António Martins (footballer)

António Martins
Personal information
Full name António Rodrigues Martins
Date of birth 27 July 1913
Place of birth Lisbon, Portugal
Date of death unknown
Playing position Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1934–1938 Sporting CP 4 (0)
1938–1947 Benfica 141 (0)
Total 145 (0)
National team
1942 Portugal 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


António Rodrigues Martins (27 July 1913 – deceased) was a Portuguese footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Career

Born in Lisbon, Martins arrived at Sporting CP in 1934, as a 21-year-old, spending the first two seasons in the reserve squad. With Azevedo as undisputed starter, and four league matches in two seasons, he left the Lions in 1938, to join Benfica.[1]

In his first season, he beat Amaro for the keeper position, debuting on 2 October 1938 in a loss against his former team.[2] Over the course of nine seasons, he added more than 140 appearances, winning three league titles,[3] until he lost his place to Rosa in 1946, after representing the club on 265 matches.[4][2] He received one cap, on a three-nill win against Switzerland on 1 January 1942.[5]

Honours

References

General

Specific

  1. "António Martins" (in Portuguese). Forumscp.com. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  2. 1 2 Tovar 2012, p. 729.
  3. 1 2 3 "António Martins" (in Portuguese). Serbenfiquista.com. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  4. Tovar 2012, p. 201.
  5. "Portugal - Switzerland 3:0". EU-football.info. Retrieved 19 June 2015.

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