Alejandro Martinuccio

Alejandro Martinuccio (born 16 December 1987 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a striker. He currently plays for Móstoles.

Alejandro Martinuccio
Personal information
Full name Alejandro Hernán Martinuccio
Date of birth (1987-12-16) 16 December 1987
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Móstoles
Youth career
River Plate
Nueva Chicago
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2009 Nueva Chicago 17 (9)
2009–2011 Peñarol 56 (14)
2011–2015 Fluminense 14 (1)
2012 → Villarreal (loan) 13 (1)
2012–2014 → Cruzeiro (loan) 18 (4)
2014 → Coritiba (loan) 13 (2)
2016–2017 Chapecoense 8 (1)
2017 Nueva Chicago 7 (2)
2018 Avaí 1 (0)
2019– Móstoles 7 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 November 2019

Career

Nueva Chicago

Martinuccio made his debut at Club Atlético Nueva Chicago in 2008 and after a remarkable individual performance with his team in the Primera B Metropolitana was transferred to Uruguayan's C.A. Peñarol.

Peñarol
Martinuccio playing for Peñarol.

Martinuccio helped Peñarol reach the 2011 Copa Libertadores Finals, in which Peñarol lost to Brazil's Santos. He had thirteen appearances and scored 2 goals in the competition.

Fluminense

After a good display of football in the 2011 Copa Libertadores, Fluminense signed Martinuccio on July 2011.[1]

Villarreal

Martinuccio joined Villarreal in January 2012 in a loan deal. He scored his first goal for Villarreal against Real Zaragoza on March 4.

Cruzeiro

On July 2012, Cruzeiro signed Martinuccio on a one-year loan from Fluminense.[2] He stayed there for another year until mid-2014 and won the 2013 Brazilian Série A and the 2014 Campeonato Mineiro. Although, due to injuries he could never establish himself in the team and returned to Fluminense.[3]

Coritiba

On June 2014 Martinuccio was loaned one more time, on this occasion to another Brazilian club, Coritiba.[4] Once again he struggled with injuries.[5]

Chapecoense

Without playing since November 2014 Chapecoense signed Alejandro on 30 April 2016. Martinuccio failed in medical exams at Ponte Preta before agreeing with Chapecoense. He had a chance to return to football after a series of serious injuries and surgeries on both legs.[6] Because of a new injury, Martinuccio missed the ill-fated team flight which crashed near Medellín, where 71 people died.[7]

Career statistics

Club
As of 20 December 2016[8][9]
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Nueva Chicago 2007–08 Primera B Nacional 8000——80
2008–09 Primera B Metropolitana 9900——99
Total 17900——179
Peñarol 2009–10 Primera División 32800——328
2010–11 2460017[lower-alpha 1]3—419
Total 561400173—7317
Fluminense 2011 Série A 14100——141
2012 0000—1[lower-alpha 2]010
2015 0000——00
Total 14100—10151
Villarreal 2011–12 La Liga 13120——131
Cruzeiro (loan) 2012 Série A 10400——104
2013 7020——90
2014 100000—10
Total 1842000—204
Coritiba (loan) 2014 Série A 13220——152
Chapecoense 2016 Série A 812000—101
2017 0000004[lower-alpha 3]040
Total 81000040141
Avaí 2018 Série A 1020—14[lower-alpha 3]2172
Career total 14032801735018437
  1. Four appearances and one goal in 2010 Copa Sudamericana, 13 appearances and two goals in 2011 Copa Libertadores.
  2. Appearance(s) in Campeonato Carioca.
  3. Appearance(s) in Campeonato Catarinense.

Honours
Peñarol
Cruzeiro

Chapecoense plane crash

On 28 November 2016, many of his current teammates at Chapecoense were involved in a plane crash, which killed most of the squad (17 died instantly after crash and two more a few hours later in hospital at Medellín). Martuniccio was not on the plane as he had been dropped from the team for the first final game against Atlético Nacional for the 2016 Copa Sudamericana, due to an injury.[10]

References
  1. "Fluminense contrata Martinuccio". vitrineesportiva.com.br. July 20, 2011. Archived from the original on August 21, 2014. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  2. "Cruzeiro contrata Martinuccio por empréstimo de um ano". Estadão. July 5, 2012. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  3. "Cruzeiro não revova empréstimo de Martinuccio, e atacante volta ao Flu". globoesporte.com. May 29, 2012. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  4. "Martinuccio realiza exames médicos antes de assinar com o Coritiba". globoesporte.com. June 27, 2014. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  5. "Situação de Martinuccio será reavaliada no Coritiba, diz Celso Roth". globoesporte.com. August 4, 2014. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  6. "Após exames e acerto, Martinuccio inicia tratamento na Chapecoense". globoesporte.com. March 1, 2016. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
  7. "El ex del Villarreal que se salvó al estar lesionado: "Siento un profundo dolor"" (in Spanish). Marca. 29 November 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  8. Alejandro Martinuccio at Soccerway. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  9. Alejandro Martinuccio at ESPN FC
  10. Clarin.com. "Accidente del Chapecoense: Alejandro Martinuccio, el único argentino del equipo, se salvó por una lesión". Clarin.com. Retrieved 2016-11-29.
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