José Luis Martí

José Luis Martí Soler (born 28 April 1975) is a Spanish retired professional footballer who played as a central midfielder, and the current manager of Girona FC.

For others with this name, see José Martí (disambiguation).
This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Martí and the second or maternal family name is Soler.
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(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Girona (manager)
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
2019 Deportivo La Coruña
2019– Girona
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Known for his excellent tactical awareness, he amassed La Liga totals of 336 matches and eight goals over 13 seasons, representing in the competition Mallorca (two spells), Tenerife and Sevilla. He won five major titles with the latter club, including two UEFA Cups.[1]

Martí started working as a manager in 2015, going on to spend three seasons in Segunda División with Tenerife.

Playing career

Early years / Tenerife

Martí was born in Palma, Majorca. Having starting playing professionally with hometown's RCD Mallorca, making his first-team debut 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,[2] he appeared in 24 matches combined scoring two goals, both through penalties.[3][4]

In May 2007, Martí extended his contract with Sevilla until 2010.[5][6] However, having lost his importance in 2007–08, he was loaned to second level team Real Sociedad in January 2008,[7] 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,[8] being an undisputed starter in the first year upon his return and the following, when the Balearic Islands side were 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).[9]

Martín renewed his link on 29 June 2011, until the following year.[10] Still first-choice, the captain saw the team be relegated to the second tier in 2013, the first time in 16 years.[11]

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.[12]

Coaching career

On 4 November 2015, Martí was appointed manager of Tenerife, replacing fired Raül Agné.[13][14] He was himself relieved of his duties on 4 February 2018 after four league games without a win, totalling 39 wins, 40 draws and 29 defeats during his spell.[15]

On 8 April 2019, after more than a year without a club, Martí signed for Deportivo de La Coruña in place of Natxo González who had been fired a day earlier.[16] In late June, after leading the team to the sixth position in the regular season and falling short in the promotion play-offs, he left.[17][18]

On 28 October 2019, Martí replaced the dismissed Juan Carlos Unzué at the helm of Girona FC also in the second division.[19]

Managerial statistics
As of match played 28 June 2020
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Tenerife 4 November 2015 4 February 2018 108 39 40 29 126 106 +20 036.11 [20]
Deportivo La Coruña 8 April 2019 27 June 2019 13 7 2 4 16 12 +4 053.85 [21]
Girona 28 October 2019 Present 26 11 8 7 33 28 +5 042.31 [22]
Career total 147 57 50 40 175 146 +29 038.78 —

Honours

Sevilla[1]

References
  1. "José Luis Martí. El pulmón sevillista" [José Luis Martí. The Sevilla lung] (in Spanish). Sevillismo en Vena. 10 November 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  2. Palop ensures cup joy for Sevilla; UEFA, 16 May 2007
  3. 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)
  4. 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)
  5. Martí, renovado hasta 2010 (Martí, renewed until 2010); UEFA, 11 May 2007 (in Spanish)
  6. Sevilla midfielder Martí extends until 2010; On the Minute, 11 May 2007
  7. 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)
  8. Mercado: El Mallorca ficha a Martí por dos temporadas (Market: Mallorca sign Martí for two seasons); Goal, 19 July 2008 (in Spanish)
  9. Miguel at the double in Sporting win; ESPN Soccernet, 4 October 2009
  10. El Mallorca renueva a Martí (Mallorca renew Martí); Marca, 29 June 2011 (in Spanish)
  11. 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)
  12. 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)
  13. "Pep Lluís Martí, nuevo entrenador del Tenerife" [Pep Lluís Martí, new coach of Tenerife] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 4 November 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  14. "Pep Martí es presentado como nuevo entrenador del CD Tenerife" [Pep Martí is presented as new manager of CD Tenerife] (in Spanish). CD Tenerife. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  15. "El CD Tenerife rescinde su vinculación con José Luis Martí" [CD Tenerife cut ties with José Luis Martí] (in Spanish). CD Tenerife. 4 February 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  16. "José Luis Martí, nuevo entrenador del Deportivo" [José Luis Martí, new coach of Deportivo] (in Spanish). Deportivo La Coruña. 8 April 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  17. "José Luis Martí no continuará como entrenador del Real Club Deportivo" [José Luis Martí will not continue as coach of Real Club Deportivo] (in Spanish). Deportivo La Coruña. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  18. "José Luis Martí no continuará como entrenador del Deportivo" [José Luis Martí will not continue as manager of Deportivo] (in Spanish). La Opinión A Coruña. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  19. "Josep Lluís Martí, nuevo entrenador del Girona FC" [Josep Lluís Martí, new manager of Girona FC] (in Spanish). Girona FC. 28 October 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  20. "Martí: Josep Lluís Martí Soler: Matches 2015–16". BDFutbol. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
    "Martí: Josep Lluís Martí Soler: Matches 2016–17". BDFutbol. 25 October 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
    "Martí: Josep Lluís Martí Soler: Matches 2017–18". BDFutbol. 25 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  21. "Martí: Josep Lluís Martí Soler: Matches 2018–19". BDFutbol. 8 April 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  22. "Martí: Josep Lluís Martí Soler: Matches 2019–20". BDFutbol. 29 October 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
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