Diego Martínez (footballer, born 1978)

Diego Martínez
Personal information
Full name Diego Hernán Martínez
Date of birth (1978-11-16) 16 November 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Cerro Porteño (head coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1998 Almirante Brown
1998–1999 Cañuelas
1999–2000 Deportivo Morón 0 (0)
2000–2001 Ituzaingó 40 (8)
2001–2002 Estudiantes BA
2002 Aurora 0 (0)
2003 Gimnasia y Esgrima (CdU) 18 (3)
2003–2005 All Boys
2005–2006 Temperley
2006–2007 All Boys
2007–2010 Pierikos 71 (6)
2010–2011 Diagoras 3 (0)
2011 Estudiantes BA
2013–2014 Belgrano de Zárate 9 (2)
Managerial career
2015–2016 Ituzaingó
2016–2017 Cañuelas
2018 Comunicaciones
2018 Midland
2018–2020 Estudiantes BA
2020 Godoy Cruz
2021–2023 Tigre
2023 Huracán
2024 Boca Juniors
2024– Cerro Porteño
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Diego Hernán Martínez (born 16 November 1978) is an Argentine football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He was the manager of Cerro Porteño.

Playing career

A midfielder, Martínez never appeared in any higher than Primera B Nacional, with his only input in the category being three goals in 18 appearances for Gimnasia y Esgrima de Concepción del Uruguay in the 2002–03 season. He also played abroad, spending half a year with Aurora in Guatemala, where he did not appear, and four seasons in Greece with Pierikos and Diagoras.[1]

Managerial career

After retiring Martínez started working as a coach, being initially in charge Boca Juniors' youth categories before taking over his first senior job at Ituzaingó, a club he already represented as a player. After another work at Cañuelas, also a former side, he was in charge of Comunicaciones (for only five matches)[2] and Midland[3] before taking over Estudiantes de Buenos Aires in June 2018.[4]

With Estudiantes, Martínez achieved promotion from Primera B Metropolitana, and also reached the semifinals of the 2018–19 Copa Argentina, being knocked out by River Plate.[5]

On 10 August 2020, Martínez was presented as manager of Primera División side Godoy Cruz.[6] In 2021, he was announced as manager of Tigre.[7]

Sacked by Tigre on 13 June 2023,[8] Martínez took over Huracán on 3 July.[9] He resigned from the latter on 7 December.[10]

On 26 December 2023, Martínez returned to Boca to become their first team manager.[11]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 28 September 2024
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Ituzaingó 1 November 2015 16 June 2016 44 17 18 9 43 31 +12 038.64
Cañuelas 29 June 2016 31 December 2017 57 23 18 16 73 51 +22 040.35
Comunicaciones 1 January 2018 19 February 2018 5 1 0 4 5 9 −4 020.00
Midland 20 February 2018 30 June 2018 17 4 4 9 19 28 −9 023.53
Estudiantes BA 1 July 2018 9 August 2020 65 34 14 17 99 65 +34 052.31
Godoy Cruz 10 August 2020 28 December 2020 9 0 2 7 4 18 −14 000.00
Tigre 11 January 2021 14 June 2023 110 44 38 28 148 113 +35 040.00
Huracán 3 July 2023 31 December 2023 23 12 3 8 29 20 +9 052.17
Boca Juniors 1 January 2024 28 September 2024 45 20 15 10 62 42 +20 044.44
Cerro Porteño 11 December 2024 present 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Total 375 155 112 108 482 377 +105 041.33

Honours

Player

Ituzaingó

Manager

Tigre

References

  1. ^ "Dejó Boca para dirigir en Primera D y trabajó bajo la órbita del Barcelona: Diego Martínez, el técnico de Estudiantes, que buscará dar el golpe ante River" [Left Boca to manage in Primera D and worked for Barcelona: Diego Martínez, the manager of Estudiantes, who will seek to knock down River] (in Spanish). Infobae. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  2. ^ "No va más el DT" [The manager does not remain] (in Spanish). Olé. 20 February 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Diego Martínez es el nuevo DT" [Diego Martínez is the new manager] (in Spanish). Mundo Ascenso. 22 March 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Diego Martínez, nuevo DT del Pincha" [Diego Martínez, new manager of Pincha] (in Spanish). Olé. 8 June 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Diego Martínez, el director técnico del ascenso que llegó a Godoy Cruz con ADN de Barcelona" [Diego Martínez, the manager from the second division who arrived at Godoy Cruz with Barcelona DNA] (in Spanish). La Nación. 31 May 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Godoy Cruz presentó a Diego Martínez, su nuevo DT" [Godoy Cruz presented Diego Martínez, their new manager] (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  7. ^ Noticias, I. A. M. (12 January 2021). "Diego Martínez asumió en Tigre". IAM Noticias (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Diego Martínez, despedido de Tigre por malos resultados" [Diego Martínez, sacked from Tigre due to poor results] (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 13 June 2023.
  9. ^ "Diego Martínez ocupará el lugar de Sebastián Battaglia y será el nuevo entrenador de Huracán" [Diego Martínez will take the place of Sebastián Battaglia and will be the new manager of Huracán] (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 1 July 2023.
  10. ^ "Diego Martínez se fue de Huracán: reconoció un llamado de Boca" [Diego Martínez left Huracán: he admitted a call from Boca] (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 7 December 2023.
  11. ^ "Boca anunció un acuerdo total con Diego Martínez para ser el nuevo entrenador" [Boca announced a full agreement with Diego Martínez to become the new manager] (in Spanish). TyC Sports. 26 December 2023.


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