Toni Martínez

Antonio "Toni" Martínez López (Spanish pronunciation: [anˈtonjo "ˈtoni-" maɾˈtineθ ˈlopeθ]; born 30 June 1997) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Portuguese Primeira Liga club F.C. Famalicão He has represented Spain at under-17 and under-19 level.

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

Toni Martínez
Martínez at the 2015 SBS Cup
Personal information
Full name Antonio Martínez López[1]
Date of birth (1997-06-30) 30 June 1997
Place of birth Barrio del Progreso, Spain
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 F.C. Famalicão
Number 19
Youth career
2013 Real Murcia
2013–2016 Valencia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2016 Valencia B 16 (2)
2016–2019 West Ham United 0 (0)
2017 → Oxford United (loan) 15 (1)
2018 → Valladolid (loan) 10 (1)
2018–2019 → Rayo Majadahonda (loan) 13 (2)
2019 → Lugo (loan) 13 (1)
2019– Famalicão 23 (8)
National team
2014 Spain U17 4 (0)
2015 Spain U18 2 (0)
2016 Spain U19 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:47, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

He began his senior career at Valencia B before joining West Ham United in 2016. He was loaned to several English and Spanish clubs, then signed for Famalicão in 2019.

Club career

Valencia Mestalla

Born in Barrio del Progreso, Murcia,[3] Martínez began his footballing career with local side C.F.S. El Progreso and later joined Real Murcia.[4] In 2013, he signed for Valencia.[5] Initially a member of the club's academy Cadete A team (for players aged 14–15 years), Martínez was soon admitted to their reserve side, Valencia Mestalla (Valencia B). He made his senior debut in the Segunda División B (third tier) at the age of 16, coming on as a substitute and scoring in a match against AE Prat on 8 December 2013.[5]

In three seasons at Valencia Mestalla he played 16 games and scored two goals, and made a further eight appearances, a goal and three assists for the club's under-19 squad in the UEFA Youth League.[6]

West Ham United

2016–17: Signing and Oxford loan

In April 2016, Martínez agreed a three-year deal to join English club West Ham United on 1 July 2016 for a fee of around £2.4 million.[7] He was given permission to train with his new teammates by Valencia to help him settle in England and would initially link up with West Ham United's development squad.[3] Martínez was given the number 29 shirt for the 2016–17 season.[8]

He marked his Premier League 2 debut with a goal against Stoke City, in a 3–0 home win. After scoring seven goals in as many games for West Ham United U23 during the first half of the season, he suffered two injury set-backs; the first left him sidelined for six weeks with the player due to return to action on 21 November, but then suffered another injury.[3] His prolific goal-scoring feats continued into January and before long he had racked up a total of 12 goals from 11 games.[9]

On 23 January 2017, he was sent out on loan for the first time in his career, to League One side Oxford United until the end of the 2016–17 season.[10] The player was handed the number 7 shirt by the club. On 28 January, Martínez came on as a substitute to score his first goal for the U's in a 3–0 home win over Newcastle United in the fourth round of the FA Cup.[11] He made his league debut on 5 February in an away fixture against local rivals Swindon Town, a game which Oxford won 2–1,[12] and scored his first league goal, a late consolation goal in a 3–2 home defeat at the hands of league leaders Sheffield United, on 7 March.[13]

2017–18: Debut and Valladolid loan

On 7 January 2018, Martínez made his full West Ham debut in an FA Cup third round tie at Shrewsbury Town, replacing Javier Hernández after 71 minutes in a 0–0 draw.[14] On 1 February, he made a deadline day loan switch to Spanish Segunda División club Real Valladolid for the remainder of the 2017–18 season.[15] He contributed with one goal in ten appearances, as his side achieved promotion to La Liga in the play-offs.

2018–19: Rayo Majadahonda and Lugo loans

On 13 August 2018, Martínez joined CF Rayo Majadahonda still in Spain's second division, on loan for the season.[16] He made his debut six days later on the opening weekend of the season against Real Zaragoza, Majadahonda's first game at this level. On as a second-half substitute for Enzo Fernández, he scored the club's first goal in the Segunda División, albeit in a 2–1 defeat.[17]

On 18 January 2019, Martínez rescinded his loan deal with Majadahonda and moved to CD Lugo of the same league, on loan until June.[18] On his debut eight days later, he scored the opener in a 3–2 home win against his former club.[19]

He was released by West Ham on 1 July 2019, when his contract expired.[20]

Famalicão

On 22 July 2019, Martínez joined F.C. Famalicão on a three-year contract.[21] He made his debut on 3 August in the first round of the Taça da Liga, as a 59th-minute substitute for Pedro Gonçalves in a 2–0 home loss to S.C. Covilhã.[22] A week later, in his team's first Primeira Liga match for a quarter of a century, he scored the first goal of the season in a 2–0 win at C.D. Santa Clara.[23]

Martínez scored four goals in five games as Famalicão reached the semi-finals of the Taça de Portugal for the first time since 1946. All came in consecutive games, including one in each leg of a 4–3 aggregate elimination by S.L. Benfica in February 2020.[24][25][26][27]

International career

Martínez played four matches for Spain U17,[28] making his debut on 22 January 2014 against Italy.

