Román Martínez (footballer)

Román Fernando Martínez Scharner (born 27 March 1983) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Aldosivi.

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

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
Place of birth Morón, Argentina
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Aldosivi
Number 15
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– Aldosivi 7 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 November 2019

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
ClubSeasonLeagueCupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Espanyol2008–09La Liga 3250000325
Tenerife (loan)2009–10La Liga 2350000235
Tigre (loan)2010–11Primera División 2430000243
Tigre2011–12Primera División 3540000354
Estudiantes2012–13Primera División 3263000356
2013–14 2823100313
2014 132005[lower-alpha 1]0182
2015 30003[lower-alpha 2]060
Total 761061809011
Lanús2015Primera División 162414[lower-alpha 1]0243
2016 165313[lower-alpha 3]0226
2016–17 2222014[lower-alpha 4]0382
2017–18 102001[lower-alpha 1]0112
Total 6411922209513
Career totals 2543815330029941
  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. 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. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  5. "Espanyol 2–0 Real Betis". ESPN Soccernet. 26 April 2009. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  6. "Espanyol 3–0 Valencia". ESPN Soccernet. 3 May 2009. 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. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  10. "Tenerife grind out vital win". ESPN Soccernet. 1 May 2010. 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
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