Caballero 2010: Riascos 2011: Muriqui 2012: Dănălache 2013: Conca 2014: Elkeson 2015: Goulart 2016: Goulart

Honduran Liga Nacional awards

Top goalscorers	1965–66: Grey 1966–67: Caballero 1967–68: Garden 1968–69: Abrussezze 1969–70: Ortega 1970–71: Alvarado 1971–72: Alvarado 1972–73: none 1973–74: Blandón & Plummer 1974–75: Rodríguez 1975–76: López 1976–77: O. Hernández 1977–78: Carreño 1978–79: Bernárdez 1979–80: Norales 1980–81: Altamirano 1981–82: Altamirano 1982–83: Altamirano 1983–84: Gamboa 1984–85: Altamirano 1985–86: Flores 1986–87: Dueñas 1987–88: Machado 1988–89: Matthews, Alonso, Lobo & Gamboa 1989–90: Ávila 1990–91: Vallejo 1991–92: Bennett 1992–93: Arriola 1993–94: Chacón 1994–95: Ávila 1995–96: Castro 1996–97: Costa 1997–98 A: Velásquez 1997–98 C: Guevara & Velásquez 1998–99: de Lima 1999–00 A: Velásquez 1999–00 C: Cárcamo 2000–01 A: Verón 2000–01 C: Cacho 2001–02 A: Reneau 2001–02 C: M. Ferreira 2002–03 A: M. Ferreira 2002–03 C: Costa, Cacho & Emílio 2003–04 A: Tosello 2003–04 C: Emílio 2004–05 A: Emílio 2004–05 C: Ramírez 2005–06 A: Ramírez 2005–06 C: Emílio 2006–07 A: Costly 2006–07 C: Pavón 2007–08 A: E. Martínez 2007–08 C: Velásquez 2008–09 A: E. Ferreira 2008–09 C: Diduch 2009–10 A: Palacios 2009–10 C: Bengtson 2010–11 A: Bengtson 2010–11 C: Bengtson 2011–12 A: Cardozo 2011–12 C: Torlacoff & Copete 2012–13 A: Rojas 2012–13 C: R. Martínez 2013–14 A: Castillo 2013–14 C: R. Martínez 2014–15 A: E. Hernández 2014–15 C: Castillo 2015–16 A: Vega 2015–16 C: Elis & Vega

Best goalkeepers	1965–66: Chesman 1966–67: Norales 1967–68: Norales 1968–69: Norales 1969–70: Norales 1970–71: Dubois 1971–72: Santini 1972–73: none 1973–74: Mayorga 1974–75: Mayorga 1975–76: Santini 1976–77: Rivera 1977–78: Rivera 1978–79: Morales 1979–80: Mayorga 1980–81: Stewart 1981–82: Morales 1982–83: Rivera 1983–84: Solís 1984–85: Guerrero 1985–86: Banegas 1986–87: Herrera 1987–88: Rivera 1988–89: Banegas 1989–90: Tejeda 1990–91: Bautista 1991–92: Henríquez 1992–93: Cubillo 1993–94: Palacios 1994–95: Banegas 1995–96: Flores 1996–97: Prono 1997–98 A: Vásquez 1997–98 C: Vásquez 1998–99: Prono 1999–00 A: Prono 1999–00 C: Prono 2000–01 A: González 2000–01 C: González 2001–02 A: González 2001–02 C: Flores 2002–03 A: James 2002–03 C: Medina 2003–04 A: Escober 2003–04 C: Coello 2004–05 A: Morales 2004–05 C: Vásquez 2005–06 A: Valladares 2005–06 C: James 2006–07 A: Valladares 2006–07 C: Vallecillo 2007–08 A: Bodden 2007–08 C: Valladares 2008–09 A: Canales 2008–09 C: Escober 2009–10 A: Morales 2009–10 C: de León 2010–11 A: Bodden 2010–11 C: Orio 2011–12 A: Escober 2011–12 C: Orio 2012–13 A: Morales 2012–13 C: Cárcamo 2013–14 A: Bodden 2013–14 C: Portigliatti 2014–15 A: Cárcamo 2014–15 C: Morales 2015–16 A: Zúniga 2015–16 C: Morales

Honduras squads

Honduras squad – 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup

1 2 3 Medina 4 Palacios 5 Vallecillo 6 Rosales 7 Suazo 8 9 Jairo Martínez 10 de León 11 Velásquez 13 Emil Martínez 14 Morales 16 Turcios 17 Javier Martínez 19 Alvarez 21 Hernández 22 Bodden 23 Bonilla 24 Guifarro 25 Coello Coach: Pavón

Honduras squad – 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup

1 Puerto 3 Figueroa 4 Caballero 5 E. Vallecillo 6 Mendoza 7 E. Martínez 8 Palacios 9 Pavón 10 de León 11 J. Martínez 12 O. Vallecillo 13 Costly 14 García 15 W. Martínez 16 Oliva 17 Alvarez 18 Claros 19 Rodríguez 20 Guevara 21 Izaguirre 22 Morales 23 Guerrero 24 Santamaría Coach: Rueda

Honduras men's football squad – 2008 Summer Olympics

1 Hernández 2 Arzú 3 Molina 4 Caballero 5 Norales 6 Morales 7 Martínez 8 Padilla 9 Pavón 10 Núñez 11 Rodas 12 Claros 13 Thomas 14 Bernárdez 15 López 16 Sánchez 17 Álvarez 18 Enamorado 20 Delgado 21 Güity Coach: Yearwood

Honduras squad – 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup semi-finalists

1 Vallecillo 2 Chávez 3 Figueroa 4 Leverón 5 Bernárdez 6 Thomas 7 E. Martínez 8 Palacios 9 Bengtson 10 Núñez 12 Mejía 13 Costly 14 Ó. García 15 W. Martínez 16 Sabillón 17 Espinoza 18 Valladares (c) 19 Portillo 21 J. C. García 22 Escober 23 Delgado 24 Beckeles 25 Hernández Coach: Suárez

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