José Luis Martí

José Luis Martí
Personal information
Full name José Luis Martí Soler
Date of birth (1975-04-28) 28 April 1975
Place of birth Palma, Spain
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
Mallorca
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1999 Mallorca B 124 (6)
1999–2000 Mallorca 1 (0)
2000–2003 Tenerife 113 (6)
2003–2008 Sevilla 140 (4)
2008 → Real Sociedad (loan) 22 (2)
2008–2015 Mallorca 191 (5)
Total 591 (17)
Teams managed
2015–2018 Tenerife
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

José Luis Martí Soler (born 28 April 1975) is a Spanish retired professional footballer, and is a current manager. A central midfielder, he was known for his excellent tactical awareness.

He amassed La Liga totals of 336 games and eight goals over the course of 13 seasons, representing in the competition Mallorca (two spells), Tenerife and Sevilla. He won five major titles with the latter, including two UEFA Cups.

Playing career

Early years / Tenerife

Martí was born in Palma, Majorca. Having starting playing professionally with hometown's RCD Mallorca, making his first-team debuts at the age of already 25 in the 1999–2000 season (one game, one minute against Deportivo Alavés), he switched the following campaign to the Canary Islands, joining CD Tenerife in the second division and being instrumental in the team's promotion to La Liga.

Sevilla

After Tenerife's top level relegation, Martí played one more season with the club, then returned to the top flight as he joined Sevilla FC in July 2003, going on to become a regular in the Andalusia side's exploits in the subsequent years – for instance, as they won back-to-back UEFA Cups,[1] he appeared in 24 matches combined scoring two goals, both through penalties.[2][3]

In May 2007, Martí extended his contract with Sevilla until 2010.[4][5] However, having lost his importance in 2007–08, he was loaned to second level team Real Sociedad in January 2008,[6] but the Basques ultimately failed to return to the top level.

Mallorca

33-year-old Martí returned to Mallorca in July 2008, for about €500.000,[7] being an undisputed starter in the first year upon his return and the following, when the Balearic Islands side was edged in the last matchday for the final berth for the UEFA Champions League, precisely by former club Sevilla. Again from the penalty spot he netted his only goal of the season, at Sporting de Gijón on 4 October 2009 (1–4 defeat).[8]

Martín renewed his link on 29 June 2011, until the following year.[9] Still first-choice, the captain saw the team be relegated to the second tier in 2013, the first time in 16 years.[10]

One month after his 40th birthday, Martí announced he would retire from football at the end of the 2014–15 campaign, with Mallorca still in the second division.[11]

Coaching career

On 5 November 2015, Martí was appointed manager of Tenerife, replacing fired Raül Agné.[12]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 3 February 2018
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Tenerife Spain 5 November 2015 4 February 2018 108 39 40 29 126 106 +20 036.11 [13]
Career total 108 39 40 29 126 106 +20 036.11 —

Honours

Sevilla

References

  1. ↑ Palop ensures cup joy for Sevilla; UEFA.com, 16 May 2007
  2. ↑ El Sevilla roza las semifinales de la UEFA tras golear al Zenit (Sevilla nearing UEFA semi-finals after routing Zenit); Marca, 30 March 2006 (in Spanish)
  3. ↑ El Sevilla tropieza con el Shakhtar y tendrá que ganar en Ucrania (Sevilla stumble against Shakhtar and will have to win in Ukraine); Marca, 8 March 2007 (in Spanish)
  4. ↑ Martí, renovado hasta 2010 (Martí, renewed until 2010); UEFA.com, 11 May 2007 (in Spanish)
  5. ↑ Sevilla midfielder Martí extends until 2010; On the Minute, 11 May 2007
  6. ↑ Martí, cedido a la Real Sociedad (Martí, loaned to Real Sociedad) Archived 20 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine.; Sevilla FC, 16 January 2008 (in Spanish)
  7. ↑ Mercado: El Mallorca ficha a Martí por dos temporadas (Market: Mallorca sign Martí for two seasons); Goal.com, 19 July 2008 (in Spanish)
  8. ↑ Miguel at the double in Sporting win; ESPN Soccernet, 4 October 2009
  9. ↑ El Mallorca renueva a Martí (Mallorca renew Martí); Marca, 29 June 2011 (in Spanish)
  10. ↑ Martí: "Hay que borrar de la cabeza la tristeza del descenso" (Martí: "We need to make history of the sadness of relegation"); Marca, 7 July 2013 (in Spanish)
  11. ↑ Pep Lluís Martí anuncia su retirada a los 40 años (Pep Lluís Martí announces retirement at the age of 40); Mallorca Diario, 28 May 2015 (in Spanish)
  12. ↑ Pep Martí es presentado como nuevo entrenador del CD Tenerife (Pep Martí is presented as new manager of CD Tenerife); CD Tenerife, 5 November 2015 (in Spanish)
  13. ↑ "Martí: Josep Lluís Martí Soler". BDFutbol. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
    "Martí: Josep Lluís Martí Soler". BDFutbol. 25 October 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
    "Martí: Josep Lluís Martí Soler". BDFutbol. 25 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
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