Alberto Martínez (footballer, born 1950)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alberto Ariel Martínez Piriz | ||
Date of birth | 30 July 1950 | ||
Place of birth | Rocha, Uruguay | ||
Date of death | 1 December 2009 (aged 59) | ||
Place of death | Uruguay | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1970–1973 | Peñarol | ||
1973–1978 | Austria Vienna | 144 | (26) |
1978–1979 | Wiener SK | 54 | (22) |
1979–1980 | VOEST Linz | 18 | (5) |
1980–1982 | Wiener SK | 65 | (20) |
1982–1983 | Las Palmas | 28 | (3) |
1983–1985 | Favoritner AC | 57 | (12) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Alberto Ariel Martínez Piriz (30 July 1950 – 1 December 2009) was an Uruguayan professional footballer who played in Austria for Austria Vienna.
Club career
[edit]Martínez, who played as a midfielder, participated in the 1978 European Cup Winners' Cup Final for Austria Vienna.[1] Martínez died on 1 December 2009 of heart failure, at the age of 59.[2]
Personal life
[edit]Martínez held Austrian citizenship. His son is the footballer Sebastián Martínez who obtained two international caps for Austria.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "1977/78: Two out of three for Anderlecht". UEFA. Archived from the original on April 14, 2009. Retrieved 8 December 2009.
- ^ "Austria trauert um Alberto Martinez". Der Standard (in German). 2 December 2009. Archived from the original on 5 December 2009. Retrieved 8 December 2009.
- ^ "Im Gespräch: Sebastian Martinez". First Vienna FC 1894.
External links
[edit]- Alberto Martínez at WorldFootball.net
- austria-archiv.at
Categories:
- 1950 births
- 2009 deaths
- People from Rocha, Uruguay
- Uruguayan men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Peñarol players
- FK Austria Wien players
- Austrian Football Bundesliga players
- UD Las Palmas players
- La Liga players
- Uruguayan expatriate men's footballers
- Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Austria
- Uruguayan expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Expatriate men's footballers in Austria
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- Rocha F.C. managers
- Uruguayan football midfielder stubs