In 2015, he received a call from Spain U19 to participate in the 2015 UEFA Under-19 Championship in Greece.

Career statistics
As of match played 8 March 2020
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Valencia Mestalla 2013–14[28] Segunda División B 51—51
2014–15[28] 81—81
2015–16[28] 30—30
Club total 162000000162
West Ham United 2016–17[29] Premier League 000000—00
2017–18[29] 003000—30
Club total 0030000030
West Ham United U-23s 2016–17[28] —1[lower-alpha 1]212
2017–18[28] —3[lower-alpha 1]232
Oxford United (loan) 2016–17[28] League One 151220000173
Real Valladolid (loan) 2017–18[29] Segunda División 10100—1[lower-alpha 2]0111
Rayo Majadahonda (loan) 2018–19 15220——172
CD Lugo (loan) 2018–19 131———131
Famalicão 2019–20 Primeira Liga 2385410002912
Career total 9215126105411026
  1. Appearances in the EFL Trophy
  2. Appearances in the La Liga play-offs

References
  1. "Updated squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 2 February 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  2. "Antonio Martínez". Premier League. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  3. "Antonio Martinez". West Ham United F.C. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  4. Rubio, Alberto (18 February 2017). "El 'doctorado' de Toni Martínez en Oxford" [Toni Martínez's 'doctorate' at Oxford]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  5. "El año de Toni Martínez" [The year of Toni Martínez] (in Spanish). Diario de Mestalla. 14 June 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  6. "Antonio Martínez". UEFA. 1 April 2016. Archived from the original on 21 August 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  7. "Toni Martinez: West Ham sign teenage Valencia striker". BBC Sport. 22 April 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  8. "2016/17 squad numbers confirmed". West Ham United F.C. 3 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  9. Long, Sam (20 December 2016). "12 goals in 11 appearances: West Ham's Martinez in 'frightening form'". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  10. "Oxford Sign West Ham Striker Martinez". Oxford United F.C. 23 January 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  11. "Oxford United 3 – 0 Newcastle United". The Football Association. 28 January 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  12. "Swindon Town 1–2 Oxford United". BBC Sport. 5 February 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  13. "Oxford Utd 2–3 Sheffield Utd". BBC Sport. 7 March 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  14. "Shrewsbury Town 0–0 West Ham". BBC Sport. 7 January 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  15. "Toni Martínez apuntala la vanguardia" [Toni Martínez bolsters the forward lines] (in Spanish). Real Valladolid. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  16. "Martinez signs loan at Rayo Majadahonda". West Ham United F.C. 13 August 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  17. "Real Zaragoza vs. Rayo Majadahonda - 19 August 2018". Soccerway. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  18. "Martinez links up with La Liga 2 outfit Lugo on loan". West Ham United F.C. 18 January 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  19. "Loan round-up: Martinez scores on Lugo debut". West Ham United F.C. 26 January 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  20. "Andy Carroll, Adrian and Samir Nasri to leave West Ham in summer". BBC Sport. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  21. "Toni Martínez reforça FC Famalicão" [Toni Martínez bolsters FC Famalicão] (in Portuguese). F.C. Famalicão. 22 July 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  22. "Taça da Liga: Famalicão eliminado na Covilhã" [Taça da Liga: Famalicão eliminated by Covilhã]. O Minho (in Portuguese). 3 August 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  23. "Famalicão vence em casa do Santa Clara no regresso à I Liga" [Famalicão win at Santa Clara on return to I Liga] (in Portuguese). SAPO. 10 August 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  24. "Golo de Toni Martinez carimba passagem do Famalicão aos 'oitavos' da Taça de Portugal" [Toni Martínez goal seals Famalicão's passage to the 'last 16' of the Taça de Portugal]. Record (in Portuguese). 23 November 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  25. "Famalicão atinge 'quartos' após jogo onde tudo aconteceu" [Famalicão reach 'quarters' after game where everything happened]. Record (in Portuguese). 19 December 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  26. Vieira da Silva, Pedro (4 February 2020). "Benfica vence FC Famalicão no Estádio da Luz" [Benfica beat FC Famalicão at the Estádio da Luz]. Diário do Minho (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  27. Fernandes, Mariana (11 February 2020). "Benfica empata em Famalicão mas garante presença na final da Taça de Portugal (1-1) - como aconteceu" [Benfica draw at Famalicão but guarantee appearance in Taça de Portugal final (1-1) - how it happened]. Observador (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  28. T. Martínez at Soccerway. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  29. "Games played by Toni Martínez in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
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